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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

 
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Way to go on installing the heat pump/split over the fridge! I walked by and did a double take seeing you sitting up there.
 
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Brk 106

I can tell my biology is in drive again - time to get back on the horse and kickstart it into reverse....

Gardening continues, the events have begun, side projects crammed in and I tinker with the ant village plot/structure when I can.    

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A familiar angle from an Abbey hugel shot a couple months back
A familiar angle from an Abbey hugel shot a couple months back
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Peppers, tomatoes and herbs - what gets crowded out can go in the hugels
Peppers, tomatoes and herbs - what gets crowded out can go in the hugels
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Lots of happy cilantro just about ready to start harvesting
Lots of happy cilantro just about ready to start harvesting
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A relic, I think I can do something with the legs tho. A quickish project maybe even some artsy ideas.
A relic, I think I can do something with the legs tho. A quickish project maybe even some artsy ideas.
 
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Brk 107


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Some moding required
Some moding required
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Found it senseless and relocated to a safe space. Looks like it made it out alive.
Found it senseless and relocated to a safe space. Looks like it made it out alive.
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Taking inventory and clean up - prerequisite to renovation
Taking inventory and clean up - prerequisite to renovation
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Buffering Rally Kry 108

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That OD green tho....grrr
That OD green tho....grrr
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Wind the horn - ego fall
Wind the horn - ego fall
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Brk 109

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A couple pair of boots showed up recently that fit me pretty nice and just in time. To whomever left them - gratsi cheers and beers!
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Time enough to see the wild rose and even smell it.. Nice!
Time enough to see the wild rose and even smell it.. Nice!
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Burning things for fun with the sun is the same at 13 or 33.
Burning things for fun with the sun is the same at 13 or 33.
 
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Brk 110

Another day another experience - the weather is ripe for tenting or somewhere between that and cabining.  

If you want it done right - do it yourself; if you want to know what right is than live in it.  
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Its hot in there and the water steams off fast but it's all well enough
It's hot in there and the water steams off fast but it's all well enough
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Rapid desiccation attempt 1..
Rapid desiccation attempt 1..
 
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Brk 111
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The ambient temp is great but the sun will have its way if you let it.
The ambient temp is great but the sun will have its way if you let it.
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Second attempt with some help
Second attempt with some help
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The rabbits are all over. This one was chill until alpha choco found it and they had a sprint
The rabbits are all over. This one was chill until alpha choco found it and they had a sprint
 
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Brk 112

So much sun, so much sandust, iv Inhaled a pots worth.  The curious projects of logic and insight are on, get some.
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J & C carving up a beeboxes after the first timber run
J & C carving up a beebox after the first timber run
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Went for a run to find some bigger timber, just gotta load it out tho
Went for a run to find some bigger timber, just gotta load it out tho
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J getting ready to take some dead weight off before we all test our health insurance getting it into the truck
J getting ready to take some dead weight off before we all test our health insurance getting it into the truck
 
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Brk 113

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Needs to be reduced, sifted for iron but that's solid soil amendment.
Needs to be reduced, sifted for iron but that's solid soil amendment.
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Glad to see a rat/corn snake or whateves.. Pretty inconvenient it's favorite spot is in the road.
Glad to see a rat/corn snake or whateves.. Pretty inconvenient it's favorite spot is in the road.
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I ate them immediately.. I donated cilantro tho.
I ate them immediately.. I donated cilantro tho.
 
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BRK 114
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The lid didn't fit to put biochar out but it looked pretty cool
The lid didn't fit to put biochar out but it looked pretty cool
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A few of us working on the pond
A few of us working on the pond
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Some swarm traps that need some Fresnel labeling.
Some swarm traps that need some Fresnel labeling.
 
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