ZenHerper
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That's really wonderful!
I'm not crying - you are...
I'm not crying - you are...
Yes, but the banks are terribly overgrown and I can't even see any sort of nest hole. Believe me, I look every day.There's probably more than one in there or around the area. Baby turtles come in 12 packs .lol
I know it's been more than a year this has been going on at your place ,but have they even started cutting the road yet? Seems the city of Clovis California moves slow . Here in Texas they said they were going to build a freeway in front of my house and bam a month later they cut right through the woods where I had my tree stand . Then they built a concrete plant right across the street and here it is two years later the freeway goes from my neighborhood all the way to Rosenberg Texas . I live in New Caney Texas so that's more than an hours dive away . These freeway guys out here don't play around .Yes, but the banks are terribly overgrown and I can't even see any sort of nest hole. Believe me, I look every day.
Well...lookit who came for a visit!!! Hi there stranger...how ya been?There's probably more than one in there or around the area. Baby turtles come in 12 packs .lol
I'm alive and still able to twist a throttle so I'm good .Well...lookit who came for a visit!!! Hi there stranger...how ya been?
That lot went to the dump. . . or the "tip," as they say across the pond. ?? But I saved a few of the easier-to-handle ones to re-plant in a different location. I also asked them to carefully pull up a tree size aloe that I'd like to save, and they did, but it's so big and heavy I'll probably have to hire that re-planted.Did they ruin all your cactus or did they just get moved?
Sure hope they stick to what they said they would do and you get everything you are suppose to.
It looks like it's going to be really nice when it's done. I'm so happy for you. Those men working there probably have a great respect for you and what you do. I know I do and I've not even seen it in person.?Oh man. . . I LOVE MY NEW GATE!!!!!! The next thing they're going to do is brick the sides of the driveway where they had to cut away the earth, after that's done they'll blacktop the whole thing. Then they have some fencing to do and they'll be finished. They're giving me a 3' fence on either side of the driveway for the tortoises. The power company still hasn't moved any of the poles along the street, so the actual road widening hasn't started yet.
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Maybe all the pieces aren't cleaned up yet... just a thought. Since you can start the spineless prickly pear from dried out parts of it and it's recommended for them. I can't believe that other cactus aren't the same. One can only hope they missed some parts of something.?My sister, Maggie, had these photos on her camera and didn't know where to post them. I thought they should go on this thread. These were taken prior to any construction.
This is the aloe or agave tree that I asked them to gently move out of the way for me. It's about 10' tall:
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This is one of the barrel cactus and and echinopsis that went to the tip:
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And this is Maggie's grandson next to a cereus peruvianus monstros that's blooming. He's about 6' tall and you can see the aloe/yucca in the picture's right margin about two feel taller than him:
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I could just kick myself. I allowed the cacti in the last two pictures to go to the tip without taking any cuttings. The echinopis blooms the most beautiful dark red color and the monstros cereus was the only one of its kind that I had. Darn it anyway!
It doesn’t seem like you get that much traffic now with just two lanes. It’s a really busy road?Tell me about it. The traffic noise now with only two lanes is so bad you have to be right next to each other to hear each other talk. I'm not looking forward to what it will be like with 6 lanes.
Nope, clean as a whistle out there. The crew were very good at cleaning up at the end of each day.Maybe all the pieces aren't cleaned up yet... just a thought. Since you can start the spineless prickly pear from dried out parts of it and it's recommended for them. I can't believe that other cactus aren't the same. One can only hope they missed some parts of something.?
Yessiree! When driving out my driveway I always have to wait for traffic, no matter what time of day. And there's no speed limit posted.It doesn’t seem like you get that much traffic now with just two lanes. It’s a really busy road?