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Not to mention the great fishing along the gulf coast for redfish and speckled trout and flounder and croaker and sand trout (no limit on these).

My 200 gallons of propane is what I used for all purposes last YEAR, Including the greenhouse heat.

As for electricity I use about $150 a month in the summer for A/C and other usage. I have s straw bale house that is really pretty energy efficient.

We don't have to spend any money on winter clothes, plug in car warmers, etc.

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"No great thing is created suddenly." ~Epictitus

Talk about a slow roasted butt! June, July, August and September can be extremely hot for a yankee in North Texas.

[QUOTE=Cabin Fever]
And, I'll take our mosquitos and deerflies and horseflies over your fire ants, scorpions, and poisonous snakes.

I've been to Minnesota in the summer. The skeeters are big and plentiful enough to carry off a small child. All I remember was to head for cover when the sun started to go down.
I also made the mistake of waterskiing there. You have to be fast getting up on the ski's before hypothermia sets in. A helmet is good to because I got smacked in the forehead by somekind of bug that was as big as my fist.

I can't remember much more than that. I think it is from blood loss and the concussion.

The fishing was good though.

[QUOTE=fixer1958]That bug is called a hummingbird.

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This is the government the Founding Fathers warned us about.....

Well, well (in my anxious 'my dogs better'n your dog' voice ) uh, ah, I bet Minnesotans just accept the old fashionedy lakes that were already there... here in Texas, we build em where it is convenient... yeah, and we build em to grow the biggest ol catfish and bass....

Out of 'that' voice now...........

There's plans afoot to flood the section of the river that I live next to (Sabine), the proposed Lake Carthage. If we go through a couple years of drought, I'm sure they'd start up the bulldozers. Would be a 45,000 acre lake, and I'd be sitting in three feet of water, where I'm sitting...

Land prices hereabouts have almost doubled in the last 5 years, which is good if you're selling, bad if you're buying.

And just remember, Texas is getting mighty full. And we have Texas Chainsaw massacres on a regular basis. At least sequels and prequels.... :baby04:

(Homer Simpson voice) Mmmmm Minnesota!!!

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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming

We have happy healthy hens, and we have fire ants! The trick with co-existing with fire ants is to manage them. We have used an insect growth regulator that sterilizes the queens, so the populations eventually dwindle, with great success. We also use boiling hot water and/or DE (not at the same time) to treat problem mounds that are in higher traffic areas. Honestly, when we moved to our farm (40 miles from Austin) I freaked out at how many fire ants there were, and at how amazingly aggressive they are. Over the past couple years, though, we have learned how to stay ahead of the fire ant population. The winter frost kills them back pretty well, too.

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"Perhaps I'll have them string a clothesline from the hearse I am in, with my underwear waving in the breeze, as we drive to the cemetary. People worry about the dumbest things!"
by Wendy