We've worked through many challenges over the past year, and one of the most recurring challenges is how much to document and present to the world. Days like 323 are a good example of this. I want to have a record of all our work days to look back upon, but how do I package up the days where it's just grunt work void of "WOW!!!" and put it in a box to send out? I don't know the answer, and maybe there isn't a clear-cut answer anyway. I'm beginning to realize that every day has a different answer. I hope you enjoy this short edit of a day of grunt work livened up by a wonderfully appropriate song.

Teamwork makes the dream work. On Day 323, we cleaned up most of the downed trees from last fall. We have big dreams of this 1.3-acre space being a fruit and nut orchard, but there is so much work to be done before we can plant our first tree. The only way to get to where we want to be is to simply keep moving and keep making progress. Little by little, it will come together.

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P.S. The shovel was a groundbreaking invention, but everyone was blow away by the leaf blower.