Hooch treehouse

03/30/2026

The sunset h***h and a happy guest....

01/05/2026

I dug out an old computer while the geeks try to fix my most recent device. On the links bar of my google page, I saw the address of my old webpage from the glory days of the Tropical Treehouse ( before Hurricane Maria, before it all came crashing down.)
Here it is. Lots of stuff.

https://www.tropical-treehouse.com/page1.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPH_HBjbGNrA8f8XnNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjczHzzE70TRpz2iun3BGI5ctAWLlv2QxGFZWikpEmFshMxAxuw1K3ksY6ii&brid=DXBH8GtfAOtysMlydjb-zw

A Bamboo Treehouse vacation rental in Rincon, Puerto Rico, featuring the h***h-a Bamboo Treehouse

08/16/2025

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/bamboo-epoxy-plastic-alternative-car/

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati have developed a promising alternative to plastic.

07/24/2025

requiem for a h***h
Built from salvaged lumber during COVID times, the Rivers Ridge h***h sat high on the Washington side of the Columbia river. It had a functioning kitchen and a sweet bedroom suite with a killer view of Mt. Hood and far upriver.
The Burdoin fire started along highway 14, just below the property. Robert, the owner, was taking a nap in the main house, and awakened by the smell of smoke. Looking outside, he saw a conflagration...everywhere. He gathered his things, and bolted out of there just before the house was engulfed in flames.
he helped neighbors defend their properties, and returned to the blackened property. The latter pics are what he saw. Lost the main house and the h***h, but was spared the new cottage and shop.
The RR H***h 2023-2025

07/19/2025

Bamboo bicycle panniers 3.0 (beta) - Longer/wider/deeper center console, wider side baskets, dedicated mounting system to generic metal carriage rack, improved braided line system. New bamboo rack guards that prevent side basket sagging.

05/12/2025

My "one-cupper" bamboo drip coffee maker

04/19/2025

Happy Earth Day: a celebration of small footprints, literally and figuratively.
The Long Tom h***h, Eugene, Oregon- not one fern in the understory of this riverside site was affected in the building process. The longest standing h***h in the world.....a small footprint!

03/21/2025

We managed to deliver a bamboo lamp to Ximena Londono, designer and caretaker of her El Paraíso del Bambú y La Guadua, outside of Montenegro, Colombia.

03/14/2025

Tensegrity: coined by Buckminster Fuller, is a tensional integrity structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
[Wikipedia]
A tensegrity coffee table: 4 vertical, partially split Guadua bamboo legs provide compression through tension on a horizontal mesh of Guadua splits. No glue, no screws, no nails, no dowels. Glass top held in place by gravity.