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Garden Master
My gardens are in multiple locations. That means, I have more neighbors than many people enjoy 
. I have been gardening at one location for over 15 years (the rental property of a gardening friend) and at another location for 7 years (the oversized vegetable garden of an empty nest gardening friend). It seems that I'm always "just over the fence" from someone.
The rental property is in a neighborhood with poor people. One of my perennial aggravations there are the aggressive dogs!
The other garden neighborhood is quite different - an "exurb" setting with small acreages and large homes. Actually, I've also been in that neighborhood for over 15 years but am now across the road from where I started. Those folks were elderly and sold their home.
Not long after I started hanging out in the neighborhood a building began to go up down the road. I now garden right beside it. At first, I thought it was a "plumbing shop" or some business like that. Certainly, there were no businesses around in this somewhat genteel neighborhood but I couldn't figure out why a 5 stall garage was being built with no residence on the property. Later, I learned that it was a retired guy's "work shop."
Yes, he lives about 5 miles away, on a lake. I've never been to his home but we enjoy talking over the fence and I have been over to his shop to see some project he has going. Or! Taking a tour of this retired guy's most recent camper/motorhome/recreational vehicle!
The other day we were talking about how a passenger rail line long ago passed by - one can still see where the tracks cut thru a small hill on the other side of the river. I said that we should have that transportation option again and get some of the dang cars off the interstate! He nearly jumped straight up in the air
! He told me what he is paying for property tax for his home on the lake, an incorporated part of the county.
His home's value must be . . . well over $1 million! I mean, this is the Wild West where land, at least, is relatively cheap.
I guess I'd better be happy to scratch around next door to the shop. I haven't been able to even gain access to the tiny public area on the lake for the last 20 years without paying :/. That might leave me with the option of paddling around on an innertube for a visit to his dock.
Steve
. I have been gardening at one location for over 15 years (the rental property of a gardening friend) and at another location for 7 years (the oversized vegetable garden of an empty nest gardening friend). It seems that I'm always "just over the fence" from someone.The rental property is in a neighborhood with poor people. One of my perennial aggravations there are the aggressive dogs!
The other garden neighborhood is quite different - an "exurb" setting with small acreages and large homes. Actually, I've also been in that neighborhood for over 15 years but am now across the road from where I started. Those folks were elderly and sold their home.
Not long after I started hanging out in the neighborhood a building began to go up down the road. I now garden right beside it. At first, I thought it was a "plumbing shop" or some business like that. Certainly, there were no businesses around in this somewhat genteel neighborhood but I couldn't figure out why a 5 stall garage was being built with no residence on the property. Later, I learned that it was a retired guy's "work shop."
Yes, he lives about 5 miles away, on a lake. I've never been to his home but we enjoy talking over the fence and I have been over to his shop to see some project he has going. Or! Taking a tour of this retired guy's most recent camper/motorhome/recreational vehicle!
The other day we were talking about how a passenger rail line long ago passed by - one can still see where the tracks cut thru a small hill on the other side of the river
. I said that we should have that transportation option again and get some of the dang cars off the interstate! He nearly jumped straight up in the air
His home's value must be . . . well over $1 million! I mean, this is the Wild West where land, at least, is relatively cheap.
I guess I'd better be happy to scratch around next door to the shop. I haven't been able to even gain access to the tiny public area on the lake for the last 20 years without paying :/. That might leave me with the option of paddling around on an innertube for a visit to his dock.
Steve
