SEPTEMBER INTERNSHIP 9-2020
CALENDAR
September 1 Intern arrival. Shane & Levi, Ellie, Cy. Sept 3 Angela, Sept 6, Haley.
- Haley – ½ Pay Worktrader 10 hr/week
- Shane – ½ Pay Worktrader 15 hr/week
- Ellie – Woofer. 20 hr/week Worktrade
- Cy – Woofer. 20 hr/week Worktrade
- Angela – Part-time woofer Part time, live in cabin, bring daughter, swim, volunteer.
- Aine – Began an a school apprenticeship. Attended 2 x. Insurance didn’t work out.
GUESTS:
September
- Abby, friend of Ellie visited. Week 1, Sept. 2020
- Tom Hoyt – Stone Kiva construction and stone removal.
- Ellies Mom – together they bike the Polly Ann Trail.
- Jo Jo with Angela.
- Paul Beaudet – apple and Autumn Olive Harvest. DB teach Paul, day-lily cording.
- Tom Hoyt – Stone Kiva construction and stone removal.
GIFTS:
- Paul Beaudet:
Brought parts, fixing 3 wheelbarrows, donated kraut, breads & food. Paul harvested apples & autumn olives from the land here then made applesauce ! Thanks Paul !!
ACTIVITIES:
Orientation:
Set up: tents, water stations, cooking stations/ice. CT
Orientation to the land, structures and program. Strawbale Studio Folder with handouts.
Natural Building: Warm weather project done first.
Week 1
- Finish Plaster: soil testing, screen & mix finish plaster, apply to a cob brick and burnish.
- Cob: harvest subsoil, ½ “ screen, mix, make cobs, cob toss, application to sauna bench as regular cob and corbel cob.
Week 2
- Natural Plaster on Kids Cottage ~ phase 1 Practice plastering with earth on inside and outside bench.
- Strawbale Plastering Demo and hands-on with one bale.
Week 3
- Stone-laying: Hobbition Steps and Bench.
- Mid-Course Correction: Select remaining projects as a group.
- Haley begins cottage design.
Week 4
- Stone – work continued
Class Presentation:
Week 1
- Natural Materials Continuum,
- Values Continuum,
- Need/Have/Strategies.
- Shittake Logs Inoculation.
Week 2
- Foundations
- Composting Systems. CT.
- NVC Non-Violent Communication Skills
- Design Essentials, Site, Solar, Activities & Flow.
Week 3
- Stone-Laying and mini-models hands-on practice
Week 4
- Round Pole Notching,
- Thatching Class & hands-on,
- Rocket Stove,
- Framing & Round Pole
Week 5
- Living Roof
Sustainable Skills / Classes & Hands-on activities !
Week 2
- Soak Shiitake logs. Cording in Strawbale Studio.
- Kim Chi & Kraut – picnic table.
- Plant ID & Foraging for food.
- ID St. Johns Wort, golden rod, lemon balm. Bittersweet, Virginia Creeper, Poison Ivy. Sweet grass. FOOD Violet, Wild Mustard, grape leaf. Greenhouse, garlic, onion+
- Day Lily Cording – DB teach Paul B.
- Shiitake Log Fruiting
Week 3
- Cording Class and practice activity. Harvest Dog bane.
- Kraut & Kim Chi– Making on picnic table.
- Earth Oven firing demo. Ellie & Cy, Shane.
- Tree-Felling techniques. Shane, Levi.
- Spoon Carving Includes harvesting green wood on site.
- Horse Manure for fiber ~ DB harvests at East River Farm & 1/8” screening.
Week 4
- Scythe – Class: sharpening, using, practice in the field.
- Scaffold Set-up. Ellie and Cy.
- Oiling benches + Hobbit Sauna poles (DB)
- Apple & autumn olive harvest. DB SN
- Sheet Mulching – Lasagna Gardening. (also worktrade)
- Thatch Repair – Ellie (also worktrade)
Week 5
- Lashing & Ladder-making (re-lashing of Sauna Loft Ladder)
- Spinning wool yarn – taught by Shane Norris.
- Sourdough wraps
Enrichment:
General
- Walks and Exploration on the land
- Camping & Cooking outdoors
- Playing with Belle the dog.
Week 1
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- Zoom Moon – Full Moon Potluck online.
- East River Farm – visit, help on farm.
- Green Lake – swim/canoe.
- Evening Bonfire Gatherings.
- Life Philosophy Conversations ! Flow & Spiral, Trust, protection systems, Safety – and many more !
