@Fairygirl its a Digitalis Excelsior Hybrid, its a shop bought one, first plant i bought along with its neighbouring pink lupin, think it was 2 for £5 at B&Q back in March or April. Here is another pic taken from shin level which contains my currently unoccupied insect hotel.
This one is huge though, I bought another which is in the front garden which is no where near as big or densely packed with flowers.
Being a begginer i wish i had bought more flowers back in april rather than lots of alpines which while there ok, they dont have the wow factor.
art it's a hard one. I'd be furious if it happened to me but as I witnessed - these guys can make life very unpleasant for you. They can 'accidentally' destroy stuff and feign ignorance. Can you approach him and say something like 'I don't know if you realised your sprayer was so close to my garden but it was and it's killed some of my plants' etc.? Ultimately you have to go on living there and it could make your life a misery if you go about it the wrong way. Is there anyone else you could go to for advice?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Artjak: so sorry to hear of your farmer problem. There is a large field adjoining my back garden which from time to time is sprayed or the corn gets cut sending great clouds of corn dust into the air. I may have imagined it but it seems that the wind direction is more often than not blowing away from our row of back gardens - as though the farmer or his labourer is checking it out before embarking on a job that could impact on our gardens.
Whilst I'm not naive enough to believe any farmer can or will arrange his schedule to accommodate neighbours all the time I would have thought that they do have some choice some of the time to control when their work will affect nearby residents.
I'm wondering whether the psychology of an approach which seems to reflect a high expectation of him, eg of him being a reasonable man, might be worth trying before getting at loggerheads - at least that way he can't pretend you've upset him.
If that doesn't work you can always have a solicitor's letter as a Plan B.
Also, what about approaching your local parish council (or equivalent) by telephoning the Clerk of the Parish Council (or equivalent) for advice. These organisations exist for the local inhabitants but often have close ties with local farmers too. Depending how your particular local council works, that might be a way of getting advice and having more influence on the situation - especially if other residents have had similar problems.
I wonder about contacting defra re the weedkiller Birdy. There is a route to go down if you have a complaint about a farmer but when i googled I only found out what to do in america. Parish council would be a good starting point.
Our parish council were very helpful when the gravel digging contractors were using reversing bleepers against their planning conditions
Singy, nice foxglove. They are my favourite plants, along with alliums, clematis & lupins. It could be worth you collecting the seeds and sowing for next year.
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Singy those white foxgloves with the footprints are the ones I like best
In the sticks near Peterborough
@Fairygirl its a Digitalis Excelsior Hybrid, its a shop bought one, first plant i bought along with its neighbouring pink lupin, think it was 2 for £5 at B&Q back in March or April. Here is another pic taken from shin level which contains my currently unoccupied insect hotel.
This one is huge though, I bought another which is in the front garden which is no where near as big or densely packed with flowers.
Being a begginer i wish i had bought more flowers back in april rather than lots of alpines which while there ok, they dont have the wow factor.
Singy - that foxglove certainly has the wow factor
. Amazingly tall, and so many flowers !
FairyG, I will have to consult about this; I don't want to sue the guy as my neighbour did, (successfully) I just want it to stop.
What a beautiful foxglove Singy!
art it's a hard one. I'd be furious if it happened to me but as I witnessed - these guys can make life very unpleasant for you. They can 'accidentally' destroy stuff and feign ignorance. Can you approach him and say something like 'I don't know if you realised your sprayer was so close to my garden but it was and it's killed some of my plants' etc.? Ultimately you have to go on living there and it could make your life a misery if you go about it the wrong way. Is there anyone else you could go to for advice?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Artjak: so sorry to hear of your farmer problem. There is a large field adjoining my back garden which from time to time is sprayed or the corn gets cut sending great clouds of corn dust into the air. I may have imagined it but it seems that the wind direction is more often than not blowing away from our row of back gardens - as though the farmer or his labourer is checking it out before embarking on a job that could impact on our gardens.
Whilst I'm not naive enough to believe any farmer can or will arrange his schedule to accommodate neighbours all the time I would have thought that they do have some choice some of the time to control when their work will affect nearby residents.
I'm wondering whether the psychology of an approach which seems to reflect a high expectation of him, eg of him being a reasonable man, might be worth trying before getting at loggerheads - at least that way he can't pretend you've upset him.
If that doesn't work you can always have a solicitor's letter as a Plan B.
Also, what about approaching your local parish council (or equivalent) by telephoning the Clerk of the Parish Council (or equivalent) for advice. These organisations exist for the local inhabitants but often have close ties with local farmers too. Depending how your particular local council works, that might be a way of getting advice and having more influence on the situation - especially if other residents have had similar problems.
I wonder about contacting defra re the weedkiller Birdy. There is a route to go down if you have a complaint about a farmer but when i googled I only found out what to do in america. Parish council would be a good starting point.
Our parish council were very helpful when the gravel digging contractors were using reversing bleepers against their planning conditions
In the sticks near Peterborough
Singy, nice foxglove. They are my favourite plants, along with alliums, clematis & lupins. It could be worth you collecting the seeds and sowing for next year.
Where do i find the seeds? some of the flowers have started falling off now.