the. bungalow. post.

Irrigation days have helped ender get over his suspicion of large bodies of water and bacteria. 

He delights in the ancient gift from the Hohokam. 

a tid bit of valley history.......

"The ancient canals served as a model for modern irrigation engineers, with the earliest historic canals being formed largely by cleaning out the Hohokam canals. The ancient ruins and canals were a source of pride to the early settlers who envisioned their new agricultural civilization rising as the mythical phoenix bird from the ashes of Hohokam society."