mow jo
I have these two vacant city lots. I formed a non-profit to buy them and try to turn them into "community wilderness parks". I had big dreams - stuck in Rockford as I was. But the City and the County didn't work with me, and volunteers and funds didn't happen. I was too sick to do all this myself - but I tried. Then I let the non-profit go defunct, and now no one knows who owns these lots.
Recently, I had that old itch to go out there and garden - to mow down that garlic mustard if only to save our own property from invasion. But I have a hell of a lot of other things to deal with, including our own property.
So imagine how good I felt when I saw two guys out there mowing the lot next-door. Two white guys - very odd. Were they on a crusade to improve the neighbourhood? Well, I figured I'd go out and interview them and see if they wanted the lots. I also had to make sure they wouldn't mow down any of my planted trees.
They were actually mowing the lot by mistake - for a landlord across the way. So they were interested, but they stopped, and said they had wasted time and had to get to other properties. I asked them to give their landlord my number. (As long as he wasn't the CRAZY CHRISTIAN LANDLORD I used to post about. I really don't want these lots falling into the hands of evil).
They said I was in the middle of "Crack-Town".
Now I feel like mowing the rest.
Recently, I had that old itch to go out there and garden - to mow down that garlic mustard if only to save our own property from invasion. But I have a hell of a lot of other things to deal with, including our own property.
So imagine how good I felt when I saw two guys out there mowing the lot next-door. Two white guys - very odd. Were they on a crusade to improve the neighbourhood? Well, I figured I'd go out and interview them and see if they wanted the lots. I also had to make sure they wouldn't mow down any of my planted trees.
They were actually mowing the lot by mistake - for a landlord across the way. So they were interested, but they stopped, and said they had wasted time and had to get to other properties. I asked them to give their landlord my number. (As long as he wasn't the CRAZY CHRISTIAN LANDLORD I used to post about. I really don't want these lots falling into the hands of evil).
They said I was in the middle of "Crack-Town".
Now I feel like mowing the rest.