tngirl said:
We heard that the Arkansas Ozarks are amazing. So, we're looking into it. What's Arkansas like? I live in Georgia right now, and it gets darn near 100 degrees some days here. What's the summer weather like there? Winter wheater? Cost of living? Any other helpful info would be appreciated.
cost of living is low, land costs are low, unfortunately, job pay rates are low too...
however, the "hill billy" mentality can be either a blessing or a curse, it is still very much a DIY or do without, self sufficency is easy, theres only a few days with snow in winter, maybe a couple weeks long, you can generally harvest from your garden till october, then with row covers and cold frames, you can extend it to november pretty easy,
growing season starts early , lasts about 200 days give or take a month northern ark. ozarks/southern mo is a zone 6b , or 7 , according to the usda rain fall is adequate with most gardens needing water more from the heat stress than the lack of rain summer is 90-100, with high humidity ,heat index around 105 are fairly common
lets see, no comment on the ozarks is complete without a commnet on the roads, we have some of the WORST !!!, i swear the road layers simply cooked a bunch os spaghetti and threw it on a map ... ta dah , theres the road !
i live, as the crow flies, about 5 miles from Branson Mo, BUT!, to get there, i must take the road, so its about 14 miles.....
theres usually about 3-4 ice storms in winter, then everything is shut down for the day ,
i moved here from northdakota/and wisconsin , so for me its wonderfull!
except the humidity, but its tolerable , you just learn to steep like a tea bag in your own sweat !, or give into central air
cant think of anything else right now ....
Beth