lapsus_deus (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lapsus_deus) wrote,@ 2005-03-03 12:29:00 |
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the food front
I've done nothing but work and sleep for the last few days converting the park into a life-supporting farm as well as keeping the garden at the shelter watered and attended.
We cleared out the top two feet of dirt inside the stone wall of the park, digging in teams and putting the dirt on a tarp and dragging it away. The dirt exposed now didn't come up contaminated when I swept it with one of the Geiger counters, and farming here should be good. Two guys more athletic than myself volunteered to dig the well and we don't think it will be much farther before they hit water.
We planted seeds from a local garden store and I could see that a lot of people who looked hopeless and destitute could now face tomorrow with a sense of optimism for the first time since the blinding flash.
The eggs have been coming regularly, and the jerky supply is good. I've been giving the survivors I was working with MRE meals for lunch.
I've done nothing but work and sleep for the last few days converting the park into a life-supporting farm as well as keeping the garden at the shelter watered and attended.
We cleared out the top two feet of dirt inside the stone wall of the park, digging in teams and putting the dirt on a tarp and dragging it away. The dirt exposed now didn't come up contaminated when I swept it with one of the Geiger counters, and farming here should be good. Two guys more athletic than myself volunteered to dig the well and we don't think it will be much farther before they hit water.
We planted seeds from a local garden store and I could see that a lot of people who looked hopeless and destitute could now face tomorrow with a sense of optimism for the first time since the blinding flash.
The eggs have been coming regularly, and the jerky supply is good. I've been giving the survivors I was working with MRE meals for lunch.
