Downside of over 55 communities
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Comments (36)Hedging season - when we order small bare-root 'whips' or 1 year old maiden trees and shrubs for hedges - like spring flowering bulbs, we start to think about this in mid-summer ready for ordering in autumn. These little plants sell for as little as 28 pence each - not sure what that is in AU dollars but it truly is ridiculously cheap. We plant these when they have been lifted from the fields as soon as they are dormant (evergreens are usually sold in small containers, having been cell-grown and are usually more expensive....but still laughably cheap) Not all species roses are grown as hedge specimens but check out nurseries which sell hedge plants - the selections are astonishing and the planting is easy, often just requiring a single slender trench made by a spade being wiggled to and fro and inserting the small bare-root 'whip' into the cut. At the very least, expect to find canina, eglanteria, rugosas and pimpinellifolia species roses....See MoreTerrible things deer did to my community garden neighbor
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 MoreOver 55 communities
Comments (12)I don't know about the communities that you speak of, but we recently moved to a new Patio Home in our home state/city and we love the carefree life style it gives us. The bonus is the friends I have made in our development. The home owners are 98% seniors and mostly widows. Four of us went to the same high school within a year of each other, a couple of us worked at the same theater as usherettes. We walk and lunch together, visit and check on each other if one doesn't come out for their daily walk. I have a bus trip planned with a neighbor to go to the Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico. One of my neighbor's moved to Fla to be near her son and she hated it there, so she returned to Kansas and bought in our develpment. If I moved to the south I would have missed the beautiful snowy walk I took last winter in the trees behind our house. I lived in Cali. years and years ago and I missed the fall and winter seasons. I spent an hour today sharing memories of our city with a lady two doors down. I would hate to leave everything familiar behind....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 Moresushipup1
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