New Neighbors!!

 The sign is down on the house to 

the east!!    It was reported that the

house sold for $490,000!!  Now tell

me that is crazy!!  Clark County's

GIS list this at a value of $333,887.00,

let me add lower than our value!!

But the funny thing is the old owners

vehicles are still seen coming and 

going.  No one has moved in??

No wonder folks can't afford a house

here.  Or should some one say they

over paid??

12/14/2021

Time for an update.  Sad to say for 

almost a week there has been guys

removing either lead paint or asbestos?

Don't ya just love the little surprises 

that comes with buying older homes?

Hope there was an inspection??

Datura Missouri Marble

 A dear friend sent me two plants this 

year after I was unable to obtain some.

These are very special plants and I just

love their variegation!  

Yes, I have plenty of pollen to use on 

our second attempt to cross a Brugmansia

and a Datura.

Bloom #2

8/3/2021

The first two blooms were crossed with B. 

Shorty's pollen and the third bloom with B. 

Frosty Pink.

Then this evening when our B. Sorro opened I was

able to cross it with D. MM pollen.

This bloom I crossed with B. Frosty pink.  I also

removed the anther and once it's open so no pollen 

will touch the stigma.

Another bloom was found today 2/09/2021 and I 

just allowed it to do it's thing but I removed the 

anthers so we will see if it self pollenates.  No 

pollen unless the bees find other pollen.

The smaller second plant is starting to bloom!

9/22/2021

In my attempts to save both plants I dug them up and

put then in pots yesterday.  They still look great this

am.

Sugar Ants

 Again we had a young man show

up at our door saying he was treating

so and so neighbors' for sugar ants!

I hate to say this but you will be dealing

with these as long as your neighbors keep

their yards as they do and don't under 

stand that is the key to the problems!

They love wet wood chips that are mulched

from trees.  If you have an unkept lawn 

is another issue as they love these areas.

I also bet that you don't treat your yard

for ants either, so what can one say.  You

want to go natural ...... no you are just 

lazy!

Don't send them our way as we treat 

out yard regularly and know just what

your neglect can cause when they get

into the electrical!!  Your cheapness

can cause issues that your neighbors

have to deal with!!

So if you have dead pine stuff laying

around you will have sugar ants.

Clean up your yards and treat your 

property. 

Glad to know you have an issue, I

will just treat the yard again to keep

them out of ours.

My husband said I was to nice to the

kid,  but he just pissed me off and I 

will say it again.  There is a reason

there are signs at the curb.   The next 

time I won't be so nice!!  Like I told the

kid, you are talking to the wrong folks

when you should be talking to my 

neighbors whom if you look you can

see they don't care.  Who has the wood

chips??

Ya can't fix their stupidity!!   Furthermore,

why would one want to help pay for you to 

rid your property of sugar ants when we 

don't have them on our property?    Treat

your yard, but warning they will be back 

due to your not cleaning up!

I know my neighbors hate to see me clean up!!

It's their trees we deal with!!

2/15/2021 Again!!!

 Sable got me up at 5 as she needed

to go out.  I let her out and she didn't

come right back in.   I grabbed my 

shoes to go get her, to find one huge

limb had fallen and she wanted me

to come get it.   It fell onto the 

greenhouse so we will have to 

wait until light to see what damage

it has done.

We go inside and I opened the 

curtains to see if there was any

limbs down to the west.  Nothing

and as I turned away I hear a crash!

Yet it set off Sable as one limb came

down and hit the fence.   Photos to

come when we get light.

Sable and I got to see this one fall at 5:20AM.

 

More photos as more came down.

This is the classic car, the carport collapsed 

and the limbs fell on top of it.

Here is what is up under the above photo.

The next photo is the limb on the roof of the

shed the other end on the classic car.

The above photo is the new Fringe tree

that was just getting started, totally trashed.

More limbs are just hanging!!  You can 

see limbs on the other side of the fence.  

Plus we can see a couple limbs way up 

in the trees that will drop on their side 

of the fence.  This one will drop on 

our side.  I can't hardly breath due 

to the fir smells in the air!

These photos were taken 2/17/2021 

after some of the snow has melted.  

As you can see more to come down.

I have added these three photos so that

you can see how bad these trees are.  

