We hear a lot about committees and home owner associations telling people what they can and can't do. Compared to the UK it often seems over complicated and very restrictive!
garden steps?
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We hear a lot about committees and home owner associations telling people what they can and can't do. Compared to the UK it often seems over complicated and very restrictive!
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Well, here we have the "council housing officers", who like a power trip.
At the moment, we are phantom planting in the estate, because the officer doesn't agree with our gardening group making the place look nicer
Like @rockyroller's committee, the housing does not fix or take care or anything either!
Worse, they have a say even if one is not a council house tenant.
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did not know that!
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one of the condo board co-presidents came by & took a tour & I was able to show him pics & tell him about poncho-boy's behavior. he has been staying away now & I have a green light to close the trail entrance behind my patio & open a new one over to the right. actually where poncho-boy is keen to do the same. so, yay, we have a plan!
meanwhile, on a recent get-a-way w/ Wifey to Vermont we came across some very good slope steps along a hike
really well done, I thought. & I won't be doing that at all
meanwhile, on a recent get-a-way w/ Wifey to Vermont we came across some very good slope steps along a hike
really well done, I thought. & I won't be doing that at all
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how it appears now
security camera video screenshot, so the quality isn't very good
found a cpl pics from before they created the trail entrance
security camera video screenshot, so the quality isn't very good
found a cpl pics from before they created the trail entrance
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In fairness, in this instance it doesn't seem to be anything of the sort, but the residents' committer trying to work out what they should or can do, and in any case not at all unsupportive of what the OP has done off his own bat
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since the new trail exit/entrance is happening I borrowed the porch paint I had mixed for my Mother's front porch & covered the trail markers leading to & from my patio. it's a good match for tree bark, I think
almost like they were never there
almost like they were never there
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well, we'll see how the walkers respond to a new trail exit
old trail
haven't used stencils in a long time
new trail. less of a slope & I don't have to maintain it
not this way anymore
go that way, not this way
old trail
haven't used stencils in a long time
new trail. less of a slope & I don't have to maintain it
not this way anymore
go that way, not this way
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success! the dog walkers get the idea
now if we can just get this dog owner to keep their dog on a leash! it can't read the new trail signs, lol
it's a good jumper!
say cheese!
now if we can just get this dog owner to keep their dog on a leash! it can't read the new trail signs, lol
it's a good jumper!
say cheese!
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it's been a few weeks since I planted the grass & it is doing well. will be interesting how the condo's landscape company will ruin it w/ their machines ...
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- Glasgow
Same happens here.
They are called the council's land services.
Should one leave something nice planted in a communal area, they will merciless mow it down.
I protect my planting with bamboo canes, any obstacle will do, they just go round them
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Same happens here.
They are called the council's land services.
Should one leave something nice planted in a communal area, they will merciless mow it down.
I protect my planting with bamboo canes, any obstacle will do, they just go round them
I just love the idea of you and your pals doing a bit of guerilla gardening Pat.
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You should see the amount of self seeding from the birds and the wind that has happened lately:I just love the idea of you and your pals doing a bit of guerilla gardening Pat.
even fruit trees have self seeded from last year, they are already 7 Ft tall!
Must be the climate change and the squirrels ...
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it has not been a banner year for the elephant ear palm plants. very little rain this summer. I was thinking of stopping w/ them since we are planning to move in the next few years & they are rather labor intensive, seasonally. so when I pull them up, probably sooner than the usual late November, meaning thinking pretty soon, I was thinking of planting low maintenance grasses like that one in the center, which grows w/o rain & pretty much stays year round altho dies back but remains thru the winter
plopping this here for my own reference
hope no one minds that I add a link to my palm tuber thread time to bring the palm tubers in
plopping this here for my own reference
hope no one minds that I add a link to my palm tuber thread time to bring the palm tubers in
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picked up a cpl small ones. I think are the same species as the big one
