Oasis maintenance

My husband decided to come down from Alpine and clean out the settling pond. The dam in the background diverts the water that floods down that arroyo into a huge concrete below-ground-level tank (pictured in Jan 21 post) . We keep this area above the dam cleaned of the sediment that settles into it to keep the sand and gravel that accumulates from going into the concrete tank during flash floods. The settling pond is easier to clean out than the concrete tank and keeps the tank's space reserved for precious water.

All cleaned out for another year or two, depending on how much rain we get.