Andy gave me a tour of the new culvert/drainage system yesterday. Roadwork cost more this year than it did in 2012, but the improved drainage ditches and culverts should help a lot. I, for one, think it’s money well spent. (In fact, Beate and Tim paid for the 4-foot culvert shown below. They live beyond the gate, and since Orlando replaced the old 2-foot culvert this part of their road hasn’t washed out. If the section we just repaired washes out again, we’ll add a culvert like this one in parallel to the existing 3-foot one.)
So if the roads wash out again we will presumably improve the system even more — and all the new growth should help too. I’m curious to see how it all works out. Is there anything you’re curious about?
I am curious to find out if my old acquaintance has read my blog post and whether he will contact me for the personal meeting next week.
Let us know how it turns out. That’s an interesting story!
I see that you CAN beat Mother Nature. What a nice accomplishment! I see your gate is exactly the same as the gates at our land– lots of land owned by other Los Alamos people too.
I’m curious about how the world situations will turn out. How my mint patches will spread. (Fresh mint in our green drink everyday is a big improvement.) How my new patch of gigantic pear cactus, probably extinct here, as it almost was 20 years ago. I put some from the back to the front. I know this & all my other curiosities can’t be so interesting since I have no pictures to show.
Never mind the edits I could do, like giving a sentence a verb.
It’s not so much beating Mother Nature, it’s figuring out where the water wants to go and helping it get there without destroying things.
That’s the great thing about growing things. It’s on a small scale and we get to help and watch. No guarantees, but it’s a fun adventure.