A week in which the pump stopped working and it rained less than one inch... Certain plants that we put in after it stopped raining are really looking crap. Nurseries that used to get gravity fed from the top pond aren't getting wet anymore. Normally, you can forget to water plants for a few days here and they don't die. Not right now...
Several financial challenges have prevented us from ordering the solar pump that would solve this water crisis, I think, but oh well... The main problem being that we sold a gas fridge to a certain long term tenant, and before we had recieved payment we went ahead and bought an AirX wind generator from a neighbour, only to find that the tenant had decided not to give us the money for the fridge since they don't feel it gets cold enough. So, we have the generator to power the pump, but not the money to buy the pump. Sucks. Of course, same tenant is also already in possession of 200 watts of solar that we never actually said he could use, and that would have been enough to run the pump, so you know, I am pretty disgusted with the situation, but the truth is, we could never make the monthly payment to London were it not for the tenant in question so I am really as they say, "stuck between a rock and a hard place", or "it is six of one, half a dozen of another".
The washing machine packed it in, which I guess is a big blessing, since we are so low on water. Now we all just stink a bit more than usual.
We have been collecting a lot of scraps from Twin Falls fruit stand. Peak tourist season and mango madness has meant that they were creating a huge fruit fly scenario, which they just couldn't cope with, so our worms, chickens and goats are living well... And the sweet stench of rotting mango's is mingling with our own odours in what might be described as odiforous comingling.
Today I scored a crate full of pineapple tops, which is just what I've been looking for... Pineapple tops all over those swales should be good. Pineapple fruit all over those swales in a couple of years will be even better I suppose.
Spent a lot of today interviewing a potential worker called Eric, and then the remainder repairing the steps to the lillikoi cabin, which really should be replaced all together. Tim spent a certain amount of time repairing the sink, which had it been put in properly originally wouldn't have needed it now, and so on...
We did get a swale weeded this week, and we finished digging holes for planting textilis to hide the neighbours "barn".
Here comes suburbia...