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Thanks to Margie and the other WarrenShares group for helping us move the water tank. Here is our victory celebration!

We have two 3'X20' beds double-dug and planted, and have started a third. We have room for perhaps 10 more beds on the upper terrace. Michael is leveling the lower terrace which will provide space for more beds later. Pictures soon to come in the April Newsletter.

Here is a quick update on Michaels dome. We are about 2/3 done with the height. It will start closing in from here on so the time and materials to complete it won't be a whole lot.  We have a shot at finishing before my eye operation Jan 5, but it depends on the weather.

For those of you waiting with bated breath (where did that term come from?) I want to let you know there will be a newsletter issue out soon. In the meantime here are the important developments:

• We constructed a 3rd swale after observing the blow-outs of the first two swales during gullywasher storms
• We decided to go ahead and install an expensive but reliable solar pump for the well, as we've had many challenges with our two generators, which are not currently functional.

I'm posting this message for Neal from Texas because I received an email from the Contact Us form but there was no from email address. Frankly, I'm puzzled how this could happen. Please send an email to edwin@sacredgardensanctuary.org so I can respond to you.

Thanks

Edwin

 In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle,  a horrific trend unfolds. All reasonable, rational natural farming methods are being jettisoned, because of the fear of e. coli. I encourage you to read this article and consider its consequences.

 After experimenting with a few designs, we've come up with a water tank system using inexpensive 55 gallon plastic drums. The system can work for any number of drums in multiples of two. A manifold was constructed from pvc pipe parts and poly tubing.

Here is the setup: