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Post by swash on Jun 26, 2023 10:46:38 GMT -5
Our fire season is variable, but rule of thumb starts midJuly and ends sometime in October when snowfall kills off the stubborn late season fires. May your fire season be mild and your rainy season be strong. Our country is so very big with such differing concerns. We're in Palo Alto, where our kids' landlord is replacing the last of the grass with desert-like plantings. The water bill is over $500/month right now. OTOH, I'd have to keep my water running day and night in Rhode Island to get a bill like that. One coast has not enough water, the other coast more than enough. As I read this... back here at home the skies have opened at a rate of inch an hour (possibly more) ... adding to the 2+ inches that fell Friday and Saturday.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 26, 2023 12:06:54 GMT -5
Our fire season is variable, but rule of thumb starts midJuly and ends sometime in October when snowfall kills off the stubborn late season fires. May your fire season be mild and your rainy season be strong. Our country is so very big with such differing concerns. We're in Palo Alto, where our kids' landlord is replacing the last of the grass with desert-like plantings. The water bill is over $500/month right now. OTOH, I'd have to keep my water running day and night in Rhode Island to get a bill like that. One coast has not enough water, the other coast more than enough. USDA says agriculture accounts for 90% of water usage in California, with pasture the highest(4.92 acre feet), followed closely by almonds and pistachios, followed closely by Citrus and subtropical fruits (grapefruit, lemons, oranges, dates, avocados, olives, jojoba)at 4.23 acre feet per acre. What the heck is jojoba? If water allotments are cut something has got to give. This is a decades long issue that seems to be treated like the federal deficit.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 26, 2023 12:17:21 GMT -5
Our country is so very big with such differing concerns. We're in Palo Alto, where our kids' landlord is replacing the last of the grass with desert-like plantings. The water bill is over $500/month right now. OTOH, I'd have to keep my water running day and night in Rhode Island to get a bill like that. One coast has not enough water, the other coast more than enough. USDA says agriculture accounts for 90% of water usage in California, with pasture the highest(4.92 acre feet), followed closely by almonds and pistachios, followed closely by Citrus and subtropical fruits (grapefruit, lemons, oranges, dates, avocados, olives, jojoba)at 4.23 acre feet per acre. What the heck is jojoba? If water allotments are cut something has got to give. This is a decades long issue that seems to be treated like the federal deficit. I keep telling my kids to stop eating so much almond butter. Seriously, probably the nuts are the biggest water consumers that could most easily be reduced.
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Jun 26, 2023 17:47:11 GMT -5
USDA says agriculture accounts for 90% of water usage in California, with pasture the highest(4.92 acre feet), followed closely by almonds and pistachios, followed closely by Citrus and subtropical fruits (grapefruit, lemons, oranges, dates, avocados, olives, jojoba)at 4.23 acre feet per acre. What the heck is jojoba? If water allotments are cut something has got to give. This is a decades long issue that seems to be treated like the federal deficit. I keep telling my kids to stop eating so much almond butter. Seriously, probably the nuts are the biggest water consumers that could most easily be reduced. Yes. And alfalfa where applicable seems to be a biggie. Rocky's right - something has to give. Of course, I just read a letter to the editor in the local paper complaining about "eco-friendly" policies, apparently not needed and too expensive. What's he going to drink - dirt? And in one of the papers, a note that groundwater pumping has contributed significantly to the shifting of the rotational pole of the earth. Apparently it isn't unusual that it shifts around, however, I guess this hasn't been the typical cause.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 26, 2023 17:58:25 GMT -5
Our country is so very big with such differing concerns. We're in Palo Alto, where our kids' landlord is replacing the last of the grass with desert-like plantings. The water bill is over $500/month right now. OTOH, I'd have to keep my water running day and night in Rhode Island to get a bill like that. One coast has not enough water, the other coast more than enough. As I read this... back here at home the skies have opened at a rate of inch an hour (possibly more) ... adding to the 2+ inches that fell Friday and Saturday. Quite a while back I read or saw in a documentary that deluge rain simply runs off, not contributing much to local soild saturation, etc.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 26, 2023 18:19:46 GMT -5
As I read this... back here at home the skies have opened at a rate of inch an hour (possibly more) ... adding to the 2+ inches that fell Friday and Saturday. Quite a while back I read or saw in a documentary that deluge rain simply runs off, not contributing much to local soild saturation, etc. It did initially for sure, in California. But the reservoirs are pretty okay right now, from what I understand. In lil' Rhodie, it's all good, right swash?
