I've had this response from Cheltenham Borough Council 'Green Spaces Team'.
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Cheltenham Borough Council does specify turf without plastic netting, which is the case for all turf that is laid in our green spaces. After talking with our contractors, they have informed us that in order to fulfil the contract, a small amount of turf used in Imperial Gardens did come from stock with netting.
Going forward this will not be the case, and all turf used will be free from plastics."
Must be entirely coincidental that the only pallet with plastic in it happened to be the one I walked past. Maybe I should do the lottery if I'm that lucky!
I found this can on a recent litter pick by the river. Flooding must have knocked it loose from somewhere but it's at least 30 years old. Google suggests it's the 1980s style but who knows.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I was walking along a main road today when some one threw a raw egg out of a van window, I believe directed at me. I saw it coming] but hadn't worked out what it was] in the corner of my eye. It hit my thigh and it really did hurt. Landed on the path with a splatter 3ft long. It was weired to say the least. My jeans were clean and I wasn't sure what had been thrown until I saw the shell. I can still feel where it hit some hours later.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Oh that’s horrid @GardenerSuze ((hugs)). If it’s any consolation I don’t s’pose it was intended for you personally … wrong place wrong time etc and someone had dared someone else. Probably too much Friday Feeling 🙄 Idiots! 😖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Kestrel lager! That takes me back a bit. It was cheap party lubricant in the 80's but apparently is now brewed in Glasgow to something like the German Reinheitsgebot rules which should mean a much higher quality product.
@Dovefromabove It does seem far fetched. OH said he wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't been there. It suprised me that it hurt so much, hit me and then smashed on the ground, At least it wasn't my face. Suze
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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Thanks for the link @AnniD. I have emailed them and will post the response.
Cheltenham Borough Council does specify turf without plastic netting, which is the case for all turf that is laid in our green spaces. After talking with our contractors, they have informed us that in order to fulfil the contract, a small amount of turf used in Imperial Gardens did come from stock with netting.
Going forward this will not be the case, and all turf used will be free from plastics."
Must be entirely coincidental that the only pallet with plastic in it happened to be the one I walked past. Maybe I should do the lottery if I'm that lucky!
As you say, what an amazing coincidence.
I can still feel where it hit some hours later.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.