On the last day of the harvest, Martial and I made a fort out of the Arundo donax or Carrizo plant. The most interesting thing about this particular cane plant is that “It is the principal source material for reeds for woodwind instruments such as the oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone. It is also often used for the chanter and drone reeds of many different forms of bagpipes.” It’s also been used to make flutes for over 5000 years.

The structure that we made didn’t last long, so we had to rebuild it a few times. It was much more difficult than it seemed like it would be. We didn’t have any string or anything, so to tie it all together we used the cane leaves braided together. Eventually we found a good configuration and it lasted till the end of the day.

Cane House success.