Garberville got rocks! Got shrubs, got flowers! Thanks to Nancy Wilson and Brian Walker (ladies before gentlemen)of the Garberville Rotary community service commitee.
Progress is being made in what has become euphemistically known as the “Turn Around Project”. Some do not think it is technically a “Cul-De-Sac” because it is not a dead end street.
The project included removing old shrubs and debris, terraforming and adding rocks and plantings. A few minor obstacles were provided by the weather, and some of the equipment destroyed the electrical service. (darn tools anyway!) The panel was repaired and set in concrete, so it could be bashed really good the next time!
Irrigation pipe has been installed. The wiring for the lights and irrigation controls has also been installed. The only thing needed to complete the project is a couple more loads of rock, and then the spreading of the same.
The major bone of contention, of the whole project, was which rocks were going to be used, and where they would be placed. Some felt that the rocks looked really great right where they landed, when they fell of the back of the truck. Others felt, as always seems to be the case, that they had to be moved around a lot, then put back where they fell of the truck. Maybe we should have used those rocks from Death Valley, that move themselves. The movers always win! Get used to it!
One wise sidewalk superintendent suggested that we sell the rocks to people, to have their names carved on them before being set in place, thus paying for the whole project, and maybe funding the next one!
The project has caused much positive comment.
Irrigation pipe has been installed. The wiring for the lights and irrigation controls has also been installed. The only thing needed to complete the project is a couple more loads of rock, and then the spreading of the same.
The major bone of contention, of the whole project, was which rocks were going to be used, and where they would be placed. Some felt that the rocks looked really great right where they landed, when they fell of the back of the truck. Others felt, as always seems to be the case, that they had to be moved around a lot, then put back where they fell of the truck. Maybe we should have used those rocks from Death Valley, that move themselves. The movers always win! Get used to it!
One wise sidewalk superintendent suggested that we sell the rocks to people, to have their names carved on them before being set in place, thus paying for the whole project, and maybe funding the next one!
The project has caused much positive comment.
3 comments:
I would not support moving the rocks around a lot and then putting them back to where they fell off the truck unless we hire an expensive consultant and are professionally advised to do so.
Jeff
I understand that consultants were hired. We would not do less. After all, we are a group of business and professional people.
Thanks for your comment!
Ernie
In the great scheme of things, rocks are always where they land. I used to live in Barstow. Rocks were natural.
ADennis
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