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Topic ID 714
09/06/2005 by nora batty
Weeds
I wholeheartedly agree with Dr Maddams (Mercury 03/06/05) about the roadside weed problem in this area. Just on one walk yesterday, I noticed a large patch of weeds growing out of the kerb on Port Hill by the old park gates and around the bottom of all the trees on Folly Island. And I'm not just talking about a few dandelions. I've seen Council workers out on quadbikes with huge tanks of herbicide, but where do they go? Presumably, because quadbikes are so big and much more fun than the old method of being on foot, small areas are not getting treated.
UPDATE: The Council have assured me that ALL of Hertford's streets will be treated within the next 2 weeks...
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Reply ID 7471
10/06/2005 by Stan
You mean the Mercury actually published soemthing about WEEDS !! What next "Duck seen in river" expose'
Dr Maddams or DR Madman ?
Reply ID 7473
10/06/2005 by nora batty
Did you not see the "Motorist Spots Dead Cat" story the other week?! And today a small item was so badly written i had to read it twice - I thought a man had turned his car over in Bayford and it ended up in Walkern. Now that would have been a newsworthy story. But WEEDS is a very serious issue - Hertford is starting to look like a disused airfield in places. So there.
Reply ID 7474
10/06/2005 by Gini
Nora what ever you said must have done the job, you must have some powers to pusuade the council to do there job![;)] I've seen a guy on a quad bike spraying the sides of the roads all day. unfortunetly i keep getting stuck behind him[:(]. i just hope he does footpaths as well[8D]preferably when i'm not behind him[;)]
Gini
Reply ID 7479
10/06/2005 by Ray_by_the_Beane
Also the flower bed (or bush bed as it was) next to the Woolpack has finally been completely dug out and some flowers have been planted. Is this part of the Town Twinning celebrations?
Reply ID 7481
10/06/2005 by Gini
i know they are cleaning up the town all the flower beds are being sorted. and they have a campaign to clean and tidy it all in the next week or two. towns/hertford in bloom coming up as well.
Gini
Reply ID 7482
10/06/2005 by Sister
did you all see the men on the quad bikes yesterday spraying weed killer as they zoomed around the Hertford housing estates!
Reply ID 7483
10/06/2005 by nora batty
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Nora what ever you said must have done the job, you must have some powers to pusuade the council to do there job! I've seen a guy on a quad bike spraying the sides of the roads all day.
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did you all see the men on the quad bikes yesterday spraying weed killer as they zoomed around the Hertford housing estates!
I must be REALLY scary!
Reply ID 7563
13/06/2005 by Stan
A weed is only a lovely plant in the wrong place :-) And i wonder whats in that weed killer ?
Reply ID 7738
20/06/2005 by Tigger
The poppies alond the walls that are growing along the streets are beautiful [8D]
Reply ID 7746
20/06/2005 by Drama Queen
Is Bengeo on the Twin Town celebration radar? If not guess our dreadful weeds will remain.. Cynical or what!
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