To the west these are 80 footers, to 

the east are around 40 footers and 

trimmed up on the east side and not 

taken care of.  Both set of trees were

planted to closed to each other and 

let me quote a friend,  "trees like 

these should be planted in the forests

not a neighborhood lot nor should 

they be planted on the property line."   

Neither of these set of trees have been

wind sailed and have shallow root 

and can topple over in a wind storm. 

Now you know why we have to clean

up the yard all the time.

This weekend will be cleanup time!!

2/18/2021

I started at 7:30AM by heading out the door to

start cleaning due to we were to have rain by 

noon.  I could only do what I could do and

by the time I stopped at 10:20AM I had over

did it.  I hurt!!  I have my back west cleaned 

and a huge pile to the east of the greenhouse.

I think the photos will say a lot.

Before:

Another limb that will have to be cut out 

of the front fence.

The limb across the roof of the shed will

have to be cut to remove it so no more

damage to the classic.

  

Note the small fringe tree twig.

After:

I am just sick to see all her branches off

what was a beautiful little tree.

Hopefully today I can get the tarp off the front

of the greenhouse to see what damage was done

by the limb that fell on it.

Above is one of the limbs that was dragged

to the greenhouse area, it goes to the other

side of the greenhouse.

This limb will have to be cut out of the fence.

But I'm glad to have this mess cleaned up so that 

new grass can grow.

PVC pieces from our fence.

Yes, we have turned this all over to our 

insurance company as it's more than 

we can cover.   Not a word from those

that these trees sit on their property.  

Not our trees that keep damaging 

out property nor have they offered to

pay for the damages or help clean up.

2/19/2021

Spent an hour out trying to pick up

what I can and filled one wheel barrel

and several buckets of the small stuff.

Worked to drain the tarps that cover

the car.  Then pulled the tarp on the 

greenhouse and check for damage

inside.

2/20/2021

Clean up completed!!   I spent 7 hours

out picking up, cutting and loading the

truck for the first load to go out to H&H

to the yard recyclers.  Allen spent a total

of 9 hours also loading, sawing and tearing

down the carport, moving the classic to the

garage after finding it was saved by the

carport.  But the carport pushed the east

PVC fence outward.  We also noted that the 

front gate was hard to open and shut.

The front section of the double gate 

also needs to be readjusted and 5 boards

need to be replaced.   The peak of the 

shed was flattened and we found some 

damage to the gutters.  Cost of the first

load to H&H was $18.75.

2/21/2021

Today we spent 2 hours cleaning up again

and taking the last out to H&H recyclers.

We will have to rebuild the carport and so 

glad we got the metal corners when we

built it.  The PVC pipes and fittings are

what broke.  We also lost the 1-20 X 19

and 2 - 20 X 30.  Cost of the second load

to H&H was $11.25.  None of this was 

from our trees that did the damage.

I will have to vac up the fir

needles when it dries out some to finish

the clean up.  These will be put in the

recycle bin for next pickup.  Should 

be between 1 to 1 1/2 hours to clean

the whole gravel area east of the shed

and greenhouse.

2/22/2021

I started at 9:15am to get the area 

between the shed/greenhouse to 

the east fence cleaned.  I finished

at 10:55 am and three buckets and

one bag of fir stuff when in the 

recycle bin.  The area is now clean!!

I have my yard back!  But the wind

is blowing I had to dodge the falling

branches this am.

 

2/26/2021

Secondary adjuster is coming out to

check the damage due to covid.  He 

arrived on time and checked out the

damage to the shed.  He will file a

report to the insurance company.

3/10/2021

I truly want to thank our insurance company

for helping to pay for  the damage, now to 

order the tree, carport and get the fences repaired.

We are still picking up and watching limbs 

that are coming down.  We found some older

fence boards to put up until spring weather 

permits replacement so Sable doesn't run

loose and I can paint later.  Thank you for 

giving us added time to get the repairs done

also.  That was one heck of a storm!!

3/18/2021

Had the fence guy out and found out that the

company that make our fence no longer makes

the style so he is in hopes of finding something

that will match.  There is also more damage

than we thought to the east fence.  There will

need to be digging out of 4 to 5 pots  in hopes 

to set them straight and close the gaps that

are starting to form.  He tried to close them

the best he could beside put the rail back in.

Should be an all day event of fixing our fence.

Then I'll be able to clean and and get that area

ready for the new carport.