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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

>  Tell
> me again how much land you have there?


Twenty acres.

> Does that impoundment where you pump water to the garden remain flowing
> through the heat of summer?
> 

Yes, that creek is enchanted.  It never been completely dry and there was 
always enough water in the basin to water the garden.  I've gotten turned 
around 
back in the mountains and wound my way out by finding that creek and 
following 
it back to my place.  The terrain it goes through is unbelievable.  For the 
last two miles before it gets to my place it is a tight notch between 
mountains 
where the sun surely shines no more than an hour a day.  It makes its way 
through laural thickets, over and under skrees of boulders, and under huge 
canopies of hemlock trees.  One reason it never dries up or much abates is 
probably 
that it has no opportunity to evaporate.