It's sad GD - I expect it was thoughtless behaviour rather than intentional 'vandalism'.
The same thing has happened in the garden of a house on our road which has just been sold. The garden (about an acre) was very very overgrown (the previous lady owner did no work on either house or garden for some 30 odd years). The new owners came in and completely blitzed the garden at Easter.
I must admit I had been relieved to see somebody doing something with the eyesore and I hadn't considered the wildlife.
I did think that we seemed to have a lot more birds nesting in our garden this year. Patted myself on the back that it was down to my own efforts to encourage them in - but maybe they were displaced from down the road and desperate for somewhere close by to quickly rebuild their nests.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Oh, I see, so immigrants are now responsible for lots of shabby gardens now, as well as all the other problems they bring to this country. I think you'll find, if you were to properly research it, that while some immigrants may not look after their gardens, untidy or poorly looked after gardens are not the preserve of immigrants.
Certainly, in Sheffield were I live, and where we have a great number of immigrants and refugees, the majority of shabby gardens I see belong to British-born folk. On the social housing estate where I live, for example, too many of the gardens are practically rubbish tips, and those have tenants who are definitely British-born. Whereas, the properties that are occupied by EU nationals, such as Polish people, and other immigrants have gardens that are well looked after.
In future, stick to the topic rather than trolling on here about immigration.
GD - I'm sure your new neighbours will throughly enjoy seeing your new pond. Hopefully that will creete some interest. If not, you're doing plenty to keep the local wildlfie happy!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Maybe the Eastern Europeans are too tired after spending all night looking after folk in care homes or mopping up vomit in A&E? Most I've met work very hard and do jobs that many ( NOT ALL) Brits would never apply for.
The many Eastern Europeans I've met in the UK work hard, look after their families and have very good gardening, DIY and housekeeping skills, and are great cooks, keeping house on limited budgets, cooking from scratch and growing their own fruit and veg.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It's sad GD - I expect it was thoughtless behaviour rather than intentional 'vandalism'.
The same thing has happened in the garden of a house on our road which has just been sold. The garden (about an acre) was very very overgrown (the previous lady owner did no work on either house or garden for some 30 odd years). The new owners came in and completely blitzed the garden at Easter.
I must admit I had been relieved to see somebody doing something with the eyesore and I hadn't considered the wildlife.
I did think that we seemed to have a lot more birds nesting in our garden this year. Patted myself on the back that it was down to my own efforts to encourage them in - but maybe they were displaced from down the road and desperate for somewhere close by to quickly rebuild their nests.
Oh, I see, so immigrants are now responsible for lots of shabby gardens now, as well as all the other problems they bring to this country. I think you'll find, if you were to properly research it, that while some immigrants may not look after their gardens, untidy or poorly looked after gardens are not the preserve of immigrants.
Certainly, in Sheffield were I live, and where we have a great number of immigrants and refugees, the majority of shabby gardens I see belong to British-born folk. On the social housing estate where I live, for example, too many of the gardens are practically rubbish tips, and those have tenants who are definitely British-born. Whereas, the properties that are occupied by EU nationals, such as Polish people, and other immigrants have gardens that are well looked after.
In future, stick to the topic rather than trolling on here about immigration.
Hear hear soulboy. Sorry GD that your thread was abused in such fashion.
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Soulboy
Well said.
I wondered whether anyone else had picked up on that.
Totally agree Ladybird.
GD - I'm sure your new neighbours will throughly enjoy seeing your new pond. Hopefully that will creete some interest. If not, you're doing plenty to keep the local wildlfie happy!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hear hear - totally unecessary
I too reported it.
Maybe the Eastern Europeans are too tired after spending all night looking after folk in care homes or mopping up vomit in A&E? Most I've met work very hard and do jobs that many ( NOT ALL) Brits would never apply for.
The other reason might be that the tenants do not have the money to spend on garden tools. ........
Nasty racist comment.
The many Eastern Europeans I've met in the UK work hard, look after their families and have very good gardening, DIY and housekeeping skills, and are great cooks, keeping house on limited budgets, cooking from scratch and growing their own fruit and veg.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.