Quote:
Originally Posted by CDavidNeely
To Whom It May Concern,
I live in Upper East Tennessee right next to the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina border.
While there are certain numbers of people in this country who can make those kinds of adjustments there are far more who are not. People who haven't had to be really hungry -- ever.
There are people who grow gardens and that is for sure but most of them grow flowers, rely on expensive fertilizers and a steady water supply. Here is a little tidbit about Missouri Western drought shrinking Big Muddy and Illinois Most of northern Illinois is in a “severe” drought and Georgia Drought tightens its grip on north Georgia for example. The conditions in America are a lot more troublesome than a lot of people notice. In the situation where the infrastructure becomes incapable of shipping in water what do you think will happen to people's "victory garden?"
There was a lot happening in the country before the current economic crisis hit. I'm not saying that you don't but most people haven't realized the drought conditions in the United States which are allieviated by our infrastructure. An infrastructure that is failing. As I mentioned before:
If the economy hits harder and states don't have money to repair the system which provides the water and the areas where people live are in a drought then being able to grow a garden now won't matter a bit.
Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely |
Well thank you for telling me what the weather is where I live. You remind me of the Greek who thought he had to tell me what day it was in America.
For your information, farming in this area does not depend on irrigation. It is rare if ever you see an irrigation set up in western KY. In West TN you see a lot of irrigation ditches, but very few large pieces of irrigation equipment. Across the river in Missouri they do a fair amount of irrigation. But where I is an area where there are many lakes and rivers. Even in drought years, crops her do pretty well.
The farmers here are not a bunch of hillbilly bumpkins. Most have been to college and they use scientific principles to raise their crops. They keep their farms in a good state of conservation. All one has to do is but to drive through the countryside and see all the test plots. The farmers here are in very close contact with the university extension service and those people are scientists who know damn sight more about it than YOU do. You should do more than watch Green Acres. Your posts reflect that is your foundation and it is just plain silly.
