domingo, 30 de junio de 2013

LA TIRANIA DE LA IGNORANCIA SUPINA EN PUERTO RICO

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EL 23 DE JUNIO, luego de semanas de constante lluvia se me ocurrio.
Disenhar una prueba simple e irrefutable para demostrar empiricamente como la ignorancia supina que padecen los habitantes de esta insula de concreto/asfalto, en todos los aspectos de la cultura, sociedad, religion, politica, educacion, economia es un abismo de garrafales proporciones.

El objeto, el metodo es sencillo. Es una franja de tierra, ver foto a la derecha, de 160 pies de largo por 16 pulgadas de ancho,-- calcule usted palido lector el area en pies cuadrados,-- en el estacionamiento del antiguo Hospital San Carlos, crecian no menos de 25 especies de plantas, enredaderas, arbustos I arboles identificados en adicion a otras 15 sin identificar.

Todo fue destruido en un instante, para el montaje circense previamente presentado en este espacio o en los otros.  Los autores intelectuales se tumbaran 150,000 toletes en 'jardines I murales'  como esa belleza que aparece oteando un horizonte de color diarrhea.
METODOLOGIA
 
Sembrar unas 75 plantas entre semillas/division/esquejes
de unas 10 especies.
 
Calcular el tiempo de poda manual con las tijeras que aparecen en la foto.
 
Entre siembra I poda durante 5 dias, 20 minutos diarios fueron suficientes para la tarea.  Costo al erario, reconocimiento, agradecimiento: CERO.
 
Costo al municipio, magos/magas de 'murales/jardines' del las fuerzas oscurantistas, o satanicas diria Michael Castro?
 
Por lo regular son dos o tres empleados municipales o por contrato,  con cortamatorrales cuyo salario es como minimo 50 toletes al dia.
Anhada dias por vacaciones, enfermedad, dias libres.  Sumele la depreciacion del vehiculo que los transporta, la gasolina que consume I el tiempo a llegar.  Ahora calcule la gasolina/aceite en los trimmers/blowers, la contaminacion por ruido I gases.

Resultado? La destruccion total de toda la vegetacion, insectos, reptiles y aves, indirectamente al destruir su alimento/albergue.

La poda manual que llevo a cabo me permite identificar aquellas plantas que por su estetica, forma, capacidad de producir nectar  deben permanecer, reduciendo al minimo yerbas sin destruirlas en su totalidad por tener su funcion de cubresuelos evitando la erosion.  Si, palido lector, la erosion es evidente en el asfalto.

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SIN EMBARGO, existe un pequenho problema, los cortamatorraleros del pais, picapalos de autopista, terroristas con trimmer no saben leer/escribir.  No tienen algun certicado en Commercial Horticulture Landscape Management, de algun jardin botanico como el de Nueva York.  Tampoco un curso de identificacion de yerbas/plantas o tres carajos, como tampoco lo tienen los arquitectos paisajistas, los supervisores de los empleados, Carmen Yulin, Liliana o el del estuario.org.

La intencion de este escrito, agua I sal para todos/as, es simple. Ante la duda, que en mi caso, es irrazonable dada la trayectoria del municipio en este espacio durante los ultimos siete anhos, es si manteniento la franja verde mas o menos cuidada, vendran los hijos de satan, terroristas con trimmer a destruir nuevamente la vegetacion.  De ocurrir eso, habria que anhadir la mala fe a la ignorancia supina genetica nacional.

Para terminar observe  estos anfibios con cuidado. Uno azul pintado magistralmente en una composicion tridimensional que parece estar vivo, pintado gratis, versus el otro que parece lapacheando en diarrea, por una parte de los 150, 000 toletes.

Pero no lo deje ahi, ignorancia supina significa lo que puede, debe hacerse I considere la bancarrota del pais.  El supermercado Selecto que se fue a quiebra en Ciudadela pagaba 55, 000 toletes mensuales de energia electrica.  Como puede cualquiera hablar/pensar/escribir sobre el desarrollo de economia alguna, cuando el costo energetico cargara con un tercio o la mitad del costo operacional?

