Connor's Senior Project

Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/21/2022 Day 11 We finished our work at the property and we went to the Detroit Institute of Art and learned about the history of Detroit. We then went to the Henry Ford Museum and learned a lot about the civil rights movements and about the car assembly line in Detroit, Michigan. also learned a lot about the history of Michigan from my dad and we talked to farmer Jim about his time working for Chevrolet.  \

  Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/24/2022 Week 2  After finishing up our last week on the Senior Project we have made a lot of progress on the farm and have made very strong bonds with the workers in Metamora, MI. We were lucky to get off the CO-OP and were able to work in landscaping at the Party Barn and the A-frame house across the pond. We were working with a family friend Morgan Matthews who I've worked for in the past at Grosse Pointe. One of his employees Clint Carpenter was the lead Drummer for Uncle Kracker and also played with Sugar Ray. talked with him about his time as a celebrity and doing crazy shows all over the country. Morgan had us cleaning up the yard by raking up the leaves and weeding. We went over to Sean Cottons Property and were given the task of weed and digging around the whole shed later we would fill the pathways with stone and sand and mulch the exterior ring on the shed to prepare for flowers. We also got to work on the sister propert...

 Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/20/2022 Day 10 This morning we headed to the CO-OP to help farmer Jim with collecting and cleaning eggs from the chicken coop. we then were given the task to clean the horse and cow stalls while they were out in the field. and after lunch finished off the day by cleaning the potbelly pig stalls and the chicken coop and thanked Jim for letting us help out at the farm he was very grateful to have us working with him 

 Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/19/2022 Day 9  This morning we went to Hunters Creek to help out the land manager Matt and Chelsea with different chores around the property. We helped with splitting logs and stacking them up and helped turn logs into 2x4s for later use for building. when we finished we filled in the dirt around a freshly pavemented drive path to plant more grass to even out the ground. then after lunch headed to the CO-OP to help farmer Jim with spare things around the farm that need more hands to finish. 

 Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/19/2022 Day 8  This morning we got to Jon Solo's house to stack wood in preparation for the two restaurants In Grosse Pointe Bricks and Red Crown. We then went to the different hunting areas on the property and spread out minerals for the deer to make their antlers more substantial and more significant for the following season. We took the ATVs to specific areas on the property that are less accessible to fill In with rocks to make getting across the property easier. 

 Connor Pitera  Fox Hollow Farms  5/17/2022  Day 7 Today we finished up Mulching the back yard of the Party Barn and the front gate. We then worked on the shed out front of Sean's house. We dug up weeds and grass around the outside of the shed and dug down four inches in front of the door to get ready for sand and rocks for the pathway. we then had to grab smaller rocks to line the outside of the grass and dirt lining. We had to find bluestone flat rocks and place them down in form of a pathway for the front and back of the shed. We mulched the dirt around the shed for the preparation of flowers and plants.