Week 2
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- Earth Oven Pizza Party and Bon Fire. Solar Shower.
Week 3
- Share our Life Stories in Strawbale Studio.
- Shiitake harvest from logs.
- Pizza Party & squazsh in the Earth Oven plus bonfire and “s’mores” by Ellie, Angela & Jo Jo. Friday. Dark night sky in meadow.
- Bike-ride on Polly Ann Trail (Ellie & Mom).
- Group-made Meals together in Strawbale Studio occasionally Lentil Soup. Rice & Tortillas !
- Temperature down to 32 degrees !
Week 4
- Much Crafting – see Skills above.
Week 5
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- Closing Ceremony – walk the land, reviewing projects as a celebration.
Worktrade hours
Week 1
- Fix hose, Shane
- Sweep SBS. Shane
- Harvest / Weed at East River Farm CSA – helping & gathering food for us.. 2-2.5hr.person Cy & Ellie
- Paint N wall, of main house while it is above freezing. Ellie, Haley, Cy.
- Green Lake House, metal and roof to SBS! Paint scrape & prime ! Mow lawn! Swim. Driving time.
- Instagram / Iphone help. SN 2 hr.
Week 2
- East River Farm CSA 1 morning a week. 2+ hr.
- Paint Main House: Clear plants by house, scrape, electric sander. Ellie, Cy, Haley.
- Bittersweet removal in woods: Cy
- Strawbale Studio – clean, sweep, dust, poles, clean all windows ! Ellie, Haley, Cy.
- Green Lake Garage Organizing. 4 hr+ and driving time 2.5 hr. Ellie, Shane.
- Green Lake Metal & wood to Noble protected in Mid Meadow. Cy & Ellie.
- Green Lake clear lake-side path. Levi
- Organize wood pile and surroundings. Shane
- Clear around Kids Cottage grounds and vines. Cy and Haley
week 3
- Paint Main House, North side ! Ellie, Cy, Haley.
- East River Farm CSA . DB and Cy.
- Color-Code schedule & help Norma move couch. Ellie & DB
- Harvest trees on pipeline with chain-saw. Cy
- Chain saw Wood, cut, splt, refil woodshelter, Red Shed, SBS, Campfire shelter ! Dead standing & down trees. Clear by Deanne’s cabin, Stoney & Piney Campgrounds, along lane. Shane & Levi. Paul
- Buy Cement. Cy
- Locate & transport cardboard Cy
Week 4
- East River Farm CSA 1 morning a week.
- Stone Bench – Shane and Ellie
- North Garden – Sheet Mulch..
- Thatch ridge repair. Ellie.
- Oiling benches +
- Green Lake – Paint & Organize.
- Norma, neighbor. Help her with her couch. Ellie / DB.
Other:
- $20 /person for food
- Haley Leaves – not feeling well. Week 3.
- INFRASTRUCTURE / FIX
- August Blog, DB
- Schedule Aine for Internship. DB
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DB September ACTIVITIES – Deanne, personal.
Infrastructure
- Green lake
- Lilith, Gestalt, Non-binary.
- Clothes to Ellie
- Metal & 2×4’s to SBS field
- Green Energy
- Buy GLK paint.
- Rental $300/ mo Shane, worktrd 15 hr per week + attend Internship.
- MONY payment.
- DTE payment & Notes.
- First Collection.
- Tax $ to CK.
- Subaru Car
- Disarm Key Fob.
- Overheating car. Pick up Gene’s sander. see his place,
- Main House Painting – Interns scrape, sand & paint, especially Ellie:
- DB buy sanding discs., Wood Rot supplies, cement
Nature Things.
- DB Lemon Balm tincture.
- DB Golden Rod Honey,
- DB dry peppers, mushroom. Basil. tomato
- DB Invent a Garlic straw.
- Apple & autumn olive harvest.
Peeps / Connections / Community
- Tony Audetti face-time.
- Singing Zoom – Carolyn McDade and Gaia.
- CYBER TIPI – Rivka.
- Harold Birthday,
- Cousin Kathy,
- Judy. Becky Bednar, B-Day Card.
- Norma, neighbor. Help her with her couch. Ellie / DB.
Health
- Yoga Hamsa.
- Counsel, Dr. Mall. (Stop counseling with Harriet & Val. Super busy. No discussion from any of us. Seems O.K)
- Music ~ Gaia, Cyber Tipi, Great Food, Outside & exercise, Sleep in Cabin with open windows and cat!