Since you have more land available, it may be more practical to look into John Jeavons' Biointensive mini-farm methods. His materials are available in many languages, including Spanish. The English-language title of his primary book is "How to Grow More Vegetables (than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine)." In Spanish, his book is "Cultivo Biointensivo de Alimentos: Más Alimentos en Menos Espacio." Available at www.bountifulgardens.org. Jeavons' techniques focus on 100-sq-ft plots + compost. Since you have the small animals and other terrific compost resources, plus people who are used to physical labor (Jeavons' double-digging will therefore not be surprising to them), his methods might resonate better with them. Also, there is no cost of raised beds with Jeavons' methods, as there is with Mel Bartholomew's. Even with mostly salvaged materials, I still had to spend some money (which I didn't really have) this year on my three small SFG beds. Other Biointensive publications in Spanish: --"Huertos Familiares," by Juan Manuel Martinz. "Booklet used by the nationwide program in Mexico to teach Biointensive mini-farming at the introductory level," according to information in the back of my 7th-ed. Jeavons book. --"Rotofolio Huertos Familaries," by the same author: Flipchart used for teaching Biointensive mini-farming in villages in Mexico (this might be more useful if you're dealing with non-literate people). Side note: there was a 6.5 or so earthquake near Chiapas recently. Did it affect your community? Perhaps something positive, like Biointensive methods, will help avert future food shortages from whatever factors. Best wishes; buena suerte! Cynthia H. in el cerrito, cal.

What kind of doors on the fridge? French doors, side-by-side, or if single door, which way will it hinge? French door and side-by-side don't benefit from counterspace beside them anyway, as the doors block access. I think it's more important to have room to work on the counters, and be able to set things off to the side of the stove without fear of people bumping them, or having them fall on the floor, than to have landing space immediately handy to the fridge. To get to 'landing space' from my main fridge, I have to go around it's door and carry things across to the island 5 or 6 ft away. It's rarely a problem. Not only does this latest idea improve your work area and work flow, you won't be walking across the room with a pot of boiling water to drain, and, as I mentioned previously, other family members and guests can access the fridge without walking into the busy kitchen work area. In defense of the plan, part of the reason we created a "Range wall" was for the looks, Looks won't matter much when you're trying to accomplish something and you're aggravated or someone walking through gets burned. And I don't see how you'd be able to enjoy the look of that wall much, since it's not visible from anywhere but the other side of the kitchen...? Not trying to be critical, but just point this out, so you're not giving up function for a look you can't really enjoy from anywhere.

The interior piece is to defend against kinking of the tube. It doesn't move, has nothing whatsoever to do with sensing the fill level. What are the characteristics of the overfilling? For example, if you manually set the lowest level, does the water flow shut off and agitation begins at the normal height? Does fill resume a few minutes later to a higher level, then stops again ... and that pattern repeats continually until drain at the end of the wash period? If so, the tube may have a leak and loses pressure, which triggers the machine to top-off the fill back to the correct pressure, eventually leading to an overfill. A fault code should trigger if that happens enough times during a cycle. The initial level could be too high if the pressure bleeds off fast enough. There is an overfill level programmed into the control software, at which point the pump should turn turn on in an attempt to avoid an overflow ... but that function will be thrown askew if the pressure bleeds off. You checked the airdome on the tub for obstruction?

I have all the same iphone problems as listed. On my macbook, which I use most often for this site, if I try to copy text (like to quote someone) and paste it into a new reply, I get an error message. That is in firefox, but if I go to chrome it will work. In firefox, if i type a comment, I cannot get any paragraphs using the return key; if I try to edit or sometimes if I try to add photos, the whole comment will disappear. VERY frustrating. I cannot bold or underline text in firefox, so have to remember to switch to chrome (which I really dislike using). The wonkiness of predictive text on my iphone is the worst, because if you are used to using it, it's so automatic that I don't notice I'm using it. Then when I proofread my text before posting, it's all mumbo jumbo.