FIRST PRIORITY: fill little brother’s boots with water from the ditch.

SECOND PRIORITY: finish the composting toilet. Here Jean-Pierre and Jean-François have just settled the roof in place. One little composting toilet is a pretty big project, and it looks like it will monopolize at least a few more days. Next project is the cool room that we will build into the driveshed — more on that later.

THIRD PRIORITY: go for a sunset stroll (but you have to pick one of those rare nice evenings). We can’t tell from the photo whether Mateo is wearing his wet boots or not…

Also on the list is seedling management. Every day the trays of seedlings go outside, and are brought back in at night, and out the next day, and back in, and out, and in…