Weekly Reflection 3

Alex Muromcew

Senior Project

5/19/19

This final week has been a very exciting time for us. Many of our projects came to fruition as the weather improved (16/19 days it has rained). In addition, baking bread, and making cheese have enriched our time on senior project.

Much of last week was preparing some of our bigger projects for this week. It was relieving and exciting to finally put them into action as they required plenty of work. The bee boxes so far are thriving and have been low maintenance once the sun came out and the bees were able to get to their own work. As the weather continues to improve and the hives develops further, Tommy will be able to put his honey plan into play, however with our time constraints, we will have to wait and see. Much of the work and the hours spent on these boxes have justified themselves as the quality of the job done is noticeably much higher and has everything looking much more professional. The painting will ensure that the hives last longer especially since it has been so rainy.

The lobster traps were also an exciting project to finally launch. One of our days was committed to finding and dropping the traps in Hingham harbor. Our three traps so far, having checked them once, have collected crabs but that’s okay since we still have a day or two to let them trap lobsters.

One of our favorite parts of this week had to have been baking bread and making cheese. Both processes were time intensive but very rewarding. Baking bread had quicker gratification since it was ready to eat straight out of the oven while the cheese still needs to age. Both activities were not only fun, but allowed us to see how intensive they are, and how much more complex it is to produce these products commercially, rather than just by two schmucks in a kitchen.