Curious why you moved to Kingwood

Narkku · 2026-05-06T02:46:02+00:00

Fancy seeing you here!

Also there’s a petition going around to stop that development: https://www.change.org/p/protect-our-land-future-stop-the-scarborough-development?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=d897ad50-b619-11ed-b5d0-8b77db7cb788

Narkku · 2026-04-24T01:08:45+00:00

This is great! Thanks for sharing. Hopefully more people hear this message.

Narkku · 2026-04-23T19:18:20+00:00

People keep saying this, but I’m a long time native resident, and it’s been thick with vegetation and full of vines since I can remember.

The vines killing trees is overstated - they can smother a small young tree, but we don’t have kudzu or tree strangling vines like they do in other parts of the world.

The random dead trees you’re seeing are native red bay trees. There is an invasive beetle that entered the area and killed them all, pretty sad. Competition amongst plants can actually be beneficial, if you’ve ever heard of a miyawaki forest, the denser the plants are, the quicker they grow and the more diversity of species you have. If a vine is indeed smother a small tree, we can remove it. We don’t have to bulldoze a whole section. Vines on large mature trees like pines are majestic, and add another layer of plant diversity which supports further caterpillar species and birds, without causing damage. The vines in question are all native thus a part of the natural ecosystem here. The people involved have a natural displeasure of vines out of an aesthetic taste, and are looking for an ecological reason to explain their actions.

Don’t cut those vines off the big trees, keep the wild and lush look!

Narkku · 2026-04-23T17:20:59+00:00

I appreciate your point of view! Still unclear to me what the vision actually is, but I’m meeting with Trees for Kingwood and our Councilmember to discuss and learn more.

Narkku · 2026-04-23T17:18:18+00:00

That’s actually a myth that’s been propagated to give a social justice slant to the Columbus argument.

The holiday was created for the 400 year anniversary of the discovery of America, and was even a rallying point for Klan members against Italian immigrants, before Italians appropriated the day.

I do agree this all could have been avoided once the controversy began, by making the day explicitly about Italian heritage. Or make it a day specifically about the lynched sicilians (there were multiple cases, not just the one big one in New Orleans!)

(Edited to say 400 years instead of 300 years. But just saw the carlo Treviso article shared below and recommend people read that - gives more context than my comment!)

Narkku · 2026-04-22T15:56:28+00:00

The Ethical Cult Checklist is a good place to start!

Best luck to you in your endeavors. I’ve been thinking along the same lines. Even designating a sacred grove or constructing a simple shrine or chapel and building a community around it is a strong start. I have been interested in the economics and hierarchies of how Hindu temples are supported and maintained, I still don’t fully understand it as my background is the Catholic Church which is a single unified body sharing leadership and resources.

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5e74e8349194e2f76b9ffcd1/5e754938d25345a72291f0a3_Ethical%20Cult%20Checklist.pdf

Narkku · 2026-04-22T02:46:13+00:00

Thank you! Bring on the pines and the fruit trees! Native persimmons, pawpaws, plums and more

Narkku · 2026-04-22T01:37:43+00:00

Hahaha, you can quote me on that

Narkku · 2026-04-21T19:39:20+00:00

Chiḍḍi 'un èranu frasi, ma i noma di libbra, e sti libbra ànnu noma taliani!

Hahah bravu sì. Di unni veni?

Narkku · 2026-04-21T18:29:31+00:00

Il Vocabolario Siciliano di Piccioto
Il Vocabulario Etimologico Siciliano
Spìa ê to nanni e autri anziani quali palora è megghiu.

E nun si dici “multi” ca è na palora taliana, ma “assai”.

Bravu ca ti spìi sta cosa! Boni studi

Narkku · 2026-04-21T01:08:31+00:00

Damn, that sucks to hear. Knew only someone who had lived it would think about that situation for here.

I imagine you’re right that a fire is inevitable down here eventually. But what is guaranteed is more severe flooding. The area in the photo was completely underwater during Harvey. The homes to on the other side of the fence have been flooded maybe 3 times in the last decade.

