0n (18 Apr 07) Bob Ackley wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 BA> Replying to a message of Cindy Haglund to Bob Ackley:

 CH> The roads crack because they were laid too fast so I've read,

 BA> I don't think they let the ground properly settle before they go to
 BA> work paving it.  It should sit for probably a year before they pave
 BA> it.


 A year??? :) :) :) you gest. Here They put it down as fast as they
can. But then we don't get frost... hmm.


 BA> Of course, in this area there is considerable 'frost heave' caused
 BA> moisture in the ground freezing, the frost line is about 3 feet down

 Nod. Not long ago IIRC someone said comenting on the cracks that it
didn't get to settle long enough before big trucks came over it to
start building houses... hmm. The developent' streets (the residential
roads not the main thoughofare) are laid in slabs rather than the the
other way regular roads are done.

 BA> in this area. Streets - even streets that have been paved for decades
 BA> - break up under this stress.  The solution, of course, is not to pave
 BA> the streets with concrete or asphalt, just gravel/crushed rock; run a
 BA> grader over it every month or so and it's fine.  That's what's in
 BA> front of my house and it works just fine.

 That wouldn't look good I guess, here  abouts..

Cindy

 BA> My 'orchard' now has four apple, three pear (and one more coming),
 BA> four peach, five cherry (and one more coming), four paw paw, two
 BA> hazelnut, two hickory, and two chestnut (there are also two black
 BA> walnuts on the property).  I planted all but the walnuts, they came
 BA> with the place and boy are they messy.  I don't count mulberries,
 BA> there are several ...

 Sounds wonderful. :) Where's your locale? We could plant pecans but
they take ages to nut and then are very messy so we're told.


 CH> and why the hell they take out the wild flowers which up the
 CH> side of man made embankments... helps stem erosion ie: mud... ???

 BA> It's cheaper to clear cut the property and bulldoze everything than it


 Yeah. Always that.

 BA> is to try to work around existing trees and plants.  One development
 BA> near Bellevue, NE, did that, and the housing sold well as the whole
 BA> development had many full grown native trees from the start.

 There are a few developments here built in mature woods. Very nice.

Cindy


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