The street in front of our house is being reconstructed. The fifty foot wide street with trolley rails and cobbler stones underneath is being torn up and will be reconstructed as 48 foot street with parking and bike lanes with curbs outs on east and west of 10 block stretch.
This year I did not add much new homemade soil with castings and noticed my tomato plants, while fruitful, are thinning out early. There are reasons for this, like lack of sunny hot days this summer, but I have no control over these conditions. However, next spring I can add more new compost soil with castings when I am preparing the raised area in the front garden.
We also had something to say about the reconstruction of street when city and alderman proposed making a narrow street. Our voice was heard. I had something to say about the reconstruction of the tomato planting area come next spring.
The large machinery used on the street has the word “CAT” on it, short for ‘Caterpillar’, a leading building of a large construction equipment. The Caterpillar Company also makes the large machines that are used by Israel to destroy the ancient olive tree gardens in Palestine. Olive trees take a long time to grow but can be destroyed in a few minuets. The Olive Oil I purchase in a store run by Palestinians is from the West Bank of Palestine. As Israel destroys the orchards new ones are planted by Palestinians but they will take years to grow.
For me the reconstruction of our street using “CAT” equipment is good for our neighborhood. Reconstructing the soil in my front yard garden will make it better for growing tomatoes. But the demolition of olive gardens by “CAT” equipment means death, destruction and destitution in Palestinians. The city pays for the road reconstruction; I pay, mostly with sweat labor, for reconstruction of the garden; and the USA, all of us, pay for the demolition of the Olive Tree Gardens.
Comments
Please send any comments on this post to . Let us know which day’s post your comments pertain to. If the comments are appropriate we will post them here for you.