Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net>]

It's a pretty good example of what "we" are doing wrong.  I think it's properly called a hydrological drought, in that the rivers, reservoirs and aquifers are low, even though there have been above-average rains downstream from the reservoirs.  One result has been that they have had to release a lot of water from the Highland Lakes upstream from Austin, to serve the lower Colorado in between floods.  Given that this area has always been prone to long dry spells in between deluges, you'd think they could manage the water better.  My place, on a small mesa jutting into the Hill Country, seems to get a bit more rain than most of the area.

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
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On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:42 PM, tradingpost wrote:

I've heard drought is pretty bad there.

On 3/28/2014 12:30 PM, Emery Mitchamore wrote:

AFB7E528-4473-489C-9D8E-B3A90D2D772E@att.net" type="cite">Revolution is based on failure of everything electric, leading to a total collapse of  society.  The show isn't "realistic", but it might be useful in getting some couch potatoes to think about "what if".  Real change doesn't happen much until attitudes change, and I'm supportive of anything that helps, even if it's just TV drama.

Meanwhile, I stay busy outside.  It has been a dry winter, but it's still good to see stuff turn green again.

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On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:07 PM, tradingpost wrote:

Well hi again, Mitch. Never saw any of that but the trend to the new post-apolyptic stuff suggests some demand out there, maybe a sea change. Got tired of the Prepper stuff real fast, bad script, totally unrealistic soap opera, guns, MREs, etc. No long term plans, gardening, community. Absurd when you consider the roving hordes can't get far on no gas & empty stomach. Based on killing all the men, women & children who want what you've got. The rich "ecovillages" probably aren't any more realistic. YMMV.  Wasn't it Yogi Berra, the trouble with predictions is it's in the future...


On 3/28/2014 10:36 AM, Emery Mitchamore wrote:

D2AE8F9C-98B7-4BDB-AAE9-641C89E10EAA@att.net" type="cite">If some have a hard time imagining that, they might watch the TV series Revolution, which depicts some of the conditions in rather dramatic fashion.

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