They're still studiously ignoring tweets, although a couple of times they have said they *will* respond when they've got all the info... I suspect they've now got it and don't want to state it out loud! And while only a couple of people are asking, they can get away with ignoring.
It turns out that several professional gardeners of my acquaintance have come across this causing problems when looking after people's lawns, but haven't known what it was or that it was a widespread problem.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
i suggest that the first high profile legal case against the owner of a lawn by a celebrity whose heel has caught in the plastic and they’ve fallen and been injured will focus their minds considerably faster than appears to be happening at the moment.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh I'm badgering, believe me. It's rather wearing 🤨.
I found it very interesting how many had seen it but not realised what it was. When I first came across a small patch catching my rake, it didn't occur to me that it was embedded in the entire lawn. I'm trying to open eyes, one by one.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
We had this stuff laid without knowing about the mesh - it’s a nightmare! 5 years later it’s still strong. Can’t scarify the lawn or edge it. Worse still our son’s pet snake got caught in the stuff and was trapped for half an hour while we tried to free him. He still bears the scar. Makes you wonder about its effect on other wildlife let alone microplastics if it does ever break down.
Yes. The microplastics issue has been my main concern, as 1. People are not making an active choice to have this stuff in their lawns, and then 2. It's pretty much impossible to remove it / dispose of it safely. But the maintenance and safety issues are also big. One of the gardeners I spoke to said returfing an area that had this laid in the past hugely increased the ground prep time.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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It turns out that several professional gardeners of my acquaintance have come across this causing problems when looking after people's lawns, but haven't known what it was or that it was a widespread problem.
The practice is wrong on so many levels!
i suggest that the first high profile legal case against the owner of a lawn by a celebrity whose heel has caught in the plastic and they’ve fallen and been injured will focus their minds considerably faster than appears to be happening at the moment.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I found it very interesting how many had seen it but not realised what it was. When I first came across a small patch catching my rake, it didn't occur to me that it was embedded in the entire lawn. I'm trying to open eyes, one by one.
Searching for Oxygrid, I found this. I wonder if Rolawn started using it around 2015?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49971798
Ghost fishing is the relevant term if you want to look
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Get tagging them on Instagram