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Post by swash on Jun 26, 2023 19:58:51 GMT -5
Quite a while back I read or saw in a documentary that deluge rain simply runs off, not contributing much to local soild saturation, etc. It did initially for sure, in California. But the reservoirs are pretty okay right now, from what I understand. In lil' Rhodie, it's all good, right swash? Quite good just now. Water table is where it belongs, reservoirs in good shape, farmers happy.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 27, 2023 9:39:54 GMT -5
It did initially for sure, in California. But the reservoirs are pretty okay right now, from what I understand. In lil' Rhodie, it's all good, right swash? Quite good just now. Water table is where it belongs, reservoirs in good shape, farmers happy. There are farmers in Rhode Island?
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 27, 2023 9:42:23 GMT -5
I keep telling my kids to stop eating so much almond butter. Seriously, probably the nuts are the biggest water consumers that could most easily be reduced. Yes. And alfalfa where applicable seems to be a biggie. Rocky's right - something has to give. Of course, I just read a letter to the editor in the local paper complaining about "eco-friendly" policies, apparently not needed and too expensive. What's he going to drink - dirt? And in one of the papers, a note that groundwater pumping has contributed significantly to the shifting of the rotational pole of the earth. Apparently it isn't unusual that it shifts around, however, I guess this hasn't been the typical cause. Alfalfa is in the pasture category.
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Post by meyers7 on Jun 27, 2023 11:06:26 GMT -5
Yes. And alfalfa where applicable seems to be a biggie. Rocky's right - something has to give. Of course, I just read a letter to the editor in the local paper complaining about "eco-friendly" policies, apparently not needed and too expensive. What's he going to drink - dirt? And in one of the papers, a note that groundwater pumping has contributed significantly to the shifting of the rotational pole of the earth. Apparently it isn't unusual that it shifts around, however, I guess this hasn't been the typical cause. Alfalfa is in the pasture category. The only Alfalfa I know about.
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Post by UConnChapette on Jun 27, 2023 12:28:06 GMT -5
Alfalfa is in the pasture category. The only Alfalfa I know about. Alfalfa processing plant is the second worst smell I have ever experienced from my years in Nebraska/South Dakota. The worst? The large pig farm just over the Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota border. Depending on the wind direction, you either smelled it coming up for miles or after passing by for miles. No one can claim that pig's Sh!t don't stink. Oh man, does it ever.
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Jun 27, 2023 15:01:05 GMT -5
The only Alfalfa I know about. Alfalfa processing plant is the second worst smell I have ever experienced from my years in Nebraska/South Dakota. The worst? The large pig farm just over the Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota border. Depending on the wind direction, you either smelled it coming up for miles or after passing by for miles. No one can claim that pig's Sh!t don't stink. Oh man, does it ever. And cows on what I can't justify calling "farms" - eastern New Mexico off of Route 10. Miles of stink, there have even been lawsuits. Just tons of cows confined in relatively small areas, pooping. Occasionally, moved to poop in a different enclosure while they bulldoze. The worst smell I think I remember was a pile of potatoes near Boise Idaho. I was there for work and drove by, I guess they were rotten. But why the huge pile beats me.
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Post by chicagogg on Jun 28, 2023 8:44:38 GMT -5
Quite good just now. Water table is where it belongs, reservoirs in good shape, farmers happy. There are farmers in Rhode Island? Regular farms, and quite a few sod farms.....
