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Greetings. I'm looking for volunteers who would like to give up 3 hours of their week to help keep the Rose garden in Preston Park looking pristine. Unfortunately due to lock down and restrictions on groups, the rose garden has suffered with lack of weeding and dead heading. I'd like to get...

Some lovely stripes here :lolol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niHzIzvouG4

Muddy pitches and the smell of pipe tobacco

Epimedium is another lovely shade loving, ground cover perennials

There are nematodes for leather jackets. We get loads on the allotment and one of my friends used the nematodes with a lot of success.

The purple leaved one is an Elderberry. They are fast growing and will get to 12-15 foot tall if allowed. They really don't mind being cut hard back though. One of my favourite shrubs. The Hydrangea has probably copped the frost this week....and it certainly looks a bit dry....they need...

You should see what it's done to him!!!!!!

What veg are you growing inside? Do you have any areas for sowing/growing outside? I'd make up a frame out of wood and have the light suspended on string or wire. If the framework is high enough, you could just raise the lights by readjusting the wires

There would be protests and riots against the council for not picking it up. And when the protests clear, the litter would be twice as bad :rolleyes:

We live in a blame culture. Blame everyone else for the shit that gets thrown everywhere.....but we never blame the people who leave their shit, it's always the council's fault. Totally ****s me off.

See my comment above :thumbsup::thumbsup:

But that's gone against everything you've said.

Personally, i'd remove all litter bins. I took them out of the Rockery 10 years ago and the only excess litter is from the usual culprits. I'm even considdering taking benches out to stop groups of the usual culprits from gathering and leaving their shit everywhere on a daily basis.

I only fish club waters so there's usually no bins and well looked after. Be interested to know why it's related as an angler.

So you didn't read a word I said about bigger bins or more frequent emptying? Trust me pal, i know a little about what i'm saying.

So here's the answers. More bins. They will still get full up and rubbish placed around them. There would then be the people from the other camp saying we have too many bins and they're spoiling the park Bigger bins A standard bin when full of bottles and dog shit bags if extremely heavy...

Nooo i was working for Brighton parks dept. Can't remember what we were doing up there.

I'm one of the guys working in the background. Circa 1993

£45 a year for my 10m x 10m plot. Please feel free to have a look and post any tips or updates https://www.facebook.com/groups/203102441371437