Esteban Ademovski

B.E.L. Post # 235

We started the day by getting the new boots—Andrew, Daniel, Stevie, and Michelle—paired up with Stephen and his crew. Their tasks included filling the turtle water tanks, hauling water up to the Abbey, and helping with a variety of other projects around the lab.

My team consisted of Leo, Jesse, and myself. We kicked off the morning shift at base camp by getting the irrigation going. After that, Jesse continued working on the junk pole panels, performed chainsaw maintenance, and kept the irrigation going with the watering cans.

Meanwhile, Leo and I worked together on the junk pole panel fencing at the house paddock. After a while, I broke away to focus on chop-and-drop and mulching.

For the afternoon shift, we headed up to the Abbey. Leo continued with irrigation using the drip jugs while also doing more chop-and-drop and mulching. Jesse and I continued making progress on the junk pole panel fencing.

Overall, it was another productive day with good teamwork, steady progress on several projects, and a great opportunity for the new boots to get introduced to the work and rhythm of Wheaton Labs.

B.E.L. Post # 234

   Woke up to a cool, delightful morning and walked my little dog for a while before joining the cleaning blitz. Afterwards, sat with Stephen, Leo, and Jesse, and Stephen talked about the new boots that will be arriving. Once that wrapped up, made the solarium tour-ready as usual, then went off to do laundry, some journaling, studying, and had some great conversations with Leo. Later did some chop and drop work and chainsaw maintenance. And ended the day meeting the new boots.

B.E.L. Post # 233

Today started with irrigation. We irrigated the hugelberms and then watered all the baby trees along Lightning Hill and Apricot Alley using water pails to give them a good soak.

After that, I switched gears and assisted Stephen with felling a tree, once the tree was down, I helped with cleanup ... 

While that was happening, Jesse and Leo were working on irrigation at far arrakis as well, keeping up with the watering needs of the site.

For the afternoon shift, we all headed over to the Abbey. Leo focused on irrigation and chop-and-drop work, while Jesse and I continued making progress on the junk pole fencing.

Another productive day of working with the land, building infrastructure, and moving projects forward.

B.E.L. Post # 232

We started the morning by gathering all the tools we needed from the library and the shop before heading out to the Abbey.

Jesse and I continued working on the section of junk pole fencing, making progress on the fence panels and continuing to develop the overall structure. Meanwhile, Melissa and Leo focused on chop-and-drop work and mulching, building organic matter and supporting the landscape.

Later in the morning, Stephen brought over the trailer with the two turtle water tanks, adding another piece to the ongoing water infrastructure work.

After lunch, Melissa and I headed back to the Abbey. I continued working on the junk pole fence panels while Melissa focused on irrigation alongside Stephen.

Back at base camp, I tasked Leo with continuing work on the house paddock, including irrigation of the berms and giving the berms some extra attention and care.

Jesse continued working on the junk pole fencing along the drive while also giving some much-needed attention to the chainsaws.

Another productive day of building, maintaining, and improving the systems that are taking shape across the property.

B.E.L. Post # 231

This morning started out with splitting and stacking firewood as a group. Once we finished up with that, we all headed out to Far Raccas and irrigated the entire area.

After lunch, we split up and continued working on different projects. Leo and Melissa continued with irrigation, while Jesse and I worked on the junk pole fencing at the Abbey, making more progress on the project and moving it forward.

To wrap up the day, I also made a post in the Boots Love thread.

B.E.L. Post # 230

Today was a full, hardworking day at the Abbey. Jesse and I got back to work on the junk pole fencing, framing more sections. Meanwhile, Melissa and Leo worked on irrigation and mulching with chop and drop.

After lunch, Melissa and Leo shifted to work on the house paddock before heading to the bay door of the classroom. There, two turtle tanks were staged, and they filled them with water and headed back to continue at the paddock.  Meanwhile Jesse and I begain irrigation, then maintained and sharpened chainsaws, chop and drop, worked on the junkpole panel along the drive ... then headed off to the Abbey to continue with work there ...

B.E.L. Post # 229

Today we started off our morning at the Abbey.

Leo joined Steven’s team, and they focused on irrigating the back half of the Abbey, watering the baby trees, and taking care of several other tasks.

My team consisted of Jesse, Melissa, and me. Melissa focused on irrigating the front berms, chop-and-drop, and other projects, while Jesse and I worked on building the framing for the junk pole fence panels.

After lunch, I paired Leo and Melissa together to repair and rebuild junk pole panels at the house paddock. From there, they moved on to some hugel berm work, the firewood rack project, and other tasks.

Jesse and I started the afternoon by setting up irrigation lines. Jesse continued working on a junk pole panel along the drive, while I handled some chainsaw maintenance, trail building, and chop-and-drop work.

Before heading back to the Abbey, we also irrigated Raspberry Rock.

We wrapped up the day back at the Abbey, continuing work on the junk pole fencing.

B.E.L. Post # 228

This morning we started our day by heading over to the Abbey. Jesse joined me in framing up another section of the junkpole panels, while Harry, Melissa, and Leo focused on the irrigation work.

After lunch, I had Leo, Melissa, and Jesse remain at Basecamp to continue working on the irrigation, the house paddock, transporting potatoes for replanting, and tackling some chainsaw maintenance.

Meanwhile, Harry and I headed over to the Lab to install a new water pump at the pump house. After a bit of troubleshooting and teamwork, we successfully got the water flowing again at the Lab. It was a satisfying way to wrap up the day, knowing we had restored an important part of the site's infrastructure.

B.E.L. Post # 227

This morning we started the day by heading up to the Abbey. Jesse and I continued working on the junkpole fencing, while everyone else focused on irrigation, chop-and-drop, and mulching around the property.

After lunch, Harry and Leo continued working in the house paddock before switching over to the firewood rack project. Jesse stayed at the Abbey, filling in the junkpole panel along the driveway, and later switched over to chainsaw maintenance.

Meanwhile, Melissa and I continued refreshing the picnic table before moving on to chop-and-drop and checking irrigation. Once those tasks were complete, we headed back up to the Abbey, where Melissa joined me in framing the next section of junkpole fence panels. We made solid progress by getting another section framed and ready for the next stage of the build.

B.E.L. Post # 226

We started off the morning with me redirecting Leo on the junkpole panel rebuild up at Lightning Hill, moving the focus toward the house paddock. Harry and Melissa assisted him with the work. They had already started making progress by disassembling the panel closest to the house and removing the gate before I made my last round over there.

While that was underway, I was busy keeping several other projects moving. I set up sprinklers at Lightning Hill, did some trail maintenance on the streetside of the Turtle Lot berm, continued with chop and drop, and assisted Jesse with filling in more junkpoles along the drive.

After lunch at the Abbey, we all headed up there to continue improving the space. Jesse and I kept working on the junkpole fencing, while Harry, Melissa, and Leo focused on irrigation, chop and drop, and making sure the surrounding areas were getting the attention they needed.