The Tree's are Dying!

Michael Alexander · October 14, 2009, 11:32:53 AM

It always amazed me, the variety of tree;s that we have in this desert town of ours..... some still standing after 50 years in the Namib.......

Here are a few that caught my eye today, alas, they will not be green for much longer....... for these tree's are all in empty gardens.......

Michael Alexander · October 14, 2009, 11:34:10 AM

Please feel free to express your anger...... and the irony of planting 6 tree;s on arbor day in Omund!~

rooster

SandyB · October 14, 2009, 06:39:32 PM

Concerned folk get out the long hoses ... nobody paying for water yet .. so spend some time .. Life in O'mund is generally more liesurelly so a bit of time spent can help ... once gone the trees are irreplacable .. an asset of beauty laid to waste .. let OTCMO see this and shame them into doing something ...

SandyB · October 14, 2009, 06:47:12 PM

Better so Mike post on the notice board at Spar with some pictures of living and dying gardens ,, ... ask concerned citizens to come forward and help stem this tide of neglect that might turn O'mund into yet another dustbowl town , scandal considering you have a river with water and a working water supply ... a concerned grouping doing the keep O'mund green thing .. if not anything it will draw attention to the situation ...

Michael Alexander · October 14, 2009, 07:01:48 PM

The house next door to me is also empty, when Johan moved in about 20 months ago, it was the only house on the street without any grass out front, Johan took the time and effort to plant grass and three wee palm tree;s...... about 4 months ago, he too left Omund after spending 28 years here.......

When I water my lawn outside my fence, a mere 8m away, lies Johan's lawn, fading away in the afternoon sun, the palms a wilting......

Guess what i intend doing this weekend.....

Lengthening that hosepipe........

SandyB · October 14, 2009, 07:09:38 PM

Good on yer Michael ,,, I know it sounds lofty me suggesting here from the safe situation I have here in CT , but yes we as a community here in woodstock do a lot ourselves ,, and if we dont have the time then we contribute cash eg the lane cleanups ... Take my suggestion of the notice in Spar ... one never knows what it might mobilise .??

Michael Alexander · October 14, 2009, 07:12:00 PM

Good Call Sandy, However with the utmost respect, with the caliber of people living in Omund these days... it will be highly unlikely that we would solicit a response.....

SandyB · October 15, 2009, 07:25:04 PM

Do it anyway .. dont give the effort you have put into your concern voiced on the site ... at least you know you have made the effort to attract attention to the decay ...

Gerda Cloete · October 16, 2009, 06:58:46 AM

I am thinking....maybe i must come and spend a few of my days hoilday in december as a "watering holiday" ....not that it will make much of a differance but it wil make me feel better for trying.....

Michael Alexander · October 22, 2009, 05:41:55 PM

It was nice to see this happening this afternoon.....

Gerda Cloete · October 23, 2009, 05:03:23 AM

Your good work MIke.....keep it up!...Thanks

Michael Alexander · October 23, 2009, 05:34:09 AM

@Gerda, OTMCO has always watered this park, as it is on the main road through town, I just took the snap cos, it looked (and felt) so nice.....

I do however notice that the park up near the abattoir is no longer being watered, must get up there and take a pic before it turns to sand......

Michael Alexander · October 23, 2009, 07:34:14 AM

WOW! Thanks to whoever is reading ..... I went passed the abattoir park this morning and was happy and relieved to see water being splashed about the place...

Michael Alexander · October 23, 2009, 02:42:39 PM

Also saw this afternoon that the sprayers are once again in action down at independence PArk..... VIva! Viva Green Grass! VivA!

mavis(smith) · October 23, 2009, 02:49:28 PM

Hi Mike can you take a phote of the park near e23-9ave