I remember the only time Stan and I hired a moving van company was when we moved cross-country. Other times it was just moving things by car or rent-a-truck because it was in-town. Our moving van, Northern, I believe, was operated by a husband and wife team, which in a very strange way I romanticize...working with your spouse and driving cross country...what could be more romantic. Oh yeah, there's the heavy lifting...yeah, maybe not that romantic.
No efficient husband and wife team today, unfortunately. Just LOUD PEOPLE. I'm not sure how many young males are on this crew, but it's as noisy as a city high school bus stop, one of which happens to be right in front of our other next door neighbor's house. But this is much worse because it is RIGHT NEXT TO US. (Only a few feet separates our house from these neighbor's) Yes, it is that loud and obnoxious. Just move the damn furniture. Yeah, that testosterone-fuelled cackle is really necessary. What could be so fucking funny about our neighbor's possessions. These guys are all on crack. Note to self...don't hire American van lines out of Madison if you don't want cackling crackpots moving your stuff.
The upside is that the house is only 1200 square feet, they moved in 2.5 years ago, and it's just two adults and a baby. That means they can't have that much stuff to move, so hopefully this will not last too long.
Or you can just shoot me now. Again.
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My sympathy regarding the busstop. When that's said, what if I don't shoot you but wish you a happy new year instead ;)
Thank you, happy new year to you too!
Movers left--what a bunch of bozos. Sad to see the neighbors go--we never got to know them that well, as is the way with most everyone who lives there because they never stay.
I imagine there will never be anyone living in that house with 'a lot of stuff' to move. Everyone lives there a short time and usually are younger people.
I don't understand how 'stuff' builds up so much over time - where did all of these books come from? Our neighbors will surely have lots of stuff in a few more years, so maybe they are moving at a good time. Hope they are happy with their new location in Arizona.
Cactus land....
what a trip! thankfully we live in a neighbor hood where each house has at least two acres!!! dogs are still loud though.
glad they left. try to have a better year, ok, lol?
The neighbors were great. It's just that the movers were a bunch of loud duh boyz.
Wow, I wish I had at least 2 acers - and could put up green houses and cold frames for growing lots of things... cacti, flowering shrubs and trees and other flowers - even vegies.
stan- our gurneys catalog just arrived! chantz wants a big garden, too! herbs and flowers and trees and i want squash. i love squash. the back half is all forest... we need to clear some of it out!
i admit i have a black thumb. i can barely keep my houseplants alive...i want to grow stuff, it just seems I screw it up!
When I was living with my parents from childhood through my teens I always had big vegetable gardens. My favorites to grow every year were the ornimental gourds, but we had lots of vegies to eat too. When Ann and I lived at Grant St in Fort Collins for about 4 years we had a large vegie garden with gourds there too. I really loved doing this and the only thing that could possibly want to make a person give up is killing off the weeds all season long.
Unfortunately our garden space where we live now never attains a high enough soil temperature to grow very many things very well except flowering plants. We are going to try some tomatoes this season in pots in the drive way in hopes to cook the soil enough to have them produce fruits.
If the area you want to use gets lots of sun you should be able to grow almost any vegie you want. Here are some ideas that might help:
Know how long your growing season is - then - read the seed packs to see how many days it takes for them to produce. For instance, if the length of time from planting to the middle of August is about 70 days you want to look for seed varieties that will begin producing in 70 days or less. If you need to use 90 day seeds then you will have to give these plants a really good head start in a cold frame.
I always use a shovel to turn soil, but if you are starting a new area you will probably need to rent a rotertiller (my spelling is probably wrong).
If you live in an area with cut worms you can keep them from destroying the squash and tomatoes in the sping by putting metal cans in the soil as a small fence around the young plants.
Things like beans and corn are fun and easy to grow, but tomatoes and bell peppers are more difficult. Be sure to try lots of varieties and you will surely find something will grow well for you.
There is a difference between planting times concerning soil temperatures. Things like peas, lettuce and radishes need cool soil and have to be planted as early as possible. However, planting things like corn or tomatoes before the soil is warm will harm the plants and if using seeds they may rot before they germinate. I think it is also good to plant closer to a new moon instead of just after a full moon, but soil temperatures are the most important thing to watch.
Keeping the weeds down in the most unpleasant and important thing to do after the garden is established. Mulching with bark is usually a bad idea, but there are some plastic coverings that may be helpful. Check with local green houses for recomendations in your area. The old fashion way is to go out every week and pull or hoe the weeds and that is the least expensive. Pulling and hoeing weeds is also the method that can make a person wish to never grow a garden again, so you will want to find something that works for you.
Best of luck and have fun.
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