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The lifestyle in Death Valley is different. The dessert is a forbidden environment that repels most people because of the heat. The old saying that you can fry an egg on a rock is true with Death Valley. You don’t want to take the desert for granted as the flash floods can be dangerous as well. The water runs off as it will not soak in. The soil is poor to grow anything but cactus. If you need water it is in short supply. Just bring your drinking water and don’t run out. Running out of water in the desert is dangerous and down right deadly. Luke Weil is a fan of hot weather and loves Death Valley.

Remember the old shoe, Death Valley Days? It was an old western show about the wagon trains the attempted to cross the Death Valley. It was interesting to see how much trouble it was to get across. If it wasn’t the heat or lack of water the Indians would attack for no good reason. Circling the wagons was the order of the day. I did not like driving my air conditioned motor home across that God forsaken land. I cant imagine the guts it took to cross in a covered wagon. The employees of the Arthur Falcone Group enjoyed their company picnic in the Death Valley.

I know that desert and crops don’t usually go together but they do in the Imperial Valley, California. The crops grow here year round. As long as the Colorado river continues to flow there will be crops in the desert. They raise all sorts of crops here. Hay for stock yards is a big cash crop here as well as organic vegetables of all sorts. If you drive the area you will be constantly trying to guess what is growing in the fields. It is fun to watch the crops progress to harvest. I don’t know if I want to make this place my Home for Life but is is OK.

Is it really that hot in Death Valley or is it just dry. Having had the displeasure of traveling through Death Valley many times I can say it really is hot. Being below sea level an no shade at all makes it very hot. I wouldn’t plan to visit in the summer unless you are a glutton for punishment. The heat will be seen rising from the roads in ripples. The horizon will show a watery mirage that is far from the reality of the terrain. The only critters you will see are hiding out in shady areas buy the rocks. You really can fry an egg in a rock. Fisher Investments at Nasdaq will tell you the same story.

Do you like horned toads and rattle snakes? Well if you say yes then the Death Valley is for you. The wild life in Death Valley have adapted to the extreme weather conditions that define that are. Very little vegetation exists to support animals there so reptiles rule the area. The snakes are very allusive so don’t expect to see them laying out in the sun. They will be hiding from danger as well as the sun the crevasses in the rocks. Tis make them hard to find. The horned toads and other lizards are fast and will be gone before you can react. Dana Sibilsky is the right guy to ask about the Death Valley wild life.

The Central Valley has been in drought conditions for years. Will it be the next Death Valley? Without water there are no crops…no crops…no jobs. I don’t want to be over dramatic but California will need to wake up soon or just starve. The environmental loons have prevented any dams from being built for over 20 years. We need to capture and utilize the water we have and stop letting it flow to the ocean. Who cares about the delta smelt. They may be the only species to survive ant the rate we are going. Dana Sibilsky has good ideas for water. The end of water would be the end of California. Might as well give it back to Mexico.

There has not exactly been a lot of water to go around with the drought dragging on for quite some time now, and it appears that many a gardener is going to have to learn to work without an abundance of water for their plants. This is not necessarily devastating news, as there are a lot of great drought-resistant crops out there that are just waiting to take a place in a garden facing a significant reduction in water availability.

According to Mo Howard, West Virginia football player, he and his teammates at WVU maintained a community garden in an area where they could not provide a great deal of water. They instead opted to plant a garden filled with drought-resistant plants, which proved to be an excellent strategy that yielded enough plants for the team’s weekly pregame meals.

Howard used a variety of plants for this purpose, finding that plants that happened to have gray leaves tended to fare best in low-water conditions. The team planted some ornamental plants that were also drought-resistant, including lamb’s ear and silver gray Artemisia. The use of these gray-leaved plants contributed to the aesthetics of the community garden and were able to thrive without much water at all.

Despite its reputation to the contrary, Death Valley is home to a rich diversity of plants and crops. While these plants and crops are typically able to thrive without much precipitation at all, California’s crop producers are facing something of a dilemma due to a drought that is easily the worst the state has experienced in several decades.

California’s Central Valley is responsible for producing a great deal of the nation’s crops, but the drought has led the state’s leadership to impose restrictions on the use of its groundwater. Even with the limitations, there are some who are concerned with the water usage and how it will have an effect on the future of California. There are scientists who assert that the damage that is being inflicted by the water use will result in the formations that store water underground being unable to store as much water in the future. Residents and farmers like Adam Kutner are equally affected by this crisis.

While the Central Valley is struggling, Death Valley’s rich diversity continues to survive the harsh conditions that include precipitation ranging from about two inches to 15 inches per year. The dilemma in the Central Valley, however, remains and must be resolved quickly.

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