Downside of over 55 communities
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Comments (4)Wow, last year I didn't get the blight until September and now I am seeing this on one plant. Bottom leaves of a small mystery tomato I grew from seed. I have already sprayed twice to with neem with a mild fungicide to prevent problems. The large leaf is a coreopsis which i just noticed this morning. Is is time to move up to the big guns? Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreCRF resales and communities
Comments (4)Regarding your request for info on CRF Resales in Florida: Yes! There are 20 fabulous CRF resale retirement communities in central Florida. Perhaps the reason you have seen the CRF Resale name come up so often on the search engines is because they have been successfully owning and operating so many retirement communities for so long. They have been catering to retirees for OVER 30 YEARS and practice makes perfect! You can find out all about the communities, amenities, prices, even photos of all the homes for sale at www.CRFresales.com And, on a more personal note, my husband and I spent 47 years in the Chicago land area and decided to move to Florida to escape the harsh winters. We looked at dozens of communities during our Florida home search and during our search and CRF Communities were among the many we visited. We were impressed by the care they take in their communities, the landscaping, the activities, the amenities and the great sales managers. The home prices were excellent and the lot rents were reasonable -- considering how much nicer the communities were than the others we visited. We purchased a home in a CRF community and everything went very smoothly at the closing. We purchased through the community sales manager which really helped to streamline the entire process. We did our homework first on the internet and narrowed down locations first and then came down for about a week and stayed in several hotels, checking out all the 55+ communities. It was a lot of footwork but well worth it. We've been here in Florida now for nearly three years and just love the lifestyle! In fact, I was so impressed with the company that I applied for a job! I love working for a company that helps seniors to experience the dream Florida retirement lifestyle without spending a fortune. They have homes in just about every price range from $6,000.00 to $160,000.00 and if you want to stay active during your retirement, there is so much to do! I could go on and on but you get the idea. Just check out the website at www.CRFresales.com and then when you arrive in Florida be sure to tour the CRF communities so you can see for yourself why these communities are considered a "cut above" the rest. Good luck to you! I hope this information helps you. Here is a link that might be useful: CRF Resales...See More'No frills' over 55 communities
Comments (5)They are not cemeteries at least not ours. I live in a patio community and the builder sells to anyone, but the covenants pretty well keep the buyers to seniors. We have small lots, 95% of the outside is taken care of by the HOA, even painting and gutters. It's mostly widows who are just a bit lonely and smile when you knock on their door. Some of us travel together, lunch together and of course shop till you drop together. We have no pool or organized community activity. Three of us hosted a new years party and had a good time getting to know each other. I highly recommend this type of community. Our home is 1,440 sq foot upstairs and 900 livable down stairs, the rest is mechanical and storage. Laundry is upstairs. And the most important was the homes are well priced here in the midwest. I paid $164,000. and that included a deck with roof, upgraded carpet and appliances. I think I've died and gone to heaven. LOL...See MoreThe surprising downside of #NoMowMay
Comments (19)I have 25 acres, I mow between 2-4 acres of it. Some areas are regular lawn, some get mowed as mulch patches, some get left alone till the area is done blooming with whatever is in it, some areas are just too wet to mow till June or even later, some are just trails cut out back. In the regular yard areas I mow around swaths of creeping charlie in one area, wild strawberries in others, let the yellow salsify and chickory bloom, encourage the wild chives to spread, the pools of violets and lilly of the valley to keep eating up the grass, the little whites and yellows flowers and the bigger ones to go to seed before cutting down. I do have to keep much of the front mowed open- both because a lot of the main gardens and orchard are there and also because out here if a front gets too overgrown it often means empty house and that leads to folks coming up my driveway to see if they can get away with things. The old stableyard is my now gardenyard. I've let it grow out for a few years, letting the roots do a lot of the deep work after it had decades of compacting and eating down to bare dirt. I started last year and now this year really mowing in the gardenyard in mulch mows to clear the area and start replenishing the surface.. Need to clear areas to build in garden structures like raised beds, compost bed, and doing things like coppice racking and the wood pile for shredding wood mulch. I don't get a lot of dandelions in my lawns. Conditions are not right for them out there really. Where they do grow I treasure them and harvest them and the pollenators love them. I know why they grow where they do. The higher acid and compacting under the trio of pines, the compacting or lack of other competition under a couple maples. Now that the gardenyard is in it's mowing phase, most of the bigger tapping weeds are being kept down. So I'm introducing dandelion seed in areas there to start deep rooting- dandelions are exellent for bringing up calcium and breaking soil. Dandelions can be a good indicator plant and a useful one as well as a baneful weed depending on how one treats it. Though some natives can be fairly exclusive, most bees do better if not fed monoculture diets. A lot of urban and suburban areas can have a surprising variety of offerings. Lots of people tending different non-lawn things. It's part of why honeybee keeping has become more popular in some urban areas, the food is there for them. Also in addition to that is addressing the issue of our use of insecticides. It does not help any to not mow or grow flowers and then treat the area for icky bugs with products that can also hurt the good ones....See Moresushipup1
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