Solo un imbecil, o aquellos de quienes hablaba Ortega I Gassett en la Revolucion de Las Masas, con un porciunculo del conocimiento en su area de trabajo/studio, se atreveria a invertir algo, o considerarlo. Para no entrar en los monumentales embotellamientos de transito insulares que acabarian por joder el costo de cualquier proyecto que requiera transporte.

Asi que si desean embarrar cuanta pared de cuanto edificio abandonado  encuentren,  como el ejemplo adjunto haganlo, es solo contaminacion visual. Pero no jodan con el medioambiente, .pretty please with sugar on top'.  Amen con pan.

PD En terminos costo/esteticos, los muchachos de la Pandilla con su peritaje, como el anfibio azul, hubiesen podido pintar algo memorable, duradero, no sobre papel, sino sobre el concreto, por cinco o diez mil dolares.   De los jardines podria encargarme yo.

 

sábado, 22 de junio de 2013

CONSTRUYENDO EL PAISAJE

RECIENTEMENTE descubri--como de costumbre quien menos puede habla/escribe--a  ciertos personajes que no menciono, son decenas de canes con collar similar, i considerando el dominio de lo tozudo-obtuso en este circulo, respecto a los temas: en peligro de extinction, naturaleza, paisaje, ecologico, huertos caseros, corredores, parques de esto o aquello, biodiversidad, medioambiente, estuarios/tinglares/mangle, arquitectura, soberania agricola,  paisajista, etnobonaticos, ecologos, hidrologos I los que faltan ninguno/a siembra tres carajos ni posee alguna rigurosidad no importa el tema I las charlas que ofrecen con sin igual desfachatez.

Como puede hablar de 'construir el paisaje' alguien que permite con singular ceguera esto:

Photo is loading  Aquellas personas que se atreven a discutir estos temas deberian ser capaces de demostrar algun respeto a la inteligencia de los insulares, rigurosidad en cuanto a suelo, agua, aire, flora/fauna, naturaleza, biodiversidad. Las palabras son agua I sal, como lo seran los muralitos/jardines,  puro academicismo protagonico, solo util, saludable para los egomaniacos/as insulares.

Otra muestra de la seriedad con la cual habria que juzgar a los responsables de esta barbaridad obtusa al maximo:



Por otro lado, a quien le importa verdaderamente el entorno, el medioambiente en feisbuk, en Puerto Rico?  Cuando se ha visto a Camila I sus serruchos, declarar que las cortadoras de grama, cortamatorrales, blowers, gasolina/aceite, C02, ruidos/gases,
pesticidas, herbicidas, fungicidas, insecticidas, uso de agua potable para irrigar cesped son absolutamente incompatibles con el paisaje?
Y quienes de los mencionados/as han protestado ante la barbaridad destructiva del golf, en su puta vida?

Todos/as quienes pretenden hablar/escribir de soberania alimenticia, agricultura sostenible estan ciegos/as?  O estan inmunes a la esupidez aberrante que permea la insula? Como es possible tal indiferencia, falta de interes que realmente no requiere sino un poco de cojones/ovarios de acero, criterio, unas cuantas credenciales no vendrian mal para denunciarlo, hasta el dia del juicio final.

