13 May 08 07:53, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> RW>> Look at your map and you'll see that I get more sun exposure
 RW>> per day
 RW>> RW>> than you do in California. People actually plant trees in the
 RW>> summer
 RW>> RW>> sun's arc to help keep their houses cool.

 RW>> TW> That is a VERY old Trick popular in the South. Plus with enough
 RW>> trees
 RW>> TW> arround the house the metabolism of the Trees actualy
"Cool" the
 RW>> air
 RW>> TW> a bit in addition to the Shade they provide.

 RW>> It helps to plant trees in a row on the north-north-west side of the
 RW>> house up north too. Keeps the wind off the house.

 TW> I rembember that from my High School Days up in Montana. As one drove
 TW> arround you could see that ALL the old Farm Houses had rows
 TW> of trees proctecting the house from the Winds of Winter

That's what they do all across the norhern states.

                R\%/itt



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