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First pond!

We have finally dug our first pond! We plan to have perhaps two or three of different sizes, and channels connecting each part of the land to one or the other. It’s been a daunting idea, but here’s the first one! We’ll do more shaping and landscaping, including adding stones etc, after this monsoon, onceContinue reading “First pond!”

More rain?!

There is no cyclone now, and my weather app shows sun. Then why this sudden downpour? All work has stopped again. The women who came to cut grass are sheltering in the office and snacking. The mud is squelchy and eager to trap anyone or anything who dares set foot on it. Yesterday was theContinue reading “More rain?!”

Cloudy with a chance of…

It’s still cool and cloudy, but the rain has stopped. It’s supposed to be sunny from tomorrow onwards, and then it will get very hot. I think we will finally have our summer. We have almost a month till we plant, so some good hot and dry weather will be great, though less pleasant toContinue reading “Cloudy with a chance of…”