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Happy Sunday Y’all,
This is new boot Tracy checking in. I made it through WEEK 1 at Wheaton Labs. My husband Sean and I arrrived last Sunday coming from the “Big Easy”. My oh my, what a journey. A journey I’m incredibly grateful I choose to take and even more grateful for the opportunity I was given to study and learn with GREAT PASSIONATE PEOPLE. My husband and I lived in northern Minnesota for most of our lives but have spent a few years being Yoopers in the U.P. until the snow did us in. We moved to Crescent City in late 2023 where we experienced beautiful and bizarre things. It definitely was fun and at times frightening but exactly what we needed at the time. Anyways, we found our way north and in another M state. Montana has left us both breathless and I mean that literally and figuratively.
Everyone here has been so kind, welcoming and very helpful. It’s been a long time since I’ve lived in community but I’m finding myself loving it. I didn’t document my first week but I’m hoping that will get better as I adapt to the changes. My first week I helped construct junk pole fence panels and was even allowed to use the chainsaw. I also planted potatoes, squash, watermelon, pumpkins, cucumbers, radishes, kolarabi, parsley, cilantro in the amazing hugelkulture berms here at base camp. I did a lot of “Chop n Drop” and irrigation. I assisted in the deployment of the mighty sunshades and the welcoming hammock chairs. I learned the paths along the berm need constant maintenance and Seth and Paul helped teach me proper path techniques. My new office equipment will now include
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