Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

Students:

August

16 - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

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18 - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

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25 - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

26 - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

27 - Blake arrived

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29 - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

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September

1 - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

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3 - Kayaking and tubing trip

4 - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

5 - first game night

6 — met to work on planning end design for buildings

7 - group visioning and commitments for the semester

8 - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

9 - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

10 - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

11 - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

12 - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

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14 - started underpinning of crown's cottage

15 - sent out second newsletter

16 - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

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