Volunteer Party!
Sunday, Tuesday, Friday
8:00am-10:00am
5:00pm-Sunset
Friday Morning chores followed by a Tea Time and Read Aloud for Kids. RSVP by sending us a message
It was another rainy one, work was slowed yet again. The Observatory deck will continue this week. Hopefully done by Thursday!
Tucker from Longship Construction started on his projects Friday. He is clearing a space for an accessible parking lot and path. Then applying stone dust to level things out. After that is done, he will make his way down through the woods to shape up an access road.
We are in the process of some exciting news. Once its all finalized the announcement will go out! Hint in the picture at the top. Tucker forming the road down is a part of a big dream that is all coming in to reality!
In the Garden
The greenhouse is spitting out some cucumbers and tomatoes. Finally got our first red tomato!! The Mellon vines are experiencing a lot of insect pressure, not sure if they will make it long enough to harvest fruit. Fingers crossed! The cannabis is beginning to flower. One plant is roughly 8 foot tall!
It looks like we have gotten decent germination on the many carrot seeds sown over the last few weeks. The sunflowers are taking over the back cherry orchard. Look out for you harvest sunflowers, yams, and carrots in the next month or two.
Space Exploration News
-SpaceX launching Starlink satellites August 21/22 from Vandenberg Air Force base.
-Russia preforming a resupply mission to the International Space Station August 23
-Rocket Lab electron Rocket out of New Zealand planning to launch a Earth Imaging satellite August 23/24
-August 25 SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Crew Dragon spacecraft, sending NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Florida
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Astronomy this Week
-August 20, Look to the east a couple hours after Sunset to view The globular cluster M15.
-August 21, Venus is visible in the east prior to the Sunrise.
-August 22, The cluster Coathanger in Vulpecula the Fox will be visible in the North east.
-August 23, Mars will be visible briefly in the eastern skyline just after sunset.
-August 24, 1st quarter moon.
-August 25, View Saturn late in the night into pre dawn hours. The rings will be growing brighter over the following week.