Nine's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

I haven't seen Geoff Lawton's soil video (link?), but I've been enjoying this channel https://www.youtube.com/c/StefanSobkowiak where the guy talks about such and such weed or insect being a good indicator of something particular happening in the soil.

Pierre Michael wrote:I haven't seen Geoff Lawton's soil video (link?), but I've been enjoying this channel https://www.youtube.com/c/StefanSobkowiak where the guy talks about such and such weed or insect being a good indicator of something particular happening in the soil.

I'll check that out! I'm curious about how all the pieces fit together. 🤓

Here's the link for Geoff: https://lbry.tv/@jackspirko:a/Soils:3

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Wasn't in a typing mood last night when I remembered that I needed to post my BRK. The first picture below is the list of seeds I planted yesterday. The beans were graciously donated, thank you so much, Greg! The Appaloosa beans are gorgeous. Half white with black speckles on the other half. 😍😍 Tiny horse bean. I love them. 🤍🖤 I want those all to do amazingly so I can have so many more!

The second picture shows the hugel I'm overseeing in red. The green is where I planted those seeds. I'm really hoping those beans take off because it'd be great to get some hillside structure to a couple of areas in that green.

Third picture is the Shower Shack wood rack filled up and ready to dry a bit before splitting. Chris has been busy cutting all the wood and stacking it around here. Last picture is the wood on the garage wall. So much restacking of wood to make it look nice.

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Today I spent taking time to get the garage prepped for insulation. Sorted the free shelf a bit so people could look through it. Then ran around putting dominoes in a row so they all fall together nicely. We'll see how the rest of the week goes to see if I stacked functions well. 🤔

The bootcamp split into two groups: the Labs and Basecamp. Four people are now living/working full time on the Lab property. I feel so much more relieved now that there's fewer people around. Walking into a room full of people sets me on edge, and I haven't had to experience that the past couple days. My brain is relaxing a little, which is nice because it's been over a month of anxiety-filled days and that's exhausting. Working hard 40+ hours/6 days a week is tiring enough without adding all the other social interactions that drain me. Hopefully I can continue to find some quiet relief.

#62

I ended up with a migraine toward the end of yesterday and didn't get to sleep until after 3am, so my day was spent hanging out in bed in the dark.

Chris was productive though, so enjoy some pictures from his day.

#63

Spent my gardening time trying to read more about phenology, but got interrupted a bunch. Ate lunch quickly and walked around in my patch to see what was going on. Sat down for a while, and decided to peel back the mulch to see if anyone was growing, and yup, babies! Pretty stoked about that.

Spent the rest of the day hauling a pile of rocks up the hill in a wheelbarrow. Sometimes there are quicker and easier ways to do things, but some days you just want to make your body struggle and get tired to calm your mind. Today was that day. My mind is wound and restless.