With more water, we are starting to plan out a new orchard area.

Now that it's hot again, we got the pool back out and put it together.

We have two wicking beds planted and growing great.

We made a filter for the kitchen sink's grey water.

We had to fix (remake) our two water heating solar panels.

We finally got a roof on the barn's cistern.

Instructables.com - Grand Prize Winner - Be Prepared Contest - November 2012

"How to build a 6000 gallon Water Tank" won the Grand Prize in Instructables' Be Prepared Contest in November, 2012

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We have just been informed that our cistern article won the Instructables "Be Prepared" Contest!

We just collected a bottle of duckweed, which we have dumped into the barn's tank.

Step-by-step instructions on how to build a cistern with a shell and liner.