TheBanyanTree: Harvest Moon

[NancyIee at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/5/2010 1:49:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jodeneperrin at comcast.net writes:

So where  do I go that I feel like I can get enough water to  
> subsistance  farm the rest of my days out?  Land's getting expensive  
> in  the hill country, and water already is hard to come by there.    
> Guess it's getting tough all  over.
>





I left the land  of the ice and snow and settled where the sno dont fall. 
Florida is hot enough,  and the winters mild. The humidity is probably the 
main fault here.  The  area near water are overcrowded and high priced, but 
out in the boonies, where I  lit, is still reasonable, especially in these 
times of smashed home prices. One  can get ten acres and house for $100K to 
$200K, and  more if you want a  swimming pool and concrete driveway and stuff.
 
I have enough water, but am on a  ridge, so it doesn't flood. (Make sure to 
check out the topography maps to get  high enough to be out  of the flood 
zones) Yes, we have hurricanes, but  inland, they pretty much wear themselves 
out by the time they get this far. Back  in 2004, I believe, there was one 
that blew stuff around, but still no flooding.  Though some friends a few 
miles away, and nine feet lower than my place, were  wading in their yard.
 
Gets hot here, but I don't mind the  heat as much as up north and ten 
below. Casual dress, jeans and Ts year round.  No state income tax, but sales tax 
is up there. The economy sucks, and there are  few jobs. 
 I have owls and cranes and  cardinals and bluejays and gopher tortoises 
and a ton of other wildlife here.  The growth is lush, green year around. If 
you prune, you have to pick up all the  cuttings or they take root.
 
I sorta like it  here.