This is likely the worst illustration that I have ever used. It is sort of what it looks like; a mud puddle. What I mean by ‘sort of’ is that this is no ordinary mud. It is a now solidified slurry that was rinsed from a concrete delivery truck. Yes, solidified, right there next to an embankment covered with carpet roses. The curb near the top of the picture is where the embankment starts. The small pile of debris to the upper left is some of what I was pruning from the roses. There was another solidified puddle of slurry just a few yards away. They were just dumped there as if no one would notice.
What makes this even more infuriating is that there is a sign on the main gate into the site, as well as a few others throughout the site, explaining to everyone coming and going that they must wash mud or other crud from their vehicles before leaving the site, so that they leave nothing on the roadway outside. This refers mainly to mud on the tires, but really includes anything that makes a mess. There are washing stations within the site for those who must wash their tires before leaving. There is also a site for slurry such as this, that can not be rinsed into culverts that drain into the adjacent creeks. The management of the project did everything necessary to prevent this sort of thing from happening. Yet, here it is.
A smaller but more destructive puddle of slurry was dumped into my downtown planter box by tile setters working in an adjacent shop. https://tonytomeo.com/2017/11/04/my-tiny-downtown-garden/ That mess needed to be broken apart and removed, but could not be separated from the perennials that is flowed around before solidifying. All of the canna foliage, some nasturtiums and some of the aloes were destroyed.
The insensitivity is ridiculous. I could not imagine leaving debris from pruning roses where the new concrete was installed, as if no one would notice. Yet, such disregard for landscaped areas is quite common. That is why trees that are to be salvaged on a construction site need to be fenced. Even with fencing, they are very often damaged or ruined by those operating machinery. Wouldn’t that be comparable to an arborist cutting a tree down in the most efficient manner, even if it fell onto an adjacent house?
Hard to put a like on this post Tony also hard to understand how, when they actually have options, people still dump the slurry anywhere
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It is consistent with the disregard for horticulture and the work that horticultural professionals do, including by those who get jobs as so called ‘gardeners’.
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Talk about the law of unintended consequences!
Karla
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Yup. I know the offense was unintended, but it annoys me anyway.
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I’m sorry to hear about this but not surprised. I occasionally find bits of solidified slurry on roadways.
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Many years ago, it was common practice to dump leftover concrete off of bridges into the small creeks that flow through the suburban areas. It was thought to limit erosion around the bridges, but it was really just an excuse to justify dumping it there.
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I liked your comparison of leaving rose prunings where they would embed in the concrete.
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Oh, I would not damage the concrete. I just meant that I would leave the debris in their way.
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I knew you would not really do it – it’s an apt comparison though.
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As I wonder almost every day…. what the f**k is wrong with people???
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I can not explain it either.
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Reblogged this on Tony Tomeo and commented:
You know, . . . I just parked on this spot a while back, and realized that, . . . perhaps this crud would have been better than the mud that is there now.
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