howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the "big society" was just a conference sound bite nothing more than that, it does not take into account that some people do take responsibility for things and others couldn't care less.
i have no problem with dealing with weeds that grow out of my front wall and the one next door but am not going all the way down the road to do everybody elses, neither will i do the ones in gutters.
the ones in brian's pictures are not part of anyone's house or business i notice.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
that's right howard,just a main through road with foot paths either side.just a note that a lot of cruise walk to town etc on both sudes of the road.the road between the cruise terminal and the market square do look neglected in places,which makes the town in genral looks run down and uncared for.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Well it is.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
had a man with a tractor come up Buckland Ave yesterday and spray the weeds too late mate the seeds have gone!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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don't know who is responsible for alleyways.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
If that was my fence or wall I would have been out there and geting rid of it.
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,037
I would have thought the owner or tenant of the property Howard.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
Maybe be Alec, but with (many, perhaps most) tenants of private rented housing not even caring about their gardens, they won't be clearing the outside of them I'm sure - sadly.
Roger
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
- Posts: 727
Then chase the landlords?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
just seen a chap going around spraying the weeds in post 25.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,560
Also saw a householder digging out the weeds from his house in Lewisham Road yesterday.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
they have been along snargate street and up at the ropewalk today as well.
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
They have just gone past my house in Lydden.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Still fighting the elderberry, brambles, nettles and assorted weeds in Salisbury Road, their seeds all ready for next year .
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Guest 1036- Registered: 27 Aug 2013
- Posts: 37
The gardener came and weeded our front flat garden.All he did was move around the dirt at the bottom of the tree with a hoe..The flats are DDC.Phoned the gardening section at DDC and left a message on the answer phone.Guess what no contact from them.Its disgusting that they totally ignore tenants.Here is a photo after the gardener had finished.
Eleanor H.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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welcome to the forum eleanor, did you notice if the weeds were sprayed as they don't normally dig them up?
Guest 1036- Registered: 27 Aug 2013
- Posts: 37
Hi Howard thank you for your welcome.I did not see if any one had sprayed the garden.
Eleanor H.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
saw a chap spraying weeds on the footpath outside k college leading to pencester road earlier.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Spraying is ok but the dead weeds still need to be picked up or all you have done is turn green weeds into brown ones they have to be pulled out then spray where you pulled them out, that will for some time stop them growing there again.Just spraying is doing only half the job not even half.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Spraying with glyphosate makes them die off right down to the roots but you have to wait till they go brown, otherwise they will regrow vigorously if you pull them up too soon.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Eleanor H.
