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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

Rainfall collection is a good one. Also the water table is shallow in
most places, so you could dig or drill your own irrigation well.

In some parts of Florida the dry season is long, so you need a big storage.

Rob-Va

On 1/7/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Rainfall collection.
>
> Robert Walton wrote:
>> The main thing that people are mistaken about with Florida is the dry
>> and rainy seasons. If you look at the temps in summer, they are not
>> always that hot compared to inland. The humidity is the biggest
>> problem.  If you look at the winter temps, it seems like you could be
>> growing a lot of garden crops. Problem is the lack of rain. Winter is
>> the dry season.
>>
>> The biggest need is a way to get water to the garden or pasture in the
>> winter. Being homestead minded, how do you get the water there without
>> electricity is the issue to be addressed.
>>
>> Rob - Va
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