Trim your bushes

[Mustard]

ArtieE Wrote:

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> hi to all you untidy bush owners !! if you have no

> time or equipment to trim your own !! I offer a

> fair price trimming service charged by the meter

> all trimmings removed

> i cut the hedges with a petrol cutter , so no need

> for extension leads etc!!

>

> drop me a call or message, names E on 07447

> 168085 or email me , hollygatefarm@gmail.com

>

> don't delay trim your hedge today !!! [ or ask me

> too!!]

Southwark take away garden waste for free. They also supply brown bags for the waste for free from the libraries.

[Vik]

Aye but they won't trim your unruly bush!

[Nigello]

Vik, Southwark council does provide this service! See my post above.

[ArtieE]

For the record , I would hope to put the cuttings in your brown bins and your right the library do supply bags, there are also free garden waste drops around the place too. I will take the clippings if you have no space or time to do so as part of the job. I say no space, as a hedge that goes all round a garden does yield "a lot" of off cuts ....

[Mustard]

You only need to leave the full bags outside and Southwark takes them every week. This is of course after the brown bin is filled up. I have never heard of anyone charging by the metre to cut a hedge.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Maybe Firezza have diversified into the garden maintenance game.

Mustard Wrote:

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> You only need to leave the full bags outside and

> Southwark takes them every week. This is of

> course after the brown bin is filled up. I have

> never heard of anyone charging by the metre to cut

> a hedge.

[fortified]

There are some exemplary privet hedges on Ryedale.

Jolly good show!

[Nigello]

Goodrich/Upland corner has been drastically cut back, as have a couple of others very nearby. Is this an example of the power of the EDF or just a spooky coincidence?

[Nigello]

ArtiE - I reckon if you knock on doors and/or do a leaflet drop and offer a discount for repeat trims you'll do really well. Best of luck!

[Nigello]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-26920222

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27519536

[ArtieE]

thank you Nigello, I hope i dont get asked to trim any dragon bushes just yet!! bit out my skill set just now :0]

[Lynne]

Got stung by a wasp on an overhanging bush and am allergic to wasp stings so would welcome being able to avoid other people's greenery

lynne

[katgod]

Do letting agents gave any responsibility for this in rented property? Several rentals top of pellat road near post office- pavement pretty well blocked by out if control privet.

[northlondoner]

lane lover Wrote:

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> tommy_guy Wrote:

> FFS, do you seriously have that much time on your

> hands?

>

> If this is your biggest problem in life, then good

> to you!

>

> Seriously, get a life!

It's not so funny if you're blind or in a wheelchair .

Try to think outside your own immediate sphere of concern.

[MissKing]

I have to agree - walking to the pub in the rain yesterday was a bit like walking through a car wash with damp bushes and leafy tree stumps blocking off a lot of pavements!

[Nigello]

More success: I asked a neighbour to oblige, and offending branches and foliage were removed within a day. Just ask, MissKing and others, as you might be surprised at the reaction.

[Freddy1929]

I agree with Nigello, just ask your neighbour to trim their hedge and branches, sometimes people just do not see or realise their hedge is causing problems, also remember anyone with poor sight will just not see the branches and will get a swipe in the face of, sometimes, a very wet branch.

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi all,

if you know the owner of the property, you could firstly ask them to trim their bushes, if not (or if you don't want to approach them directly) then contact Environmental Services on 02075252000 or environment@southwark.gov.uk (emailed pictures are always useful). They will then come and investigate and contact the owner. If the owner doesn't respond and do something about the overgrown bush (particularly when it is causing obstruction), then Southwark will prune the bush and bill the resident for the work.

Renata

[James Barber]

And the council pruning can be hideous if really overgrown.

When the council contact home owners if flats in s subdivided house it can go horribily wrong.

Which flat is responsible for the front or side gardens?

if they assume flat A is responsible and serve a letter giving them two weeks to clear over grown vegetation but actually it was flat B...

A couple of caseworks files where this happened. Neighbours ignored the letter and they didnt have a garden to be overgrown but didnt think to pass to other flat. Council pay expensive contractor to cut things back. Bill sent to flat who suddenly do pass letter on...

Please please please do keep hudges, trees, etc cut back.

[Nigello]

Agreed Renata, James, but surely the council has to know that trees that have been pollarded (like those on Barry Road) are likely to grow back apace from ground level. That's what's happened on Barry Road but nothing's been done, which is disappointing and annoying. Is there any joined-up thinking? Do pollarders commit to follow up a year later? If not, they ought to!

[James Barber]

Yes, Nigello you'd hope so!

[treehugger]

If we can, let's trim our own bushes. My dear husband has taken his secateurs and trimmed back the trunk growth on the two lime trees nearest us on Barry road. It took 10 minutes for each, not a problem. However, I would just like to say, harking back to my thread of last year... Did the tree surgeons really know what they were doing with our beautiful Barry Road Avenue when they cut them back so brutally? Today we have an avenue of weird green columns, rather than a canopy of beautiful mature trees. I am definitely not an expert in tree maintenance, but again ask someone who knows what they are talking about to explain their aboriculture strategy so that I can rest easy.

[ArtieE]

If you have no time or equipment to trim your own bushes!!

I offer a fair price trimming service

I cut the hedges with a petrol cutter, so no need for extension leads etc and NO NEED TO WAIT IN !!!

Text. Call or email me on 07447 168085 or hollygatefarm@gmail.com

Don't delay get your hedges trimmed today !!

[tfwsoll]

You have spurred me to action. Bought a new half price hedge trimmer at Argos last weekend, just before the deluge. No excuse today so one small section of Lordship Lane is easier to pass and less unsightly.

[Nigello]

Good on you, tfwsoll! A few others have been strimming and trimming, too. Others - yes, that includes you opposite The Actress, with your rampant honeysuckle - really CBA, it seems. Now, if only the council would do its bit?