No mow May

Is anyone following that rule ? Not me, I think its another, woke brigade rule,
they think that by not cutting grass and hedges, they are saving the Bee and other insects and nature,, I think they are endangering humans because, an uncut verge is a danger to road users, cyclists, pedestrians and life in the bushes, Plus its untidy

lets get agrip, A trimmed bush is well better than an unkempt growth,

Obviously not a nature lover Tom?

I am Rio big time, I've been called ( not by me) the David Attenborough of Wiganworld but, I don't agree with this, No mow May,

Come on tomplum, being an avid gardener surely you would be the first to protect help the bee population.?

is that is how the injury occurred?

Our council have for a few years left the grass to grow tall round traffic islands thus creating a hazard for motorists because you cannot see any traffic approaching the island There should be a flow of traffic at islands not a tail back of traffic which has to stop at the islands to see if it is clear to proceed

Plummy: Agreed. How about stop building on fresh green fields and refurbish unused shops and other empty buildings in the towns and other places first.

Yes you are Thomas .. green fingered animal loving... crooning pillar of society... I'll vote for you

They were mowing the grass verges along Atherleigh Way this morning.

Overgrown verges become full of litter, including discarded food wrapping/containers etc, and these attract rats, and you also get a certain amount of broken glass, and other stuff which is dangerous to tread on, for humans and animals, so when you think about how little space is taken up by these verges, in comparison to the surrounding grassed area's, the effect on nature of cutting the grass is insignificant, it is just a stealthy way for Councils and the Government to save money.

If they don't cut the grass then the where-amee tribe will get lost

I think Trevor Wallace used to talk about the Umatingi tribe.

On about which, one night I was out in Pemberton, mid crawl, when I saw a drunken chap talking to a gentleman across the road, the drunk then crossed the road, and came to me and said "can yoo tell me where the other side of the road is" so I replied "it's over there" nodding to across the road, at that the drunk said whilst looking at the gentleman across the road "that b*stard said it was over here"

We're the Ellarwi!

How many motorways are there in this country? Times that by the miles then times that by the verges and I can assure you it is not an insignificant number,

But the fields on either side of the motorways, are a 'significant' number, many millions of times the area of those verges

I've planted some mustard seeds today, bees flock to the bright yellow flowers. Will place next to this year's runner beans to get the bees to pollinate them. I wonder how many do-gooders so worried about bees bother to grow something for em? 1000 seeds in tesco for 85p.

Riocaroni there are miles upon miles of motorway and it does not matter if the grass is 10ft tall along these motorways. It does matter if at a junction /slip road on a curve you cannot see standing traffic because of the tall grass.

Every little helps said the monkey peeing in the sea?

riocaroni: That reminds me of the article in the paper yesterday about men peeing in their gardens to keep the foxes at bay. They believe they are marking their territory and keeping the foxes at bay.

Is that what you do?

Less than 10% of UK land is developed so why can the bees not live there. I look after my lawn ( no grass yet) so why should I let it resemble a jungle. I will plant flowers that are beneficial to bees though.

Canadian bees. Do they buzz in an accent?

Sci. Am. 207.79-87 (1962).

'Dialects in the language of bees'

Well, broady, there we go.

My son still has snow, while you're waiting for your lawn, you can go round and shift his snow.

Mixed precipitation for the next few days and when it’s not that it’s rain. Myself and the farmers are ready for it. The plants will explode in growth. Just checked and there are 800 species of bees in Canada and 8 of those are on the endangered list. I don’t see very many.

Platty sorry but we don't have any local foxes and if we had I wouldn't want to deter them?

We have some here Rio, Its not surprising because there's a MacDonalds near and, the new craze is to get a drive out and fling the wrappings out of the window, the foxes smell the wrappings and go then hoping there is a morsel of food in there,

Bruce Asher

Any of you ever read ' Ballad of the Belstone Fox'?

BBC, Radio4, 'Book at Bedtime ' featured it back in the 1970's.

At the time, I lived in Leicestershire, famous for fox hunting. (Quorn Hunt), which I think story was based on.

Def worth a read.

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Bruce Asher

Replied: 6th May 2022 at 20:48

Bruce are you related to tomplum?

No rush

In order to make chips, It is essential to cultivate the land and extract weeds, If we let the lands grow as nature intended, We could not supply food for the nation ,
insects will find other ways, Mow the grass, tend the verges and reap what you sow,
a good chip cannot grow from lazy farmers, heed Gaffer's thread of, " we are sleepwalking into deline "

A small section of my lawn is given over to wildflowers every year. I love the colours and the bees visit.

here is my brothers Bee hive
we like Bees

chip pon is spot on - i was so fortunate to get 56 lb bag of spuds from friend at a local farm this year, cost next to nothing but best chips/spuds i've had in years. Bag too many for us so we chopped / blanched / froze best home made chips going. For the bees today I put some extra mustard seeds on a bit damp kitchen roll at 4pm, they already sprouting now 8 hrs later.

The Council cannot even be bothered to have someone cleaning the road signs, many of which are covered in dirt etc.

A reduction in Councillors allowances should provide enough finance to employ a person to do it!

Plymouth council have gone back to mowing this year because they ad so many complaints about estates looking a mess last year. My husband cuts out grass and if it was left to June it would be a hard job getting through it. I have a bee house which bees are moving into this week and plants around for them

My wife freaks out if any insect gets close to her. I scatter seeds every year in my gardens to attract bees etc but would not have a bug hotel. I cut both lawns if and when they need it normally just before green bin day

if you like bees

grow sunflowers

I like bees and plant stuff to encourage them but for the last two years they have taken over the bird boxes and the usual blue tits have given up.Last year these bees were very aggressive and a nuisance.When I looked in the boxes there were wax moths grubs inside,I cleaned them out but earlier this year the bees were back and still aggressive,I have had to remove the bird boxes.

If they made the bird box their nest, They will get aggressive to defend it, You probably did the best thing in removing it, they will find somewhere else because, bees are not aggressive by nature and it will stress them so, Moving them on was good action for all concerned,

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Bruce Asher

please no more, I'm splitting my sides reading your comments.

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Tonks: Think admin should put you down for some diversity indoctrination. Oh, that's right, they call it "teaching" now.

Very funny though.

"Very funny though. "

It would appear Ron didn't think so.

Better of posting stuff like that elsewhere, where the admins turn a blind eye to racism. (some of them actually encourage it)

You see, the woke academics are promoting intersectionality based on the critical race theory.
This guides the human subconscious to include all colours and races in their thoughts.
By including a minority (?) race, by means of stated colour, I was complying with this format.
You never see an advert on TV, nowadays, which doesn't include people of diverse race and colour.
Apparently, not to include minorities in visual broadcasting is racist.
Does it not follow that reference to colour in my post was compliant and it's removal was a racist act?

Does anyone think that by reacting to the so called `Woke brigade` in the way that some do makes them just as contentious and therefore puts them on the same level?

It seems to be a case of `If they are going to behave like pillocks I am going to behave like a pillock, but........ because they behave like pillocks its ok for me to behave like a pillock`.

Those standing on the side-lines are thinking.......You are all just as big a pillock as they are!