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Thanks KVR.

We'll be on city water which comes from the a couple reservoirs on the trinity river, Lake Ray Roberts and Lake Lewisville. We get water restrictions in periods of exceptional drought, but that's only happened once in the last 3 years. Lots of people do rainwater catchment here. It works well all year up until mid summer. It seams like it rains regularly all spring, but then it doesn't rain again until hurricane season in september or october. Right now the house doesn't have any gutters and it needs some work on a roof over a back porch. We'll get a roofer to fix that, but I don't know if rainwater catchment is something I should try on my own, or pay for.

I listened to most of your podcast on chickens. Right now they have a small tractor. For now, we'll just buy more feed and keep them in that. They seem to be ok, but I think the coop is too small for that many birds.

I liked the Pruning video. most of those trees have no open space so that will be work. I guess I'll prune them in late fall when their leaves fall off. Is there any feeding I should do for them now?

I hope it doesn't drag on for a year or something. I'd like to get an underground shelter built so I can use it to store beer, grow mushrooms, store canned foods, and hide from tornadoes if necessary. Mostly for beer storage though. I see no other way that I'll ever get a lager brewed in Texas. Plus, this way I can get good and drunk if my house gets destroyed.