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Nobody has vegetable gardens down there? (none / 0) (#50)
by jondee on Tue Mar 28, 2017 at 10:15:03 PM EST


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I tried because we eat a lot of (none / 0) (#68)
by Militarytracy on Wed Mar 29, 2017 at 10:30:01 PM EST
Tomatoes and chilies. My husband loves making homemade pico. But anthracnose is a big problem here. It stunts the tomatoes and peppers awful. It's a lot of work prepping the soil and then you can still end up with a very poor crop. So I gave up.

Did have success with okra, and man you can grow some arugula here. Mine went wild, all over the yard. Grew some white radish for kimchi this past year, but we experienced a drought and the deer ate my radishes. Which was okay, they needed them more than I did.

Not sure what the peanut farmers here will do with climate change. We looked at the Pentagon climate change study before moving here many years ago and it predicted this portion of the South would become a lot drier. It's hard to fathom how that impacts a place though until you are there. The peanuts need a lot of rain. It didn't happen last year, and this spring is very dry again. If this becomes a new normal, agriculture will have to change here.

Moving near Zorba soon, she grows everything. Can't wait.

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