Habitat for humanity

[bobm]

Yesterday I whent on the pre- tour of the gardens that were selected to be on this year's Clark County Garden Tour for this comming Sunday. One of the homes that was selected was in a Habitat for Humanity subdivision in Vancouver, Wa.. The house sits at the end of a very narrow, paved, one and a half block long one lane road with ditches on both sides. This alone should not have been approved as a housing development. Case in point... the first house on this road had recently completely been gutted due to a fire as the fire trucks had difficulty to come to put out the fire. Our two vans for the members of this pre- tour had to back out of this road as we couldn't turn around because every driveway had a one car wide driveway with a car parked in them. Total incometence in our view as to any fire, police, ambulance or any other event that restricts the residents into a bottle neck. Last year we had just over 200 people tour my garden, just how could even a small number of vehicular trafic handle this potential amount of visitors ? The residents of this home planted quite a number of flowering plants, a couple blueberry bushes, an apple and a pear tree on their small lot but it looked shabby due to MANY weeds. Selected for political correctness ?

 

[seedcorn]

Probably to show the wasted effort by well intentioned people.

 

[baymule]

Not even a cul-de-sac? Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

 

[Nyboy]

Bob if weeds in the garden bother you, never visit mine. I do have a woman working on weeding the flower beds now , but just never really bothered me. Working 7 days a week I have so little time to spend in garden, weeding falls low on list.

 

[PennyJo]

Ditto here mine has plenty of weeds tells me plants can still survive in it
also

 

[Nyboy]

i once had a woman quote me $700 to weed a small flower bed. I replied back " Honey put the crack pipe down" She wrote back my flower bed was the most weed filled over grown she ever seen. I replied your very young give it time

 

[PennyJo]

you bet good grief 700.00 to weed ah heck more tramadol and I could
no crack needed for that kinda price where in blue blazes did she think
she was worth that

 

[bobm]

Bob if weeds in the garden bother you, never visit mine. I do have a woman working on weeding the flower beds now , but just never really bothered me. Working 7 days a week I have so little time to spend in garden, weeding falls low on list.

NYboy, I haven't done any weeding in my garden for several weeks now because of my wife's health issue so I have a weed or two in my garden just like everyone else and our home is definately not in Martha Steward's neighborhood nor in a junk yard. I just came in from weeding my garden and check on my wife's needs and a short 10 minute water break. You missed the point of the incompetent subdivision design and a possible future catastraphe due to it. The choice of this garden may be political correctness this year due to a firing of the head of the County Services division (where there was only a quality garden design that would be an insperation for others and it's maintenance is by the owner the only criteria ) and an appointment of a bleeding heart person who wants to ballance out the garden tour to emphasise natural methods and diverse neighborhoods ranging from higher end homes, to subdivision,to a project neighborhood, to older home in a small lot neighborhood by an 81 year old woman in a walker, to a small working all natural farm, to a cleared space with a home in the middle of a forest, to a home on a bluff overlooking a river with their gardens going down a slope for about 50 feet to the high water line ... most with well designed gardens by their owners but 2 need some assistance for design. But that particular garden location just may cause some traffic issues on that one lane road with ditches on both sides for those on the tour come Sunday.

 

[Nyboy]

Got you Bob dangerous road conditions