The last post was about using a plow to remove a lot of dirt so that it can be used for collecting water.
Given my experience with digging out there at "da Ranch", I figured a labor saving device was in order. This could be the ticket. What I need to do is to scrape away about 4 inches of topsoil, and then build a shallow pond in the depression. The depression will be lined with cinder blocks and reinforced concrete. It will have to be a shallow layer of concrete, and it will take a lot of the stuff. So, I may need another labor saving device if I am going to do this in a reasonable amount of time. This would be a concrete mixer. How to get it out there, though?
Rainwater will drain off the quonset huts into the shallow pond, and then be collected into a barrel or two for use around the place.
As for getting out there, I priced a plane ticket to fly out to El Paso. It said 421 bucks for a round trip and a car. If I went, I'd have to take a day off from work and do it over the weekend. It would take a whirlwind of activity to do everything I need to do, so I don't know if I could do it all.
You have to make time to do these things, and you also have to spend a lot of freaking money. Time and money is in short supply, unfortunately.
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