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As you walk away from the buildings you encounter a vegetable garden. It is laid out as it might have been when the Mission was active and irrigated in much the same way. Note that there is a cistern to hold the irrigation water. Coming from that is a trough with holes cut into its side for the various irrigation channels. In the trough are diversion plates that either stop the water (if covering a hole) or divert the water (if placed across the channel by a hole). The plates are moved as needed to divert water where needed.
A little further on you'll see the pig sty. This fellow had just been fed the leftovers of the tortilla making and took the opportunity to cool off in the mud.
A little further on is the blacksmith's shop. The blacksmith both lived and worked here.
During Mission Life Day celebrations there is a working blacksmith at the shop and he makes souvenir nails for those who come out to visit him. The nails are made in the form they would have been made during the mission period.
Beyond the blacksmith's shop are fields, orchards, and many acres of wild land.
Now we'll double back through the Indian village and garden...
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