Need ideas please...found money on sidewalk
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planting bald cypress between sidewalk and street?
Comments (29)Wow, that's a big one. Did you buy one locally? I don't think I've ever seen it anywhere around here. It would be interesting to see how it can handle your high pH water. I think the best way to buffer that is mulch with compost underneath it. The wider, the better. Actually, I would think switching to organic program will help deal with that type of situation better all over your property. It would gradually increase organic matter in the soil helping buffer salt better and so many other benefits. For example, a soil with 5% organic matter can hold almost 200 pounds of water in every 100 pounds of dry soil. A similar soil with only 1% organic matter can hold only 30 pounds of water in the same soil meaning that you don't have to water as often. You just rely on the rainfall most years. Over time, it will turn your sticky clay topsoil into crumbly soft topsoil that is easy to work with....See MorePlanting Butterfly Bushes Next to Sidewalk
Comments (13)Now that I read all of this, it got me to thinking that I did a dumb thing when I planted my butterfly bushes in the garden last year, but I'll get to that. I put them on the outside section on the one side of the garden on the east side, thinking that would be a good side to put them on so they would only shade the nearby plants only a small part of the day. I used landscape cloth and mulch and planted them five feet from one another, allowing room for them to grow. Well, dummy me didn't think about that they'd grow just as much on their east and west sides and their north and south sides and I only have them two feet from my brick path. I see that already it will become a problem this year because last year the bushes made their way over to the edge of the path. This year they will most likely block it and I won't be able to walk down that path. As much as I hate to think of the extra work on top of what I have already made myself, I think the best thing to do is to move them. That means moving the mulch, cutting the fabric slits bigger to get them out, digging them out, replacing them with other plants (which means cutting slits in other places according to how far apart to place the replacement plants), putting the mulch back on, and finding a new location for my butterfly bushes. So right after I read on here that people don't recommend using landscape fabric, I'll have it in there anyway when I replace the butterfly bushes with some perennials (not bushes). Of course, I guess it will match the rest of the garden then because when I did the garden I put in landscape fabric thinking that would be best to keep the weeds down. After all that work last year and now I'll end up redoing half of it because of removing the butterfly bushes and some other plants that don't suit me because they didn't attract any butterflies. Actually, out of the six sections, I'm only totally satisfied with two, the Purple Coneflower section and the Butterfly Weed section. Yes, I have to take those butterfly bushes out of there. I had to do it this spring because I already have enough to do with everything else, but if I don't do it in the spring, they'll overtake the path. Arg!...See MoreThat strip between the sidewalk and the road
Comments (26)I wanted to thank everyone again for all the great suggestions and to give an update... I've moved a bunch of irises to a test area of the strip. They've been there a week and so far they are still standing, which is encouraging. I did not cut the foliage back as I normally do when transplanting and I think this has helped keep them from being trampled. The mint that I'd planted before is doing better too, and seems to have started to spread out a bit. The star of Bethlahem that I have in the back yard is all going to get moved to the strip soon too... its too invasive for the back yard, so I have high hopes for it in the strip. I'll be looking into the ajuga and bishop's weed as well. I'd tried thyme at one point but it died almost immediately. I must say that part of the improvement this year is probably due to the new downstairs tenents who moved in last fall. The two guys who moved into our downstairs apartment last fall both have cars now, so they normally use the spots in front the house. They seem to really respect my plants and my efforts to improve the yard and garden :-) The rebar would be tempting when I'm feeling particularly frustrated, but its the owners I'm irritated with, not the dogs. I understand that the dogs have to go somewhere; its up to the owners to aim them at the tree instead of the daffodils and to pick up the solids. My "kid" problems are probably different than most people's. Most of the "kids" aren't that much younger than me and go to Tufts University; they own the house next door and uses it as a dorm. I call to complain occasionally about loud parties on weeknights... calling to complain about the litter and trampled plants afterwards seems like overkill when the campus police at least come promptly to break up the loud parties. At least I have someone to complain to about those "kids"....See Moresidewalk to condo too 'crooked' for wheelchair
Comments (14)Enforcement of state access laws normally occurs at the time of building permit application by local building departments and later they will act only if a written complaint is filed. However, if the original walkway was code compliant I'm not sure to what extent they can enforce a repair unless the walk is part of an egress path (unlikely). Enforcement of safety regulations on private property not in a structure is not usually the responsibility of a local building or public safety department. The lack of uniform enforcement of state access codes is the reason the ADA was enacted. Without the federal courts to back it up, the law would be meaningless as I suspect the original poster is beginning to realize. Local access advocacy groups can be very helpful but it is only the ultimate threat of a federal suit that gives them any negotiating power with private property owners. If this is a condominium you might be able to contact trustees or run for the board....See Morecolleenoz
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