Week 2 of Fox Hollow Farms

 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 property and help clean up and prepare for the upcoming parties and events happening we helped out Matt and Chesla and charlie around the property landscaping and cleaning. I am so glad we could make this happen by helping out where the Cotttons needed work and to do this with my friends was a lot of fun and very rewarding. I was excited to show the guys from the east coast what the midwest was like and what the history is behind this city. 

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