What unique problems does your land cause?

Zong, you are so true, but every time I visit NC and hear those beautiful women speak I can't help but think of the joke about the two Southern Belle's "Isn't that nice"
If you haven't heard it, check the link.

http://dickmacalive.blogspot.com/200...that-nice.html

Grandmotherbear, what part of FL are you in? I'm in Manatee county for now. I would like to be at least a little bit north of here. I like the area from Ocala to Gainesville along I-75, but so does everyone else so I'm not finding a lot of the type of deals I'm looking for.

I too am a Skeeter magnet, and that's really weighing on the choices for where to live. I joking told me ex-wife that I wanted to find a place that doesn't have heat, isn't cold, has no bugs, no humidity, but gets rain, has cheap land and isn't in the middle of the desert. She just laughed at me. I'm glad she got the joke.

While not unique, common issues here in east-central Alabama are clay soil OR sandy soil, HEAT AND HUMIDITY, and sometimes I think every insect known to man that leaves you itching after biting.

On the flip side, however, the positives are a LONG growing season, very mild winters, and, unless we're in a drought, green is everywhere! We lived in El Paso for a time when I was a teenager and, although the surrounding countryside was beautiful in its own way, I really missed "green"...a lot.

I can understand that, it's why I am so torn between the places I like. I really like things to be green, but "green" in Colorado costs big "green" and it's the type of green that doesn't grow on tree$.

I've worked on two hail storms in AL, one was in Anniston and I really liked the drive from there east-bound to Atlanta, GA. It's was funny, because the guys in the shop / dealership I was working in were all talking about buying land down in the Ocala, FL area. So I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.

not our land exactly, but getting a well paying job here is tough. we like it cuz its a diff. lifestyle, not based on money but fun, family and friends.

we get alot of summer tourists going thru to the black hills then in fall/winter the hunters are everywhere!!! which i hate, but then again, i work at hunting lodges which pay amazingly well for a short amt of work. i guess its a love/hate thing!

the soil can be really sticky and clay based, we call it 'gumbo'. growing season isn't the longest either, but its ok. its very 'ranchy' which is something i LOVE.

summers can get HOT, and winters can be COLD. the summers get to me more than the cold of winter, i hate being all sticky.

but its open spaces, friendly folks, quiet, and live and let live attitude that i stay for.

Sirdude-Weekdays coastal unrevitalized Palm Beach County. Microzone 10/11. White sand. jaboticabas, doyvalyis, atemoya,coffee, bananas, neeighbors have mangoes.
Long weekends-Highlands county just northwest of lake Okeechobee. No, we didn't get that black muck that make Lake Placid the caladium capitol of the USA. Micro climate 10. Sugar sand. 5 low chill apples, 1 4-in1 lowchill asain plum, bananas, pineapples, low chill peach, low chill apricot, low chill aprium, and an avocado I raised from a pit. Neighbor grows mangoes and lychees. Grove across the road-oranges. Lake Placid was featured in National Geographics issue on human trafficinf a few years back.If only I could get get even 1/2 acre zoned agriculture-bit almost everyything was rezoned medium density residential and medium duty industrial.
If I was in zones 3-8 I would sure be looking at raising saffron. Now I am thinking cardoman- but it takes about 15 years to bear.Cardoman is neck and neck with saffron as the most espensive spice in the world.
Our neighbors daughter lives 2 lakes away and her microclimate is 8. She loses -and their neighbors lose-every citrus they try to raise. I suggessted he talk to her about Irish potatoes. Lots of the nations potatoes are wintergrown in FL.
Last summer I tried very hard to do a true 4 season garden and I got a broken heart and a boatload of fat sassy insect pests. Heartbreaking to find every lima or be pea pd full of worms and wrass and aphids spreading fungus everywhere their ant masters carry them...