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Wheat

I didn’t get much done yesterday but was at it this morning. I set two more rows of brick on the foundation for the mud oven. I should only need three more rows to be done with that part of it.

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As I mentioned yesterday I had a wheat delivery. I decided to bag up the soft wheat this evening. I had purchased some mylar bags and O2 absorbers a while back as I knew this was coming soon. I ended up cutting the bags in half to hold 8 cups per bag. Plenty for our use here. As you can see I ended up with a helper about half way through. I like to go ahead and put the grains in the mylar bags for longer term storage. I only have to buy wheat every few years this way and with a 20+ year shelf life the way I store it, the grains that come out of the last bag are as good as the first. I will get the other bag put up later this week or next weekend.

The Plan vs The Reality

I am notorious for planning more than I can possibly finish in a given amount of time. Since starting Grad School my spare time is almost non-existent and work on the oven has come to a halt. This long weekend would get me back on track I was sure.

The plan was to spend Sunday and Monday working on the oven. I had a wedding to go to on Saturday so that day was busy with other things. I ended up with company on Sunday which was not planned but was good. I hadn’t seen H. in a long time and it was nice to visit. I figured I could still get done what I had planned to today. I had already purchased the two angle irons and mortar that I needed and was up this morning bright and early when I realized it was raining. No problem. The radar showed that the storm should quickly pass. A couple of hours later than I had anticipated, I was out and ready to go. I got the half bag of mortar mixed and about half a dozen bricks in place when the rain resumed. I waited around about 20 minutes before I decided to call it a day. Oh well, perhaps next weekend.

Update: 5:00 pm

The rain passed and the sun came out. I decided to go back out and give it another try. I was able to get the other half of the mortar mixed and another row of brick set. The angle irons went in on this row along with the bricks to span the existing u shaped foundation.