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Originally Posted by wodin
Believe it or not we DO have a skiing season, the Big Island of Hawaii is one of the few places in the world where you can ski in the morning, drive for an hour and surf in the afternoon. We also have the tallest (base to summit) mountain in the world.
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I actually did know that. Some 16 years or so ago I spent a forth night on Oahu. The problem with the "ski in the morning, surf in the afternoon" concept is that no one actually does it. Either you are too tired or too busy, and if you do have the time and inclination you might as well divide it up in two days.
Believe it or not, we (in the south of Sweden, where I live)
DO actually have two harvests in a season, one early summer and one mid autumn. The reason; Sun is up some 18 - 19 hours, so things grow fast. The same reason we have superb strawberries (you wouldn't think of Sweden as Strawberry Fields).