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A HERETIC I AM

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8. It's not just the fruit and nuts, it's the leaves too.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:49 PM

Feb 2014

I don't know if the water use figures include that, but to make all the orchards and vineyards turn from the brown they are now to the vibrant green they are when harvest time comes....

It is amazing how much water is used, no doubt.

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