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Post by bulkey on Jun 28, 2023 8:53:53 GMT -5
There are farmers in Rhode Island? Regular farms, and quite a few sod farms..... Yup. Lots of farms. There's a couple of dairy farms with 3 or 4 miles of my suburban town. And of course, there are lots of aquafarms. :-)
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Post by UConnChapette on Jun 28, 2023 9:29:32 GMT -5
Seeing the thread on Jonathan XV, I have decided what I am going to do as soon as I retire. I will take a leisurely drive to at least Nebraska, maybe as far as California. My my way back home, I will adopt (okay, purchase...sorry) from a reputable breeder my first dog - a Corgi. I simply adore those dogs, and my son and his girlfriend have three of them and I am hooked. Traveling any distance with a puppy will take patience so I may look in Pennsylvania for a good breeder. I know there are a ton of breeders in Iowa (seems like a strange place for a lot of Corgi breeders) but that would be a minimum of three days or more, with potty breaks every two hours or so. I grew up with dogs, and always wanted a dog but hubby was a hard no. Once I retire, I can be fulltime care giver to a dog so he will have no say. LOL. And, corgis need lots of exercise so it will help keep me fit. My health is great and I know my son would take the dog if my health became a factor in dog care.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 28, 2023 9:46:42 GMT -5
Seeing the thread on Jonathan XV, I have decided what I am going to do as soon as I retire. I will take a leisurely drive to at least Nebraska, maybe as far as California. My my way back home, I will adopt (okay, purchase...sorry) from a reputable breeder my first dog - a Corgi. I simply adore those dogs, and my son and his girlfriend have three of them and I am hooked. Traveling any distance with a puppy will take patience so I may look in Pennsylvania for a good breeder. I know there are a ton of breeders in Iowa (seems like a strange place for a lot of Corgi breeders) but that would be a minimum of three days or more, with potty breaks every two hours or so. I grew up with dogs, and always wanted a dog but hubby was a hard no. Once I retire, I can be fulltime care giver to a dog so he will have no say. LOL. And, corgis need lots of exercise so it will help keep me fit. My health is great and I know my son would take the dog if my health became a factor in dog care. You're our queen, Chappy!
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 29, 2023 19:14:27 GMT -5
Yesterday I was introduced to a dog who is half Corgi and half Australian Sheep Dog. Why would you do that? Yes, it was a purposeful breeding. It was pretty much Corgi with a bit longer legs and a Sheep Dog coat.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 29, 2023 19:45:05 GMT -5
Yesterday I was introduced to a dog who is half Corgi and half Australian Sheep Dog. Why would you do that? Yes, it was a purposeful breeding. It was pretty much Corgi with a bit longer legs and a Sheep Dog coat. Maybe the British are trying to hold onto their Empire?
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Post by huskyharper on Jul 1, 2023 20:48:43 GMT -5
I have a mini-aussie... he's great. and I travel with two 30 pound dogs, it's wonderful. I couldn't do it without them. The other is a tall "arkansas puggle" - rescue from Arkansas who looks like a puggle. OMG, I LOVE my dogs.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jul 3, 2023 9:09:57 GMT -5
Had 2 over 80 days, so summer has arrived. It'll end in about a month.
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Post by pinotbear on Jul 3, 2023 12:04:55 GMT -5
Had 2 over 80 days, so summer has arrived. It'll end in about a month. Like the old Vermont farmer said; "Just when summer comes, varies, from year to year. Last year, it was a Thursday...."
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Post by vtcwbuff on Jul 5, 2023 15:18:44 GMT -5
Grew up on a hard rock dairy farm in VT. Love the smell of barnyard manure. Au de Vermont to me.
However, years ago I spent a couple of days in Bluff Colorado which was then a huge feed yard and shipping point for beef cattle. We had to drive 20 miles upwind to find a restaurant where I could eat with out gagging.
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Post by huskyharper on Jul 5, 2023 16:22:19 GMT -5
Grew up on a hard rock dairy farm in VT. Love the smell of barnyard manure. Au de Vermont to me. However, years ago I spent a couple of days in Bluff Colorado which was then a huge feed yard and shipping point for beef cattle. We had to drive 20 miles upwind to find a restaurant where I could eat with out gagging. Did you try the Rocky Mountain Oysters? I've heard they're best deep fried...
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Post by vtcwbuff on Jul 5, 2023 18:25:53 GMT -5
I have tried them a couple of times and actually they are not bad but not really special. More like a conversation starter . . . "Hey, have you ever eaten . . . ." The real story is that I convinced my wife to try them (there was alcohol involved) and she liked them too. Last time was at The Fort outside of Denver.
We just got home from a mini vaca on Lake Champlain. Our 4th of July dinner was smoked oysters on the half shell cooked over a wood fire, grilled lobster and corn, cowboy steaks and a strawberry shortcake to finish. The strawberries were picked earlier that afternoon. Much better than deep fried testicles.
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Post by aubreyfan on Jul 11, 2023 21:18:22 GMT -5
I've read that farmers use 70% of our water but generally the estimates are even lower if you look statewide. First time I've seen the 90% figure cited. No doubt farmers use the bulk of it. A consideration is that lots of farms get water from the aqueduct coming down from the north. We need to find a way to take less of it from the Colorado River but the biggest water wasters are actually closer to the base in Colorado as I understand it. Arizona needs it badly. California needs to do a lot more to stop water run off into the ocean. We are using toilet water to drink now folks. Recycling it. Not a fan of that concept but that's our reality.
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