When I lived in NY, they would send a group of 'inmates' out with someone from the jail- on a good day- they'd cut down bush, small trees, etc- clean up around the headstones, so you could see them better. Many's the 'hole' I stepped into, looking for my ancestors. Barb in St Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [Campbell] PLEASE List Master; JUST A Little Thought for Granny & Grand PA CUZ A T > Cuz AT > As a certified country bumpkin, living in the rural South, I have a > little experience in the maintaining and reclaiming of old burial > grounds. We have used Crossbow and Remedy and a couple of other > selective herbicides. The easiest thing to do is spray the briers and > small shrubs and after they die off, clean up what ever else you want to > be rid of. Get the local Co op "expert" to aid in what is legal and > effective in the location that you are cleaning. Using Roundup only > opens the door to things you might not want to try and control later. > Most areas require a licensed applicator if you pay to have it done. > Just get someone to do it without charging and you will be in good > shape. The woody plants should have been sprayed just before the first > frost for best results but you can get some control if you spray after > all the leaves are fully emerged. Once you clear out the ones you want > gone, fertilize and introduce the plants that you want to take over. > Larry > [email protected] wrote: >> Happy New Year; The Family Cemetery Drifts into That, UH-`AH-UR, I/we >> never Dreamed it could get to this Point, The Cemetery where My Mothers >> Parents >> are burried in Amherst County, Va, Grand Daddy Died in 1947, By 2000 >> it >> had gotten to where it took a Buldozer to Clean it, WE had A <C. S. A. >> Iron >> Cross ceremony for My G G Great Grand Father in 2008 it looked Great >> then. >> Recently I have Seen on line; Where there is AnIDEA, That Some one Plus >> the State of Washington & Cal Have & are Useing GOATS to Clean the >> Under >> >> growth, YEA/OK- Laugh, BUT I am sure That some of My Country Cousins >> have >> seen >> JUST what a Hed of Goats can do to under Growth??? >> >> JUST think; We have every kind of help/Protect, Something/Any & every >> thing, NOW WHY NOT; A small herd of Goats, AW 4 or 5; IT would take a >> Bit >> of >> Effort to shuffel them around, But I bet that the <Sons & Daughters of >> the Confederacy would lend a Hand >> >> I have a Cousin with a Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy in >> Amherst County, Va Pluss Some Family Lists. >> >> OH YEA I know, Not Genealogy, But I,ll bet it will make GRANNY SMILE. >> To have em danged ole bushes & Brambles out ov her face. >> >> AW, how much Gwaffing I Believe the GOAT has potential ??? >> >> OPEN for Comment/ YA,LL got a Better IDEA?? I have been Complimented >> AND >> Laughed at Before; In time My People have left Me & Mine Many Cousins >> In >> Most States: Like, Va, N,C., S. C., Tenn., Texas, N. M. AZ, Cal. Org, >> Idaho., Ky, Ill., Maine., Fla, Md., N. J. Ohio, Ind., Col., Neb., La., >> ALA>< Ms., >> Nev., Cemetery Recovery Lets see what we can DO, NOW this will not get >> done BY laughing at <CUZ AT> & going fishing or back to sleep >> AH, or what we were doing while the Problem Developed. >> >> JUST a Thought for Granny & Grand Pa. >> >> CUZ A T [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >> Ark., Mo., PLUS/ AND Cousins I am in contact with many Family Members >> >> In a message dated 12/30/2009 6:27:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> I have noticed several comments on cemeteries recently. This is a >> difficult problem across the country. We have about 4-5 across the >> SOUTH >> - >> (NC>AL>MS>TX) These are family plots - problem is cost of marinating >> these - even >> when it is great grandmother. >> Last year we were contacted by a Black family about a cemetery in >> Montgomery, AL with our family name Bones exposed ect. We tried several >> sources & >> finally I was in contact with a minister. He went to the Governor's >> office >> and the county commissioners took acre of cleaning it. >> We had another where Sons of Confederacy cleaned it up. I don't know if >> they still are doing such. >> Older people are getting older - younger prefer the speedway. >> >> We have family buried in Talladega. >> >> If I ever win the Million dollar lotto - might be able to help. >> >> Good luck on what you can do. >> We know how difficult this is -- we are connected with a Historical >> Commission here in TX. >> >> HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR! >> >> Allen >> >> Betty & Allen Johannes >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> Remember to search the archives use this address >> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL >> >> Browse the archives at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ >> >> Contact the List Manager >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ NOD32 4732 (20091231) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > mailto:[email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message