Edwin's blog

Recent Activities

• We have had very good monsoon rains, above normal rainfall in July and August
• Continued  to bury the water pipe which runs from the well to the storage tank area.
• Bought MycoGrow to encourage growth of trees, bushes and annuals.
  

Recent activity:

• Diesel generator to run the well pump is now working. We estimate this to save up to 75% of fuel costs for water pumping
• The spring garden is coming along. More attention is needed to weeding and a few more plantings.
• We planted 2 more fruit trees to replace ones that died last year. Hopefully with more water they will survive.
• Added 40% shade cloth to the garden canopy. This is an experiment to see if even sun-loving vegetables grow faster, bigger, better.
  

The spring winds came powerfully in March. So powerfully that the tin roof on the toilet house blew off. It was time to do something drastic, so we put on a layer of OSB (plywood) and asphalt roll roofing. The roof is now extremely solid and will handle anything that Mother Nature will deliver (no tornadoes here).

What's happening at the Sanctuary:

We received another pickup-style camper that is in pretty decent shape. It needs a bit of repair, because it was tipped over by a horse, but has most of the amenities intact.

We are slowly continuing to bury the water line. We added another faucet to reach an area we previously had to carry water to.

The permanent, large water tank needs adjustment. We put in the liner without filling it with water -- MISTAKE!

Welcome to the new website! I have redesigned the entire site, porting it to Drupal. I used the Foliage theme with some modifications. I may eventually re-do the header image to incorporate some of the actual imagery of the Sanctuary.