Re: Plants for a Garden in southern Portugal.

--- "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@support.net> wrote:
 People often
> say that "you can grow
> anything in California - just add water"!  

This is mostly true :). There's even a (struggling)
coconut in Newport Beach.

http://www.plantapalm.com/centralfl/uploadedimages/Cocos
nucifera79200363622PM.jpg

Of course true tropicals that die when temps drop
under 50F die off, but if a plant can survive temps
between 25-20F it most likely can be grown somewhere
in the state.

> Every
> Water District in the 
> state has
> a water conservation office, all singing the same
> song - use it wisely!! 

One of the smartest things my city did was to NOT turn
over the city's aquifers to Cal Am Water for this
area. It would have all gone to fuel growth in
Monterey and Carmel. Thus, our bills are lower than
Monterey's because the city essentially owns the water
it sits above. We also don't have the water
moratoriums placed on us as much as the other
Peninsula cities do.

> It is hard to get people to listen when there is no
> generally no penalty to wasting
> this precious resource.  Perhaps they are starting
> to hear us . . .

That is true. When we had the major droughts they
began charging steep prices for overuse of alotted
water, which kept people from overdoing it. Most here
tend to not have the big water sucking gardens like
i've seen in Los Angeles. 

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