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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Wow, you evacuated Homestead during Andrew-- except for Bay St. Louis under 
Camille, Charleston under Hugo, and Grande Isle under Katrina; you have seen 
just about the worst imaginable in U.S. Hurricane damages.  

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--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homesteading on the beach?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 9:26 PM
> Those 4 seasons sound similar to desert gardening here -
> except you would have plenty of rain there compared to
> here.  Except this is my first year, and I've only read
> about it in a book, so I didn't comment although I
> started too.  LOL.  (And then was - well, what do I
> know?)
>  
> I used to live over in Ponte Vedra Beach (1/2 way between
> Jax and St. Aug), and so far temperature wise there are a
> lot of similarities here in the southern desert to there. 
> Temps are similar most of the time- except a tad hotter in
> the sun in the summer, and winters are about 10 degrees
> cooler overnight.
>  
> Before that I lived in Homestead - south of Miami - they
> grew plenty of crops there and you wouldn't think the
> soil would grow anything, but it did.  Just a bug battle
> down there.
>  
> Try getting something from the University around
> Tallahassee or Gainesville - they probably have good info
> also on planting dates etc for your area.  For my area,
> they even listed which varieties do best here.
>  
> I've been through 8 hurricanes, including Andrew, so if
> you're ever threatened just hollar.  Best not to wait
> though.  Get a camp stove, generator, and coolers before
> hurricane season, and non-perishables to eat.  When they
> hear you say fill the water in the tub it is actually used
> for flushing toilets if you can't get well water up,
> and/or city water down, and in a pinch for using for towel
> baths.  I lived without electricity/phone, etc. for 4
> months after Andrew - so if you just think from that point
> of view you'll know what to stock up on.  The second
> longest, I forget which hurricane, probably Katrina, we
> didn't have electricity for a month.  Wilma I think was
> only 1-2 weeks without electricity.  Fuel is a must - the
> gas stations don't necessarily have generators to get
> their fuel up..... 
>  
> Ask that blog site if they plant much in the Aug planting
> up there.  In S. Florida it would be a waste - way too much
> rain for most stuff.
>  
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homesteading on the beach?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 5:53 PM
> 
> No one replied to my question, which probably means no one
> is homesteading
> near the beach.  Nevertheless, I'll share this link
> just in case.
> 
> http://niceville.com/Garden/FYG-Blog/FYG-Blog%201.htm
> 
> This is the Front Yard Gardener's blog from Niceville
> Florida.  Okay, so
> he's not on the beach and he's not exactly
> homesteading, but it's a
> handy
> site with quick and dirty info for raising veggies in the
> north
> Florida area.  Apparently there are 4 garden opportunities
> each year.  Cool
> weather veggies may be planted in Jan and again in October,
> and warm weather
> veg begins in March and again in August.
> 
> The prospect of living here long term becomes more
> appealing the longer I
> consider it.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Cathy
> <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I know we've got desert homesteaders on the list;
> anyone making a go
> of
> > it near the hot sandy coast?
> >
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