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!! SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

 
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BRK #362

Wrapping-up a sewing project as part of Nest Labor today.

I learned that the ridged slats of metal on a sewing machine are called "dogs," and the metal platform with all the measurements on it through with the thread from the bobbin and needles go is called a "throat plate" - just like on a table saw.

This all was required knowledge for a repair/maintenance task I had to do with the machine today. Looks like dust and shreds of fabric seem to make their way under the throat plate, making it difficult for the dogs to do their job. It was clogged up to the point that the throat plate was being pushed up with every revolution, and while the dogs were lifted to their highest position, they still couldn't move fabric forward or backward. So I cleaned out the grooves between the dogs and the throat plate. It was like chiseling out someone's five years' worth of belly button lint.



Man winds a bobbin. Film at 11.



Here are my two machine-stitched zokins for the Fisher Price House. Much, much nicer objectively speaking, in comparison to my hand-stitched zokins. I experimented with some curved lines but I wasn't really feeling it so I went thorough with the parallel lines on the second one. I'm pleased with them both, and with the reinforced stitching they ought to last a while.

(the reinforced stitching is conspicuous due to the serious contrast between the orange fabric and the white thread. I'm thinking "creamsicle")



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BRK #363

An entertaining start to the work week. Welcome, Lisa, Haile, and Shani! Hope you all enjoy your stay.

The highlights for me today were in the afternoon. We were gardening at Allerton Abbey, and did our first autumn plantings. Sepp Holzer Grain made it into the ground in various places, along with walking onions and wild peas. Here are Lisa and Shani, clearing one of the newer hugel berms for planting.



I happened to stumble across some lovely cherry tomatoes to share with the rest of the team today.



At first glance, it looked as if someone had dropped a dinner roll in the garden. But it was just a mushroom.



I added bark panels to the berm path built by SKIP instructor Jae this past summer.



It's always interesting to root around in the garden and look under rocks, branches, and bark slabs. Here was a special guest, whose nap I interrupted. Sorry pal, it's moving day.



Before we wrapped up for the day, I grabbed a few larger-than-usual walking onions...



... And then added their chopped stalks beneath a sapling as mulch.



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BRK #364

Happy Taco Tuesday to you...!!!

Had a good time with the team this morning. It seemed a good time to brush the dust off our tree-felling skills and do a bit of prep for the winter. So we headed up the mountain at Basecamp to do some dead-standing tree felling.

Both our new Boots, Haile and Shani, were aces with the chainsaws. Shai felled his first tree today as well. Dez and Liam kept the train rollin' with the bucking and splitting station. This is a good crew and I'm pleased to work with them.

Here are some of our tools.



Here's Shai, cutting the tree he felled to length for hauling back down the mountain.



Shani felled tree #2 for the day, and did excellent, careful work.





Here's Haile at the bucking station, where we cut the logs down to size for splitting and storage.



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BRK #365

Some diverse work for the middle of the week.

We continued the waterline project over at Allerton Abbey today. This is an image of the original waterline, after I cut it. I originally had the incorrect size ends attached to the assembly, but Dez came to the rescue and found the proper-size connectors. We're letting it hold water all evening and will check to see if there are any leaks tomorrow morning.



Here's another one of those late-bloomer sunflowers. Although their stalks seem kind of twisty this year, they're otherwise looking quite healthy.



Finally: We can say the summer is officially over... We took down the sun shades today. We'll see these again next year.



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Day #365--doesn't that mean you've been a Boot for a year?

Celebrate!

Thanks for your contributions to so many, many projects over the last year that make the whole world better!
 
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