Re: Wind
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Wind
- From: L* H*
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:01:17 +0300
There is another factor to be considered in the case of wind. The direction of the wind
as it comes on to the land.
In various gardens that I have designed and consulted I have noticed that in some
situations it is possible to garden almost up to the waterfront as the wind strikes the
land obliquely and there is little mechanical damage. In other cases plants and trees
cannot be planted even several hundred meters from the coast since the winds
comming off the sea are perpendicular to the land and carry along with them
quantities of salt spary and sand which erode the leaves mechanically and make
gardening impossible. I would assume that the same situation would exist when wind
comes over a large unplanted area or desert and causes physical destruction to the
plant material. The factor of wind has long been a consideration for commercial
orchards as planting of windbreaks at regular intervals has been practiced.
