3 ms·
As someone who lives semi-arid, good luck growing abundant food on this land. I have 12 acre feet of water rights on 58 acres in Montana and its still a lot of
by orasis 9y ago
As someone who lives semi-arid, good luck growing abundant food on this land.
I have 12 acre feet of water rights on 58 acres in Montana and its still a lot of work.
(For sale btw: It's fun as a giant playground http://www.eralandmark.com/listings/view/307976 http://www.eralandmark.com/listings/view/307976)
- redblacktree 9y ago> 12 acre feet of water rights on 58 acres Could you explain these terms better? How does that work? Thanks!
- danielvf 9y agoAn acre foot is a volume of water one acre, one foot deep, used over a year. In gallons, that’s 325,851 gallons per year per acre foot. The poster then can use about 4 million gallons of water per year for his land. When spread out over this amount of land, that’s about 66% of the amount of water needed for a suburban grass lawn in a hot climate.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoNot parent, but thanks for the detailed response. One thing though: > that’s about 66% of the amount of water needed for a suburban grass lawn in a hot climate I'm not sure how to related to this. If a person wanted to grow food in a hot climate they'd probably build tunnels or shaded houses or some such, or grow olives or some other food plant suited to the conditions, using drip irrigation. Where as a suburban lawn is typically exposed to direct sun light and watered in a typically less than optimal way.
- toisanji 9y agocouldn't find your email, please ping me about your land, its in my profile.
- DubiousPusher 9y agoHehe, know how you feel. My family has about 400 plus 1600 BLM lease the only use of which is grazing. At least the grazing lease pays BLM and the taxes.