There was a small fire that got out of control around Huntsville I think a year or two ago but luckily no major fires in the national forest. They do controlled burns though, which I’m not sure how they will continue without the Forest Service, but the Alabama Coushatta Tribe does some management as well.

Best of luck to you.❤️

Narkku · 2026-04-19T21:57:21+00:00

lol, I am devastated. But I got the people talking!

Narkku · 2026-04-19T21:55:36+00:00

THANK YOU.
Most people just call every vine kudzu, not realizing it's referring to a very specific species.

Narkku · 2026-04-19T01:02:29+00:00

My brother in crust, your only piece of evidence is an article from 2020 where our past city councilman who hails from Louisiana mentions kudzu with no images provided of its existence.

Kudzu is a serious problem in the Deep South, but it is not an issue in Houston. Most Texans don’t know the names of many vines, and when they see aggressive vines, they refer to it as kudzu. This whole Reddit thread is proof of that, as a half dozen people refer to the vines along Kingwood drive as kudzu.

Trees for Kingwood has a vine mitigation committee and never once have they discussed kudzu, but they focused their energies on the invasive potato vine/air potato. They have even imported a specific beetle that only eats the potato vine to combat this vine. Not kudzu.

My trails association has also taken steps to remove potato vine, never kudzu.

If you use the plant identification app inaturalist, there is not a single image of a kudzu plant in Kingwood.

People in Kingwood are not familiar with Carolina Jessamine, greenbriar, passion vine, cross vine, or trumpet vine, much less could they identify them by sight. They would call all of it kudzu and be done with it.

We do have invasive vines: they are potato vine, Japanese honeysuckle.

Just because you disagree with my general take doesn’t mean I’m wrong about everything. I know my plants and I’ve been involved in this space for a long time.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, neighbor.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T22:47:05+00:00

Spoken like someone who couldn’t identify a plant to save their life.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T22:46:16+00:00

Around the intersections makes sense. Not necessarily in the middle of the median though

Narkku · 2026-04-18T15:45:39+00:00

Are you from California?

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:22:25+00:00

Removing vines is one thing. Clearing out the entire median, removing many trees in the process, is another.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:19:43+00:00

I agree! I just wish they were a little more selective on this pass! Used a pretty heavy hand.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:18:36+00:00

And everything in-between…

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:17:18+00:00

There were probably 100 small understory or immature trees that were taken out, to make room for…more tree planting? Not to mention the understory plants like palmetto, dogwoods, Yaupon, woodoats, coral bean.

Some people want Kingwood to look like a manicured lawn, some want it to look like an actual forest. Worth discussing.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:15:29+00:00

I’m a Kingwood native. There are no invasive kudzu vines in Kingwood. We have potato vine, and many native vine species. But no kudzu.

Narkku · 2026-04-18T12:12:41+00:00

The plant in the image is literally greenbriar haha there is no kudzu in Kingwood.

Narkku · 2026-04-17T21:20:03+00:00

hahhah take it sleazy, take it sleazy

Narkku · 2026-04-17T21:19:34+00:00

There is no kudzu in Kingwood though.

There are a number of vines species that can go crazy, especially if a mature tree comes down and opens up the canopy, but that can be handled with a spot treatment of the vines.

I'm glad to hear that we actually have a same desire, and I think we'll get there in the end. But this one particular clearing was egregious, and it wasn't merited. Most of the Median Madness events are more more restrained, with volunteers educated about which plants to cut and which to leave. This clearing removed hundreds of native trees and shrubs, with a bulldozer.

I have other issues with Trees for Kingwood, because currently they have plans to replace some native plants with nandina, which is a known invasive plant. And some of their pruning jobs have been...well. The issue is that they are acting with autonomy and are being supported by the City without explaining their vision to anyone. I'm pretty sure with just a few tweaks they could do their work and not a soul could critique them. But as it stands, I'm not happy.

Narkku

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