The work/play day in some sense began Friday night as Anthony, Paul, and Randy engaged in the age old fire circle ritual, with Anthony and Randy staying through the night. Much had been done to prepare for the day by mowing with the help of Daniel and gathering materials and people from far and wide, including a big load of compost from Brockwell’s in Carrboro (thanks to Paul). As folks started to gather, Randy inoculated his brand new spiffy solar oven with muffin batter. A crew dove in with work on the garden that involved pulling out the summer cover crops along with weeds, volunteer tomatoes, and a few straggling potatoes. Soil was amended with compost, turned, winter cover crops sown, and cardboard laid down as an aspirational step towards an expanded garden in the spring. After tackling a Tree of Heaven stand, (an impressive feat even for a NFL linebacker!), Anthony herded a subcrew over to the Frazier Road entrance to spiffy things up. Randy, Carol, and Sally peeked in on the bees and passed on some sucrose to help them prepare for the cold days ahead. Paul led his umpteenth tour of the land. A lunch including an impromptu kombucha tasting rounded out the day.
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