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Post by cjm on Nov 28, 2019 19:31:04 GMT
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Post by Trog on Nov 29, 2019 6:57:38 GMT
Another problem waiting to happen.
Which, by the by, set me thinking: Seeing as there is a real need amongst many whites South Africans for self-determination, and seeing that this is something guaranteed by the South African constitution, maybe those separatist-inclined South Africans (of which I'm one, incidentally) can club together and just buy the place. Shouldn't be to expensive. More than enough space. Lots of water. Fabulous agricultural potential - there is nothing I can think of that will not grow in Lesotho, except maybe subtropical fruit, which is a non-problem. Only problem is that there is no access to the see.
In fact, you do not even have to buy the whole place, just about half of it. Since they're bankrupt - the land should actually go for just about nothing. Basically, the money would go to persuade the people living there, particularly the chiefs, to move elsewhere. Irrespective of their petty little presumptions - if you give the guy half a billion dollars I'm sure he'll be off like a shot.
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Post by cjm on Nov 29, 2019 7:01:30 GMT
Another problem waiting to happen. Which, by the by, set me thinking: Seeing as there is a real need amongst many whites South Africans for self-determination, and seeing that this is something guaranteed by the South African constitution, maybe those separatist-inclined South Africans (of which I'm one, incidentally) can club together and just buy the place. Shouldn't be to expensive. More than enough space. Lots of water. Fabulous agricultural potential - there is nothing I can think of that will not grow in Lesotho, except maybe subtropical fruit, which is a non-problem. Only problem is that there is no access to the see. As it is, the Lesothoans are more in South Africa, than in Lesotho. They can then sommer stay here and there would be lots of vacant land there. |
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Post by Trog on Nov 29, 2019 7:10:00 GMT
Can you imagine the beautiful vineyards one could establish there? Climate is very like the Loire Valley, I suspect. Could become the world-leader in viticulture, since France is now going to the Muslims.
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Post by Trog on Nov 29, 2019 7:41:21 GMT
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Post by Trog on Nov 29, 2019 7:58:47 GMT
Land Areas:
Lesotho: 30,355 km2
Belgium: 30,688 km2
Switzerland: 41,285 km2
Netherlands: 41,543 km2 (Holland: 5,488 km2)
Albania: 28,748 km2
Republic of Macedonia: 25,713 km2
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Post by cjm on Nov 29, 2019 8:00:42 GMT
It should be an interesting experiment. The downside perhaps is the amount of rain during Jan, Feb and March. If one could delay ripening till May it would be much better. Grapes are supposed to deliver best quality with declining moisture during ripening (not to mention problems with diseases).
I find your comments about the slopes interesting. My dad held the same beliefs and he is the only other person I have ever heard mentioning that. Of course, the nature of the soils is also important. Grapes tend to deliver better quality in poorer soils.
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Post by cjm on Nov 30, 2019 5:44:11 GMT
Of course, the weather information is an average set. There may well be areas where the rainfall is even more suited to wine production.
As regards the slopes in Europe, it may also be that the poorer soils are found on the hill tops - that is a general tendency for hills.
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