The second period began with the entry of 30 members into their new homes and the relocation of the camp from Moshav Herut to the center of the moshav.
During this stage, additional members joined, primarily new immigrants residing in transit camps, who began farming within the moshav framework - though only on a very modest scale. The initial support package included, in addition to a house, a chicken coop for 10 hens, a calf shed, a dairy stall with one cow, and irrigation piping for 3 dunams of irrigated land.
The economic conditions were quite difficult. Members worked - some in the shared orchard, others in outside jobs in nearby Moshav Herut. After hours, they cultivated their own plots. Gradually - and not always at the needed time - additional resources became available, allowing members to expand their farms. Citrus groves were planted, and the areas for vegetables and peanuts increased. The shared orchard was divided, granting each member 5 dunams, and the situation improved slightly. However, low market prices often meant that transportation costs consumed the entire income.
Despite the challenges, this period saw a relatively vibrant cultural and social life: residents attended theater performances and films, and artists were invited to perform in the village. Still, the economic hardship and the accumulation of debts by some members - who left the moshav overnight, leaving their debts behind - created instability. To fill the abandoned homes, around 20 families of Tunisian immigrants were absorbed into the community.
Source: Gush Tel Mond Documentation Archive, Yitzhak Woller, “Forty Years of Mishmeret,” Mishmeret File, Document No. 10.