Nesa's project

Hi Rena and everyone else,
We're off on holiday next week for 4 days so we plan on starting once we get
back. I'll work on my own plot first before we get going on the Garden club
for the community. We have all year in the tropics so no need to hurry!
Will send you details of my plans!
----- Original Message -----
From: rena falcone <renabean@noln.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: News Break, the Par Kid's Garden


> Hi Nesa and
> All,
> Well, It never fails, whenever there is publicity some idiot has to jump
in for
> the glory.  We have three of them .The kids call them the "grouchy old
ladies".
> One who did some work, two who did nothing, since the newspaper article
this
> trio has taken over.  No one but them is supposed to go near the garden.
The
> kids will wreck it and the rest of us don't know what we are doing.  I
wonder
> where they were when we where getting
> filthy?
> However, I put in a small plot for the kids by my house and they're having
fun
> anyway.  As far as I'm concerned, if this trio wants to do all the work by
> themselves, GREAT!  The kids will still get the credit and we'll have two
> gardens!  As long as everyone's happy that's all that
> counts.
> How's your project, Nesa?  Is everyone else out there"in the ground"?  Is
anyone
> else having problems with" selective beetles"?  They don't pick any
particular
> plant and they pop up here and there.  I've been spraying them with a
> combination of dry mustard and horseradish water, seems to take care of
them and
> it is safe around the children and pets.  Well I'll let you go for this
evening
> and I'll forward the article for your perusal.                   Good
night
> everyone.                   "r"
>
> Nesa wrote:
>
> > You'll still be hearing from me. Maybe a little less though...We have a
2
> > year old boy Ryan. Two of the pics I brought along to show the MP had
him in
> > it with the watering cans. One actually was a pic we took with our MP at
our
> > tree planting day. My son really won hearts that day as he was the
youngest
> > resident there(only 20mths) and was carrying a red watering can . My
hubby
> > as office bearer planted a guava tree and Ryan watered it immediately
after,
> > our Mp was concerned he'd fall or get hoed in! But he sure got lotsa
> > attention and I think it(the image) stuck!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: rena falcone <renabean@noln.com>
> > To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: Nesa's garden- EARTH SHAKING NEWS
> >
> > > Nesa!
> > > What wonderful news.  The only sad thing is that you and your baby (is
> > > it a son or a daughter and what the name) will be so busy we will miss
> > > your letters.  But, that's okay, we understand. Tell your husband I
> > > said, "Job well done."  "r"
> > >
> > > Nesa wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >  Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:10 AMNesa's garden- EARTH SHAKING
NEWS
> > > >  With the MP's help, my husband has got the Town Council to reverse
> > > > their decision. I get my patch back and more.They're giving me a
> > > > BIGGER PLOT (I can decide on the size, hubby has told me not to get
> > > > carried away but pick a manageable size), will bring in good topsoil
> > > > for me and fence it up for free! Isn't that wonderful? They are
still
> > > > keen on the Gardening club community plot which they want me to be
in
> > > > charge of and my hubby who's in the committee will officially have
> > > > power to make decisions. They will provide labour to help maintain
> > > > that as well as finance it.What do you think?I think what really
> > > > turned the tables in this matter was our MP. He was impressed with
> > > > pics I had taken of my garden as well as a 3 page letter I brought
> > > > along and left with him which gave details of my EXOTIC plants
(seeds
> > > > from all over the world, the Sungold for e.g is exotic here). Also
> > > > I've got to say that my hubby is a master negotiator(natural
> > > > politician!) who is already an office bearer in the committe and he
> > > > pulled off this miracle. The horticultural officer who came and saw
my
> > > > plot before the destruction also supported us.Well guys and gals, I
> > > > wanna really thank you for your support, prayres  and encouragement
at
> > > > this time too, for helping us not give up.And I hope now you guys
will
> > > > know that good things do happen in Singapore. Sometimes when you go
> > > > through the right channels things do work out well. Our authorities
> > > > can be reasonable.In this case it was a matter of the people on the
> > > > top not knowing what was happening. The other neighbours who lost
> > > > their gardens can also get plots back provided they undertake to
care
> > > > for them and my husband now has the power to make decisions on this
> > > > matter.All's well that end's well.This story has a Happy Ending!
> > >
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