Un paisaje no importa si en los utopicos corredores, o los mas apremiantes/cercanos, los urbanos de concreto/asfalto, se construye con ahinco, compromiso, estudio riguroso,
teoria I praxis, como las fotitos a la derecha. No creando portales
inutiles en feisbuk sin creatividad alguna, sin otro proposito que conseguir decenas de 'like' que por cierto este servidor i la  Sociedad Horticultural Bouret  no tiene, ni pide, ni exige, ni espera, pero es absurdo que tanta gente haga click en otros portales que ni siquiera se actualizan o demuestran rigurosidad mas alla de lo personal, socializar o vender lo que tengan a mano, cabrones/as.

miércoles, 19 de junio de 2013

EARLY MORNING GUERRILLA ATTACK IN SAN CARLOS

THE enemy is like any disease, it never rests, as a result I keep watching their moves, it could be a neighbor destroying the vegetation around their residence to avoid the annoying leaves sweeping required.  Or it could be Carmen Yulin's terrorists with trimmers. She has kept the tradition started by Nuno en el Uno, this one, under the pig headed representative.  http://youtu.be/MTKfeW-_xK0

At any rate I woke up with the sound of the raindrops,  a good sign for any surprise attack, since whatever is planted has a good start, no matter if by division as in this attack or by seeds, my favorite tactic.

You have to understand, the modus operandi of them enemies...one day, when least expected, machete/trimmer in hand they will destroy everything you have done...except  the knowledge of seed viability and behavior, will allow a percentage of the whole to survive since when throwing or planting any seeds, not all of them will germinate grounds at once.

With division, I cut the leaves as  short as possible, planting as deep as necessary to allow them plants to develop a root system.  Once there are some roots if you choose correctly the machete/trimmer nature butchers can only destroy the top, while the plant recovers coming back after a while.  An on and on, destruction, restoration.

This link is one of various post on the subject if you search under guerrilla gardening here, you will be able to see the trajectory.
http://antigonumcajaneveningpost.blogspot.com/2010/11/tips-for-tropical-guerrilla-gardening.html

The enemy never rests, you have to stay in shape, good stamina and physical condition, otherwise, they will defeat you.  Attack and vencera!
Them pollinators, other flora/fauna will be grateful for your cojones, even if the enemy and collaborators will laugh at your efforts while watching their useless lives fading away.

sábado, 15 de junio de 2013

BOTANICAL INVENTORY 2013

Bouret Horticultural Society
2013 Botanical Inventory
 
Not that any one cares. I eliminated about ten species no longer at home, corrected some spelling mistakes that those concerned about my writing skills and lack off did not see or noticed not being anointed as your humble servant in the intricacies of pragmatic horticultural criticism.
 
If you are too tired to bother with the botanical, at least have a list ready of whatever you plant, this demonstrates that you are serious about gardening in whatever school/bandwagon you feel you belong.


Allium
Alocasia cuculata
Aglaonema
Allamanda cathartica
Arashis hypogea
Amarilys
Anthurium
Asparagus sprengerii/densiflorus/setaceous
Aloe vera
Alternathera brasilians
Asytacia gangetica
Andropogon citratum
Antigonon leptopus

Bryophylum pinnatum
Bauhinia monandra
Brunfelsia pauciflora
Barleria repens
Bixa orellana
 
Canavalia maritima
Capsicum frutense
Citrus aurantifolia
Chrysothemis pulchella 
Clitorea ternatea
Croton
Carica papaya
Coccoloba uvifera
Clorophytum diurnum, comosum
Calliandra haemathocephala
Catartus roseus
Cosmos sulphereus
Commelina elegans
Cyperus involucratus
Crinum
 
Datura stramonium
Dracaena marginata
Diffenbachia amoena, picta exotica
Daylily
Dipteracantus prostrates
Duranta repens
Eucharis amazonica
Euphorbia tirucalli
Epiphylum oxypetalum
Gardenia augusta
Gloriosa rothschildiana
Hibiscus cannabinus
Hemerocallis
Hippobroma longiflora
Ixora
Ipomoea quamoclit, aegyptia l.
Jathropha gossypifolia
Jasminum multiflorum
Lipia micromera
Malpighia glabra*
Merremia quinquefolia 
Mirabilis siciliana
Manihot esculenta
Murraya paniculata
Myosotis ***
Neomarica caerulea
Nephrolepsis
Ochna mossabicensis
Oxalis
Petroselinum crispum
Passiflora , foetida**, pallida l.**
Pedilanthus tithymaloides *
Pereskia bleo
Phalaenopsis    * 
Proiphys amboinensis
Pithelobium dulce
Pseuderantemun reticulatum, carruthersi
Plectanthus amboinicus *
Pleomeles reflexa
Polyscia balfouriana, fruticosa, guilfoylei, filicifolia
Polianthes tuberosa  ***
Peperonia pellucida
Plumeria rubra, alba
 
