You may be wondering why I chose this picture to open my blog. It's pretty simple. This is the biggest (pun intended) thing going on at the farm. Remember all those blogs about our drought? This is Dan's answer. Since it is seriously huge, we may never have to worry about the pond drying up again. The stock will always be watered and our new, massive garden will always have the water it needs to keep on growing.

But the process wasn't simple. First we had to have a road cleared from the shared road through the orchard, through the sheep yard and around to the back of the red, red barn (see above). Then a deep pit had to be dug, levelled, gravelled, levelled again and raked.

Then the water tank itself had to be delivered and left on its side. And finally, 3 men with machinery had to manuever it into position and lower it into the hole. Quite an undertaking. But we're not done yet.

Don't ask me how that last picture got in there. I can't figure it out and my techie guru, Yael, is feeding the baby so you'll just have to admire the gates to the new barn as well as the tank addition to the red barn.

Dan still has to install the gutters, filter system and machinery to make it all work. I'll keep you informed.