May 2023 Update

Wildflowers, fence work, and land use map

The wildflower meadow really started to show in May. First the Indian blankets appeared and then the purple lemon mint flowers came out. The strong wildflower displays this year are creating lush meadows and prairies throughout Hill Country. Our meadow is still small but it will be fun to watch it develop and evolve over the coming years.

In May—after a long, long slog—we finally drilled the last of the fence holes, poured the final concrete, and installed the remaining posts. Now we just need to build and install three gates. I’ve started prototyping the first gate so they might be installed by the end of this weekend. We’ll potentially be able to start the rotational grazing program with Cabin’s Neighborhood Zero this month.

I’ve updated the wildflower meadow and cow fence stories on the website to reflect the current state of the projects, as described above. I’ve also tweaked the plan on the homepage to indicate that the top priorities are creating the land use map and building the infrastructure utility spine.

This month I started building the land use map. I’ve posted a demo with some example data on the website. The software itself isn’t anything impressive, the more interesting aspect is the social dynamic of collectively deciding land use through votes of token holders.