Sorry, it is close to Perry county, but it is Greene county. We are very near the Perry county line.
Pyro and Plantakiss, that is a better idea than me trying to approach them about these plants. They are very weak looking (the plants, that is). I dug up two of them and brought them home, and the "wings' are wide, meaning not enough sunlight. They definitely could be healthier.
The problem with trying to clear out lumber in this area is that they aren't going to do it. That subject has been approached in the past, and they just aren't going to do it. If you have any paperwork or anything from the NASC about convervation I would be glad to have someone look at it. Burning this particular area might also be a problem since it is so close to the house. This is literally just a very short distance behind my house, practically in my back yard. There is normally not any burning done so close to buildings. I am open to any suggestions about this, however.
We are dealing with very small minded people here. We just had a bad week last week. My son got lost in the woods. He is 7, almost 8 years old. That is how we found these plants, actually, when we were out looking for him. Anyway, when we got back after finding him, the house was on fire. Insurance is covering all costs of repair, but we are having to do the work ourselves since it is impossible to hire workers right now due to hurricane Katrina. Every available contractor is still busy working on hurricane damage. So if we wanted to be able to live here any time soon, we have to do it ourselves. That is fine, my husband was a contractor before he was a preacher. He knows carpentry work, and he wanted to do the work himself anyway. the work that has previously been done in this house is shoddy and poor quality. However, we are getting all kinds of trouble from the people about it, the secretary in particular. They are trying to dictate every thing we do in the house, down to what color to pain the walls, etc. Which is stupid, because we are the ones living here, not them. What it all boils down to is a control issue, and a jealousy issue. We are in a very, very poor area, and I guess me and my husband make a little more money than some of them do here, and they don't want us to have nicer things than they do. We don't make nearly enough money, but they probably don't see it that way. They were sooo jealous when we went on a cruise last summer. There is one church member who has a beach house, and nobody likes them, and it is a jealousy issue. It is like we are dealing with children here. So we are already having trouble from them about fixing the house, it is NOT the time to approach anybody about a patch of "weeds" growing in the woods (that is how they see them). At least not for me to approach them, they are already bad feelings about us wanting to "fix the house up" a little. See, by us doing the work it is saving a lot of money that would be paid as labor to a contractor. I think they are worried that we are taking that extra money for ourselves, which we could do as labor charges, but we are not. We are making the house better. Laying better flooring than was in here before, etc. They are jealous and petty over the whole thing. Only one person told us they were glad nobody was hurt in the fire and that we didn't lose anything important, and that we found our son okay. So like I said before, you have to understand small southern town mindset. Obviously those of you replying back to me about it really do not understand the demographics of this area, or it would never be suggested that I try to approach them about the subject. If I can find a way to do so unintrusively, I will do so. But I am certainly not going to let these plants turn into something that my husband loses his job over. you may think that sounds rediculous, but it could happen.
Okay, off my soapbox now.