Rancho Life 5: Natural Building
 

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Local hardwood tree trunk uprights

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Carrizo reed walls

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Split palm trunk rafters

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Fan palm leaf roofing

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Rancho Life 1: Sugar Cane Mill, Knife-Making, and Bread Baking

Rancho Life 2: Steer Butchering Day
at Rancho San Isidro

Rancho Life 3: Oyster Camp on the Pacific and the Wonderful Fruit of the Pitahaya Cactus

Rancho Life 4: The Rancho as an Oasis

Rancho Life 6: Traditional Rancho Building