September 20, 1997<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
Kevin Heald is one of the people in our neighborhood. You may have noticed him driving his clean, bright red 54 Ford truck about town.<\/p>\n
He is the owner\/operator of Red\u2019s Landscaping, Walworth-Marion Road, 986-1499.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started into landscaping a long time ago,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I was about 6 years old, Mrs. Salerno used to hire me to clean coops and things, but every time she\u2019d turn around, I\u2019d be digging in her perennials. She gave up and taught me a lot about gardening instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kevin also said he\u2019d learned a lot from working for a variety of farmers. What they had in common was to do things the old-fashioned way: by hand.<\/p>\n
He spurns too many power tools and prefers to hand shear shrubs, custom design each landscape and do the work himself.<\/p>\n
Kevin admits that during May through July, he has more work than he can handle alone. He trusts Daryl Copt to be his co-worker.<\/p>\n
Kevin and his wife, Barb, moved to the old Bulterman homestead about 12 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy brother-in-law, Jim Denniston, was into real estate,\u201d Kevin chuckled. \u201cHe\u2019d sent us there as a joke, but after we saw it, we told him we wanted it. The joke was on him!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin and Barb have two children, Tim and Jessica along with several emu and two piglets.<\/p>\n
If you look carefully when you drive past the Heals\u2019s, you might see Barb necking (if that is the correct term?) With one of her emus. It is definitely a sight to behold!<\/p>\n
Kevin designed the stone walls for the Post Office, Hardware Store and, most recently, the Walworth Fire Hall.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach wall is like a snow flake,\u201d he said. \u201cI hand select each stone and fit it next to the others like a puzzle. Each is unique. Each is beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another unique feature in the new Fire Hall landscaping is the lilac that is grafted onto a cherry tree. The blooms will be lilac but the trunk is an interesting shaggy red bark.<\/p>\n
Many years ago, the Walworth Garden Club planted shrubs and flowers at the base of the flag pole. They soon died because the Fire Department thought the Garden Club would water them. The Garden Club thought the Fire Department would do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter I finish planting,\u201d Kevin told me, \u201cI recommend the client water everything every other day for several weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Kevin isn\u2019t working on landscaping, he likes to tinker with old cars and trucks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a 61 two-door hard top Impala that\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Has been in 5 shows,\u201d he said, \u201cand won each time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kevin plans to participate in the 1997 Marion Car Show.<\/p>\n
The red 54Ford he drives is one of the trucks he has restored with meticulous care.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Kevin, for helping to beautify our community one garden at a time. You are a Walworthian with the accent on worth.<\/p>\n
2018 Up-Date: The Heald\u2019s have developed an R-V park in Macedon along the Earie Canal.<\/p>\n
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