RW> West Texas is like the country one could see in the TV series "Lonesome
RW> Dove"...It's also what you could picture in your mind when you think
RW> about cowboys and the old west.
 
They have a copy of Monument Valley?  (-:
 
RW>RW>> the next thing you know, they'll try to make like the forests of
RW>RW>> California and Montana actually compare to Texas and Lousiana
RW>RW>> forests.
 
RW>RN> They can do that.  (-:
 
RW> They can try.
 
My mother used to tell me you can do anything with your mouth.  At the
young age I was, it was some time before I realized the full impact of what
she meant.
 
RW> Maybe 50-60 feet...they're so brittle that they break over in a strong
RW> wind. Not to mention that they're the filthiest tree I know of. Not much
RW> can grow beneath them because they're so desidious. Not to mention that
RW> their umbelliate droppings are toxic to everything else.
 
After I sent that message, I googled it and saw some leaning over from a CA
fire.  The pine trees here are just as bad.  As the tree gets taller (some
in my area in Mandeville were 120 feet), the lower branches break off
because they aren't getting the nourishment the branches higher up are
getting.  I had 11 of them surrounding my place and while they offered
significant shade, the lower branches breaking off became a hazard,
especially during a tropical storm or hurricane.
 
RW> Maybe they did. I know pecans aren't native to CA...
 
Lots of things grow wild in this area.  I remember when I bought a house
here and cut the grass in the back yard (another story), I ran over a
watermelon vine because I wasn't paying attention to what the mower was
cutting.  The vine was growing a small watermelon and it didn't grow back. 
I could have kicked myself.  Also, the bananas growing wild here are
sweeter than the ones from South America.  Fig trees are in abundance and
are one of my favorites. They'll be ripe next month.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... He has a train of thought.  You have a tricycle...
--- D'Bridge 3.31