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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 3, 2008, at 12:16 PM, <eureka AT hctc.net> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> Would be interested in knowing what the moats are all
> about. Water is a very precious resource here on the
> desert's edge, the sun brutally evaporative, and the
> critters thirsty and seeking a drink...other than perhaps
> keeping the fire ants off my sandaled feet while standing
> in a moat I'm not sure what a moat could do for me...?

Are you guys talking about my chicken moats? Just two fences about six  
feet apart that surrounds the garden. No water. The hens roam, eat  
weeds and bugs, keep the edge clean.