shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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is this German or Austrian or Dutch?
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If you know where you are, you're in Minneapolis. If you are lost, you're in St Paul.
If you know where you are, you're in Minneapolis. If you are lost, you're in St Paul.
Sounds like a NY/Boston situation.
Looks like a lot of residential area in that Boston shot.Sounds like a NY/Boston situation.
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So, we all agree it looks like a wasteland?Looks like a lot of residential area in that Boston shot.
Also reminds me a lot of my town in Georgia.
The "wasteland" is the one with no trees.So, we all agree it looks like a wasteland?
I dunno.The "wasteland" is the one with no trees.
But desert is kinda the definition of "wasteland" (can't be used to grow produce).I dunno.
Spent 3 years in the Mojave and to be honest its actually pretty damn nice.
But desert is kinda the definition of "wasteland" (can't be used to grow produce).
Pretty sure you have to add nutrients ...meaning you're adding good soil on top of what was wasteland.Actually it can, you just have to get the water to it. Parts of California, huge chunks of Australia and much of the length of the Nile river are deserts that have been transformed to agriculture. There's a hell of lot more produce growing in the California desert than in Boston and NYC.
Pretty sure you have to add nutrients ...meaning you're adding good soil on top of what was wasteland.
Non-wastelands can grow lush forests or other vegetation without adding nutrients and irrigation. I don't know why he said anything about produce.Gosh, you need to add nutrients? Wow!! Thanks for the insight. So farming the desert is just like farming anywhere else. If the world ran on organic farming the world would starve. Everywhere adds nutrients. Hell, you don't even need soil or fresh water. There are huge, productive farms in deserts that use salt water, solar power and no soil at all. 70% of Australia is arid or semi-arid, yet 50% of the country is farmland. Do the math. Soil that looks dead because it gets no water can turn into farmland just by adding water and nutrients. You can essentially grow topsoil and humans have been doing that in deserts for thousands of years. Maybe you missed the memo.
So because wasteland can be converted (with great effort), the word should be abolished from existence and never used again to refer to dry sandy land? OK.Gosh, you need to add nutrients? Wow!! Thanks for the insight. So farming the desert is just like farming anywhere else. If the world ran on organic farming the world would starve. Everywhere adds nutrients. Hell, you don't even need soil or fresh water. There are huge, productive farms in deserts that use salt water, solar power and no soil at all. 70% of Australia is arid or semi-arid, yet 50% of the country is farmland. Do the math. Soil that looks dead because it gets no water can turn into farmland just by adding water and nutrients. You can essentially grow topsoil and humans have been doing that in deserts for thousands of years. Maybe you missed the memo.
Wasteland is unproductive. Production produces produce. Follow?Non-wastelands can grow lush forests or other vegetation without adding nutrients and irrigation. I don't know why he said anything about produce.
It also refers to native Flora.Wasteland is unproductive. Production produces produce. Follow?
