!! In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

Esteban Ademovski wrote:     Next stop was the Abbey, where I joined Stephen in laying mulch over the greenhouse roof - a simple but deeply grounding task.

Oh this made me laugh - not many places where this would be a regular task!

Nancy Reading wrote:

Esteban Ademovski wrote:     Next stop was the Abbey, where I joined Stephen in laying mulch over the greenhouse roof - a simple but deeply grounding task.

Oh this made me laugh - not many places where this would be a regular task!

Oh I bet so 😆  .... but I'm highly glad this is the case over here, certainly builds character and I marvel at the genius reasoning behind it .

Post # 9

🔥 Three Days of Adventures — Oct 22–24

Wednesday – 10/22

Started the morning like any proper Wheaton Labs day — by firing up the work shop’s rocket mass heater. There’s something deeply satisfying about hearing that first whoosh as the dragon wakes up.

After warming up my hands (and soul), I headed over to the Abbey with the high commander, to check on the junk pole fencing. Found some fresh deer tracks, which means our four-legged freeloaders are still keeping tabs on our progress. Those sneaky critters always seem to know when the buffet is open.

Next up, we played "Wheelbarrow Doctor" — two patients, both critical. One with a misaligned axle brackets,  the other with a busted handle. After a little creative surgery and a few chosen words, both are rolling again and ready for duty.

Rounded off the day fencing in a few baby fruit trees and tossing down some alfalfa seed around them — a little protection and a little green goodness for the soil.

Thursday – 10/23

First task, same as always — fire up the rocket mass heater at the shop. (I think it’s starting to recognize me by now lol)

We headed over to the Abbey and added another round of mulch to the roof — it’s starting to look like a cozy blanket up there. If roofs could purr, this one would.

Also put up more cages around the young fruit trees, keeping the deer at bay — or at least making them think twice that this is no free salad bar.

Then gathered a big batch of foliage for the main base rocket mass heater, because winter’s coming, and those dragons get hungry.

Friday – 10/24

Guess what the morning started with? That’s right — another rocket mass heater lighting. (At this point, I could probably do it blindfolded.)

Then it was back to the Abbey, where we finally finished mulching the roof — mission accomplished! Always nice to see a project come together layer by layer.

The High Commander showed me an upcoming gutter installation project — looks like it’ll be a fun one, with plenty of ladder-climbing ....

After that, we went to the boneyard to gather some gravel and finished up the rock socks for the sawmill’s in-ground supports.

Wrapped up the day by helping the High Commander with the junkpole project at basecamp, then gave our faithful work rig “Roy" some overdue love. A full vacuum job on the floors and seats — he’s practically blushing now.

Three solid days of fire, fences, and a fair bit of dirt under the fingernails. Every bit of work out here feels like it adds a little more heartbeat to the land — and there’s always something new on the horizon.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I think my next appointment is with a warm mug and a long sit by the rocket mass heater

I think we did some excellent work over there at the lumber mill today.

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:I think we did some excellent work over there at the lumber mill today.

Yes we did and thank you for explaining the plans/processes of the saw mill project to me .....