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Inaugural Harvest at Site X!

8/16/2014

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Got a very late start, but the day ended well.

First had to pop up to Site R, but FIRST had to secure another bucket - equipment managment is becoming a bit of a challenge.  There was some difficulty securing a food grade bucket and no success whatsoever in securing a food grade lid.

Improvise
     Adapt
          Overcome.

Then to R to replace the medium from last time around on O - meep and shallow there are now beautifully capped - get some extraction supplies and head to Site X.

Pulled 6 deep frames there from where they were parked in K and managed to get them off the roof with too much diffficulty.  The lack of a capping basin was keenly felt, however, and the extractor was found to be missing its base bushing (!!!) and had no lids, the latter a known and anticipated defect.

Improvise
     Adapt
          Overcome.

It went well in the end, if slowly, enlivened by unexpected company, some fresh chamomile tea and an impropmtu baklava.  Of the 6 frames extracted, one was scrapped and the other five were placed, the next day on S in an additional (5th) box.
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