Ya, been there in the summer way back when. It was meltingly hot!
I like the beach as well. I just can't take roasting for too long. That's when a pitcher of margaritas comes in handy. And grilled pineapple....

We need two gulch's.

The high humidity heat would kill me dead. Rather have a fire for heat in the winter than swelter in the the heat of summer :) Good thing we all like different stuff

Move to Utah, there is a 15 ache patch just north of me :)

You would have to get a well permit and drill to about 680 feet to get a flowing well. A bit expensive but doable.

You sound a lot like me.

15 ache farm and 20 ache pasture, wood burning stove with a shed full of wood, septic, artesian well, 30ish head of cattle and grow enough to feed them plus sell. 1 ache garden.

My family is nearly independent on food. We would not eat quite as nicely but could survive on what we have for years. My week spot right now is power. I need to buy solar and perhaps put in a windmill though I think the latter would be less effective where I am at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnebZny...

That's a lot of burnt bacon!

There were a large number of these pilot studies commissioned for the EPA.. stay tuned

Have you asked them to consider moving their grill?

The ceiling in my dining room is a beautiful dark purple.

What is it with California?
I can no longer obtain the paint for my house that actually WORKS IN WISCONSIN because of California teaming up with the EPA and eliminating VOCs in paint.
I told my paint dealer that the temperature extremes in California are: August in Badwater Basin in Death Valley to January at the peak of Mount Whitney and NO ONE LIVES IN EITHER PLACE!
My home experiences those weather extremes in a one-year cycle and I live here! I need something that works for me in real life...not something that allegedly works in some educated idiot's mind in California.

Oh, you haven't had heat til you come to south GA!
The only thing you can do in the summer is swim. But we are 3 hours from the FL panhandle, and i LOVE the beach.
Every location has its good and bad. I just hope we don't put the Gulch in the cold!

Certainly out of the box... What about woad?

Like disease-ridden ticks.

My front door is purple. ;-) like a dark plummy color... I do NOT however, cook cabbage or liver. Am I off the hook? ;-)

HUSH! Don't even think that!

We are in the Litchfield Hills of northwestern CT. The winters are tough, but your summers are equally so! The heat and humidity is what made me flee Richmond, VA.
😜

My husband is from western Massachusetts. They have beautiful summers, but the winters are tough. We are in South Georgia.

Let's not suggest it to my neighbor, please.

how about painting the house WITH liver and HIMSELF purple? is that better, or worse?

no nasty-tasting chemicals required!
You could also buy the upscale model which has a nice grill on the bottom for the paper to sit it, and a nice handle to pick it up with.....as long as they are legal to sell, anyway.

unfortunately, it feels as though they are biting us! -- j

and we will not comply, neither with the charcoal
grill nor the woodstove. . this is America. -- j

I'll bet the EPA would find that burning the ink on the paper is hazardous to something.

Yeah, being an Objectivist and a neighbor and knowing that the next door neighbor can live his life the way he wants on his property, while you live your life the way you want on your property is such a problem. I mean what's next--cooking cabbage and liver and painting their house purple. Jeez.

Years ago, we tried the catalytic converter insert for the fireplace - BIG MISTAKE. The thing drew moisture to the insulation around it and we had to rebuild the fireplace. They are already a pain in cars, with warning lights, now they want them in grills., GET LOST EPA!