tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120574499228030478.post7067564922983073453..comments2023-02-27T16:18:40.532-08:00Comments on Soaps and Roses: Sunshine; Freedom and a Little FlowerCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593630630391497419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120574499228030478.post-46087228692894330902013-07-04T07:20:41.653-07:002013-07-04T07:20:41.653-07:00Don't talk to me about Local Council morons! L...Don't talk to me about Local Council morons! Last year I decided to forage for blackberries,sloes and rosehips along the towpath where I had seen them growing in abundance a few days before. Got there armed with my baskets and hooked walking stick only to find that the Council workmen had cut the hedgerows to smitherines! Why, why, why in the autumn when they should be allowed to provide such bounty?<br />This spring I noticed a few patches of purple orchids along the towpath hedgerows--such a rare sight. Next day the council workers had trampled them to mush when laying stones. Philistines! ---JanedoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120574499228030478.post-62926829811288174872013-06-14T10:58:54.203-07:002013-06-14T10:58:54.203-07:00Hi Leanan
The council are so environmentally unfri...Hi Leanan<br />The council are so environmentally unfriendly it is unbelievable and only agreed to stop spraying when they realised it would save money. I didn't anticipate that they would still attack the boundaries with a strimmer though! They just don't understand allotmenting!<br /><br />(So glad you like the flowers - an allotment just isn't the same without flowers).Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593630630391497419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120574499228030478.post-13117015084949821432013-06-14T05:39:41.054-07:002013-06-14T05:39:41.054-07:00Hello! I've been reading lots of blogs about a...Hello! I've been reading lots of blogs about allotments and I just have to ask whats with councils obsessions with weeds? I really can't understand why are they so crazy about cutting and spraying. I'm so sorry about your Sweet pea. :( Btw looove all the flowers, especially bicolor columbines.--Ana--https://www.blogger.com/profile/04065067119159738087noreply@blogger.com