Yesterday was my first actual day working out on the land at SuBAMUH. It was a designated work day for Crissa, Michelle and Jan, the three women who live on the land, and I arrived later in the afternoon after my classes and after they had already been hard at work. I was a little unsure what the day would hold and a little nervous about meeting Jan and Michelle for the first time. I have heard so much about Jan, how amazing a woman she is and how she has been with SuBAMUH since the beginning, so I hoped I wouldn't say/do anything stupid! Not to worry though, I got there and with quick introductions jumped right in helping put away plates of glass from Michelle's winter green house
. I helped lift a rototiller that Michelle was taking with her to fix and after a quick conference between all about what my schedule would be like I was off with Crissa to work on the gutter on the barn. Using some power tools and a level (!) I helped her slope one side of the gutter down from the middle so that eventually rain water can be collected and utilized. Crissa had to run to a fiddle lesson and so we finished that and before I left I collected some copies of the SuBAMUH newsletter and Maize, a lesbian country magazine, to look at and get some ideas from...oh, and I snapped some pictures! Even though things are not quite budding yet, SuBAMUH is still a beautiful piece of land that I can not wait to explore!
This handsome lady is Camille
Crissa showing me how this whole gutter system is going to work.
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