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Southwestern Gardening
xcountry695

Gardening in Southern coastal California

xcountry695
18 years ago

Hi I'm interested in visiting California a while. But where to stay it is such a huge state. Im really interested in going to the coast anywhere between Santa Barbara, CA or Big Sur, CA. but the problem is that even though you have warm winters you have incredibly dry summers. With such high populations of people in Southern California plants must take a huge hit in the dry summers. I don't know is water a problem because I can't deal with that since here in maine water is sometimes (rarely) a problem and we gwt 5+ inches of precipitation a month. Do things often die in the summer drought? Anyone interested in Maine I know a lot. Any on who knows or better yet lives in Big sur or a town close in proximity please notify me of your knowledge

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