| Campaign for Natural Verges
Following on my my comments in the "Re-wilding Thread
on our wanderings how many of us go along country lanes to find hundreds of yards of verges neatly mown and manicured by residents of nearby houses and cottages? it may look "nice" to them but all we are seeing really is a bland (and mishapen bit of lawn). Actually as I understand it is illegal to do this yet local councils do little if anything to discourage it
Thankfully the Flail Mowing policies of the 1970s have ended but in many places verges are being wrecked by local residents going out and neating mowing not just the bit of verge in front of their property but also often long stretched to each side and over the road which are not on the boundaries of their properties, as I understand it an illegal practice. So how about a campaign for wildlife friendly verges and a little action in promoting this idea and perhaps raising the issue with local councils? |