Rhoeo spathacea
Rosmarinus officinale
Ruellia officinale, brittoniana, tuberosa

Sanseveria trifasciata
Scadoxus
Syngonium
Serpol tuymusserpyllum
Tunbergia alata, erecta
Trimezia martinicensis
Tulbagia violacea
Turnera ulmifolia, diffusa, subulata
Tradescantia pallida, zebrina
Urena lobata
Wedelia trilobata
Zephyrantes nelsoni, citrina, grandiflora
Zinziber officinalis

viernes, 14 de junio de 2013

BOURET STREET VERTICAL/HANGING GARDEN BOTANICAL INVENTORY

THE average Joe six-pack, taking a glimpse off this unusual natural installation in the Caribbean, an abandoned house for the last decade, former residence of Santana-Becerra, a supreme court justice in the 30's, visited occasionally by Antonio Paoli, now a property of some high yellow creature, would think of a jumble, intertwined mass.  But if you look closely there are 35 species, of which 25 are identified below in the west side, a wider biodiversity variety by feet than Parque Luis Munhoz Rivera, the MAC and los estuarinos mess.

Pothos
Syngonium podophylum
Cajanus cajan
Jathropa gossypipolia
Cannavalia maritime
Merremia quinquefolia
Turnera ulmiforme
Tecoma stans
Passiflora foetida
Alternatera brasiliana
Pereskia bleo
Acacia
Costus speciosus
Asparagus setaceus*
Barleria repens
Mirabilis siciliana
Clerodendrum   thomsonae/quadriloquare **
Vitis vinifera
Commelina elegans

I used to keep it more tidy, but got worn out knowing any time the obscure, sinister forces dominating our surroundings will destroy it as it has happened twice in the last five years. Evidently, this natural arrangement is not the rule, but a lonely exception.  The only thing I do now it to trim here and there to keep the vines in
some sort of shape dictated by them.  Some jerk once offered to spray it with herbicide.  I told him, I like it like that.


It would be nice if 8 people out of 10, could appreciate this natural garden, as some children do when the spiders arrive, building their perfectly shaped nets, but it is not the case.  Even those who should know better in the local environmental bandwagon first row: vegetarians, organic farmers, organic produce retailers, traditional farmers, Camilla Sierra Club, the eco friendly, edible garden freaks all look the other way, as the Joe six-pack in the first sentence.

This type of installation with frequent maintenance, would be more aesthetic to people with a little introspection, vision and understanding of what ecology, biodiversity really mean, besides the privacy, shade and security some kinds of vegetation would provide, safety without costly security/camera systems.

This groupe riding comfortably in the bandwagon mentioned,  are mostly hooked on $elling something: grass, palms, bromeliads, ferns and Ficus, without any concerns regarding noise, fumes and pollution, all is honky dory. The common sterile gardening school
created by landscape architects and cut/blow landscape management companies.  Their flat, silly gardens lack composition, depth, height, contrasts of color, shapes and texture as this garden kept by Sociedad Horticultural Bouret demonstrates.

Bai di guai, something similar was growing in the long flat strip of soil by the wall in San Carlos before the deaf/blind hogs of Carmen Yulin the MACestuario executioners destroyed without any purpose.

This type of installation may not be of your liking in terms of aesthetics, however, Spindalis, hummingbirds, bees, beetles, butterflies, spiders and lizards made it their home, with available nectar, insects and nest building material.

*  When digging to add this plant to my collection I got bitten by some insect from cat poop which required medical treatment.

