Jason & Katie wrote: > hello robert, > > i am from the midwest of america.
If you'd said "Iowa", I'd have enough of an idea! When I think of Iowa, I think of corn, soybeans and hogs. The coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest are characterized by heavy rainfall for most of the year, low solar insolation and poorly drained soils. We get mild winters up here--only two cold snaps this season, for instance--and hot summers where we can go four to six weeks without a drop of rain. Maize, strawberries, carrots, broccoli and specialty flowers grow VERY well in the valley bottoms. But I live on a hillside that used to be a dairy farm. There were orchards up here at one time also. I've never seen any commercial melon crops in this area. My saintly mother-in-law says that melons don't do well around here, but she doesn't know exactly WHY this is so. robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/