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

B.E.L. Post # 212

This morning started with Leo heading over to the Abbey with Stephen to continue some cob work. While they were engaged with that, the rest of us focused on soil probing and irrigation work around basecamp.

A big part of the morning was chop and drop—taking fallen material and using it to build mulch donut rings around the caged baby trees. We also set up another cage over at Raspberry Island, continuing to expand protection for young plantings and improve establishment conditions going into the next season.

After lunch, I tasked Leo with another full boot shift on the firewood rack project he’s been running point on, keeping that momentum going and pushing it toward completion.  I tasked Melissa with continuing irrigation along the guest parking area behind the classroom and out toward Far Arrakis, while also making sure both the shop and classroom stay tour-ready in anticipation of the arrival of the new boot and WWOOFer.

Meanwhile, I continued chop and drop work around the Red Cabin area, building out more mulch support for nearby plantings. Jesse was working around Lightning Hill, continuing mulching efforts around the caged baby trees there.

Later in the day, Jesse and I made our way over to the Abbey to work on filling in the junkpole fence panels. I was able to complete another full panel during the shift, adding steady progress toward closing in that section for the boot shift.