Merrymeeting Daylilies
Cathy and Amanda Turner
603-534-1371
80 Tash Road
New Durham, NH, 03855
MerrymeetingDaylilies@gmail.com
A man (Les Turner) "out standing" in his field...
Les Turner, battling those dratted weeds...with his back brace doing it's best to help the broken bones in his spine.
We, his daughters, can only be glad that at least he has his hat on.
This picture was taken May 20, 2020, the day before his 87th birthday.
But...just to give you an idea of what we are dealing with...
We did not open for the last three summers because we have been forced into a humiliating battle for our house and land, thru no fault of our own. We have been living in a legal quagmire that has cost both of us greatly in stress, time, and money. We are possibly going to lose our home...as well as all of the hard work that we, and our parents and siblings, have put into this property over the last 30 years.
Why? Because a certain Big International Bank made a clerical error, corrected it illegally, could not be bothered to communicate with our father (or the NH Court system) about that correction, and did not appear as summoned for THREE court hearings…
and then waited silently for FIVE YEARS to take action.
Les's hands, and adult plants of two very different varieties of hosta.
On the advice of our newest attorney, I am removing most of the details that have resided on this webpage for the last 2 years. We are taking a different tack in our legal battle, and if the opposing side finds this website I guess they might try to find something to complicate the process.
Our thanks go out to everyone who has expressed concern. We welcome your thoughts.
Amanda is best reached via text or Facebook.
Just a little update as of April 26, 2024...a visitor to this website (and a customer) suggested that we contact Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Senator Maggie Hassan, as well as the Attorney General's Office.
I did that, with mixed results.
Senator Shaheen's office responded quickly and with a kindness that surprised us, but they are unable to help. Maggie Hassan's office has not responded. The Attorney General's Office responded but could not help...however they did suggest three different agencies that might be able to do something. I contacted all three and NONE of them could do anything. One could not assist because although "The Bank" does business in NH, they are an international entity and therefore untouchable. (OK, I am paraphrasing a little there. But that was the gist of their response.) The other agency could not help because "The Bank" has "assets in excess of 10 billion dollars", which apparently also puts them out of the reach of any action by that agency. The third agency would not help because a decision is still pending. Fair enough.
It has also been suggested that I contact a Massachussetts senator who has really gone after the business tactics of this bank in her state. I tried that, but her office quickly informed me that she can do nothing because I am not a Massachusetts resident.
AN UPDATE FOR 2025!
After a solid year of waiting, we did get a decision from the Superior Court...and it was resoundingly in our favor!
Unfortunately, the Bank immediately objected and filed an appeal, which means Amanda and I are still embroiled in this never-ending nightmare...
and we get to go to court AGAIN to fight for our home.
This time we go to the Supreme Court. I found a new attorney who specializes in appeals, and he has written a rock star brief on our behalf.
It was filed with the Supreme Court on March 15, 2025, and now we wait for our court date.
You may be visiting our website primarily to find out if we will be open for 2026.
The short answer is no. We still have a legal battle ahead of us. And IF we win, we will need to do quite a bit of work on the daylily field before we reopen, including an all-new irrigation system and a total rebuild of the well. Probably a new pump, too. We have held off on doing this work because it is a lot of physical labor and expense...and if we lose the house we lose the daylilies. It makes no sense to do all that digging and buy all that new PVC....and then hand it over to the Bank.
AND AN UPDATE FOR 2026!
We finally did get the ruling from the NH Supreme Court...and it is definitely a strange one.
The judges decided that both sides of this legal battle are missing the point and told everyone to go back and START OVER.
I did not know that was even an option! But here we are, starting again, right from the beginning. On the plus side, we have SO MUCH more information than we did when we first started this fight.
Amanda and I found a new attorney who has taken a fresh look at everything and discovered a few wrinkles that the opposing side has overlooked.
We are now going on the offensive!
