the gulf coast can be harsh indeed. I'm inland about 50 miles so the worst part of living on the coast I have been spared bec we have a city water supply. If your on your own with getting your own water to your home it can be expensive to get to water you can actually use for anything other than washing the car. Iron is so heavy in some areas using bleach in your laundry will turn your whites yellow and orange. The plants here have the same problem with the water its just nasty hard and only thing in it a plant can use is its wet.

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My friends granpa 'Jim Crowe' had a few patents on some roses back in the day. He was the one who 1st made the Texas Yellow Rose.. Must have been hard back then growing up with a name like 'Jim Crowe'