** Courtesy of Tito Collazo, a collaborator with the MACestuarinos.

That is that


 






martes, 11 de junio de 2013

BALLAJA INVISIBLE ABUSED EUCALIPTUS

IT has been a lonely trek, I have to confess, the last ten years. It seems that I am the only juan noticing, informing, denouncing what is evident, as if was a seer, and the surrounding primates blind/deaf hogs going through life without either cojones, honesty, commitment with the ecology, biodiversity, environment they loudly preach about....when I look at the group as a whole, they deserve to be stoned to death for their lack of imagination and constant desire to make money out of their 'environmental' concerns in one hand, looking the other way, in the other.  Many are interested in organic crap, saving energy, urban chickens, intelligent houses for mentally retards planting turf,  and on and on.

The group of environmental do gooders is wide. They are into law, architecture, landscape, gardens and edible gardens, urban chickens, organic food,
agro fuels, But them bastards never deal with erosion, destruction of our patrimony in the urban context as this clear abuse of trees everywhere I go.

Como decia Quevedo en el Buscon, tienen ojos sin ninha...I por el parecen mirar el entorno...Puercos/as sordos. They got eyes but can not see, ears and can not hear.

Check the photos at right, imagine yourself slowly strangled to death, with open ulcers, thanks to the metal around your limbs.

that is that.
 
Bonus
 
Ridiculous out of place palms
intolerant to salty breeze
burning the leaves as
the photos show.

lunes, 10 de junio de 2013

PUERTO RICO ABUSED INVISIBLE TREES IN URBAN CONTEXTS

SINCE me return from NY in 2002, after doing some time in that city, I noticed the exaggerated amount of palms of all kinds, most planted in wrong places, particularly close by the sea (Ballaja/Ashford avenue, Baldorioty*), with yellowish burned leaves thanks to the saline breeze, something the isle landscape, architects, ecology, environmental pundits cuchi frito circuit have failed to see/notice in feisbuk or the media.  No one complains, all is honky dory, they believe palms are beautiful, a most in every stupid installation, a thing of the tropics, of Puerto Rico.

But lets leave palms, useless, too big, unyielding, stiff, and difficult to manage to our subject, abused, mutilated, invisible trees of Puerto Rico.  You can not walk 200 meters without finding a tree of this or that mutilated in yards, sidewalks, highway medians, country or city, parks, cemeteries, schools, you name it.

These, like the homeless, street bums, stray cats and dogs are truly invisible, like gypsies/Roma people in Europe, they are there everyjuan refuses to see them.

The chosen invisible victims for this 2/3 part post series have been showing their scars for years if not decades, without any mercy from park employees or visitors.

Parque Luis Munhoz Rivera in San Juan is the Caribbean Mecca of invisible killed, dead, mutilated trees,  a sad and pathetic trend in PLMR, is to plant vines, like Photo,Syngonium to use the killed/dead as a trellis, to grow on the dead standing tree for support.

In Greek mythology, there was no greater shame than leaving a dead soldier unburied.  I would ask, demand all those environmental preachers, bureaucrats without credentials, real interest in biodiversity to get rid of them, is a shameful site.

Cut them, replace them or not, from ground level, and pretty please with sugar on top, stop the Parques Nacionales, 007 Recursos Naturales, Fideicomiso, Estuario.org, senseless gospel like crap on how nice, good are trees for the fresh air, stop giving them away to people who do not give a flying fart about trees, or nature, and often after walking 200 meters to the parking lot, throw them in the surrounding areas because they are heavy.


I know, I know, Puerto Rico is bankrupt and there are many people in debt.  Do something wise, stop planting trees if you can not, do not have the required credentials/know how, inventory of best species for the urban concrete/asphalt context, good will and commitment.  Any jerk can dig a hole, call for a press conference and appear like the idiots they are with a shovel, a sick looking bended tree and a hole.


* There is palm tree mafia selling them for millions to isle municipalities without much aesthetic or survival ratios.
That is that.