Farmed in village where i grew up for over 30 yrs, in that time one field in particular, all the old houses have gone, replaced by so called Mansions? This spring one of the neighbours threw their christmas tree over hedge into field after chrismas cut in half, i threw it back. A few years ago one wise guy, instructed his so called gardener to trim his hedge in doing he damaged my barbed wire fence, Without my permisson, fence their to keep my cattle in and out of the ditch, had the fence cut several times by builders and also once set on fire. Also why is it, that when i put my fence up many years ago these neighbours then think their garden comes up to it and block ditch up with rubbish, rubbish either thrown over hedge into field or dragged in by foxes including used nappies. I suppose it could be alot worse, Also when my brother trims the hedge in the early autum, some neighbours want it cut right back for the view, others dont want it touched at all
The Joys Of Having Gardens Backing Onto Fields
- Thread starter bluebell
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Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
Haven't you any moles you can send them?
PostHarvest
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- Location
- Warwick
I had the same problem. Earlier this year a family whose garden borders my field had some contractors completely strip their garden. Plants, shrubs, turf, everything and the whole lot was stripped out and dumped in my grazing field. When I yelled at them, they told me that there was nothing they could do as the contractors were Polish and were no longer answering their phone. I dumped the whole lot back in their garden with my muck grab and billed them for my time. (which they paid). I think the sight of the muck grab did more to make the point that I was somewhat upset than just yelling at them.
- Location
- Northumberland
I'm so glad I don't farm next to houses. A couple of weeks ago I was contract baling in a field next to 'posh' houses. No rubbish as such, but I was amazed how many large heaps of lawn mowings and general hedge clippings had been dumped over into the field. If it had been my field I'd be out with the muck grab, especially as you don't know what will be poisonous to your stock.
There are no joys
Farmer Miggins
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- Location
- East Anglia
Years ago when I was a bolshie little snot, we farmed land adjacent to the village. Usual stuff as described here, pulling rose bush prunings from the combine header auger was particularly nice, they even dug up seed potatoes when they were planted - presumably to eat.
One afternoon I went ploughing and saw a family having a picnic in the middle of the stubble field that I had arrived to plough; long story short, you could tell from the trampled corn from their previous ramblings and the open gate in to their garden (installed without the farm owner's permission in his fence) which garden they had come from. I parked up as it was lunchtime and went and sat in their garden with my bait. Less than a minute after installation, screaming homeowner spitting bile, going to call the police, f**k off out of my garden etc etc -
"now hold on there my son, what do you think you were up to then?"
Didn't really achieve much but I felt it was a small victory........
One afternoon I went ploughing and saw a family having a picnic in the middle of the stubble field that I had arrived to plough; long story short, you could tell from the trampled corn from their previous ramblings and the open gate in to their garden (installed without the farm owner's permission in his fence) which garden they had come from. I parked up as it was lunchtime and went and sat in their garden with my bait. Less than a minute after installation, screaming homeowner spitting bile, going to call the police, f**k off out of my garden etc etc -
"now hold on there my son, what do you think you were up to then?"
Didn't really achieve much but I felt it was a small victory........
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
one of those situations where there are multiple choice 'solutions', hard to pick between yours and @Farmer Miggins
- Location
- N.Lincs
Farming on the 'urban fringe'Been there, got all of these......
SLA
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Trail cam and fine for flytipping?? Shame its not that easy, chucking it back usually gives them a hint but some just wont be told.
- Location
- Durham, UK
Muckgrab full of their crud returned with interest usually gets the message across
Told this story before a chap I know loaded some rubbish up that had been thrown in the feild from a recent refurbishment loaded it on to tipping trailer and took it round and backed up to their swimming pool and tipped it in that
Philip Watkins
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- Location
- Back in Shropshire
Would have been a good day to have been slurry spreading instead of ploughing
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
We had this for 60 years.
This was the only bonus.
2 down, 5 to go.
This was the only bonus.
2 down, 5 to go.
- Location
- S E Glos
Still got the same tractor?
DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
Had one or two minor problems with neighbouring houses, things like garden waste thrown over the hedge into my field. Made a point of going with the Loadall as soon as poss. and dumped it all back over into their garden. No problems since then.
With cutting the boundary hedge which belongs to various houses as they meet my field I cut my side but not the top. Usually get one or two asking the contractor to cut their section, and saying they will call and pay me. They rarely do, so the next year they don't their hedge get cut!
All in all, thankfully I don't have too much trouble with my neighbours.
With cutting the boundary hedge which belongs to various houses as they meet my field I cut my side but not the top. Usually get one or two asking the contractor to cut their section, and saying they will call and pay me. They rarely do, so the next year they don't their hedge get cut!
All in all, thankfully I don't have too much trouble with my neighbours.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
I am ashamed to admit that I was once in a near identical situation and it came to blows. I'm not in the least sorry that the guy got a whacking, but now - as a father - I wish I hadn't got 'involved' with his kids watching; but he threw the first punch, bad luck for him I'd just been doing a lot of 'disarm and disable' before I came on leave.
I've got a friend near Llanelli who has the end of an estate bordering a couple of his fields, one bit is pretty old, post war, the other is from the 70s / 80s. If you walk along the border fence - with gardens backing on - just keeping your head down and looking at the ground, the moment you come to the newer houses you'll know it because the sh*t of all varieties suddenly appears and doesn't stop until you get past that section of houses. Now, we know for certain that it's council housing throughout both sides, but for some reason the older houses just have better people in them, and it's been like this since his father was a boy on the place when they were first built. He can't remember a single problem ever occurring with the people in the older houses, and the tenants have changed many times. Odd...
I reckon I have 30-40 houses backing on to arable fields. Most of them are pretty good, helps that most have big gardens and most are worth £1m plus. Occasionally have to have a word about grass cuttings. More issues with dog walkers, but I tend not to get wound up about it and look at the positives like if there was something bad going on I'd probably soon get told and never had any hare coursers as the block is so enclosed, so it's not really as bad as it might be!
ollie989898
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Just write a note/nice letter and pop it through each door. Better yet, knock on the door, hand them the note and explain, in person who you are, what you are doing and why it is important that they don't feck the place up.
Elaborate about the law regarding fly tipping, explain why you don't want stuff chucked there (hazard to machinery or food chain or animals - cows will bloat if they eat enough grass clippings - include a photo if you wish), and then explain that if anything is found your side of the hedge or fence that you will report it to the council and return it whilst billing for the job.
The public are not all automatically public enemy number 1. You will catch more wasps with honey as opposed to vinegar. If you make enemies of enough of them you will eventually find one that is not that law abiding who will take it upon themselves to vandalise your combine, cut your fences or torch your straw stack.
You might as well try my suggestion once, you can try the riot act/horrible farmer card later if you so wish.
Who knows, you might get a request to sell them FYM, topsoil, fresh milk/ half a lamb, or sell a pinch of land to them, can you cut my hedge/trees with your machine Mr farmer, here is some beer money whilst you do it etc etc. Alternatively the one day there is a cow upside down trying to die you might get a helpful phone call from someone that means you are able to save it. More enterprising souls might park a heap of less offensive strawy FYM nearby so that they can tip their grass clippings there and have them disposed of in a responsible manner.
Trust me, from my experience of the hospitality trade, I can promise you only about 1% of the public are genuine R soles that ruin it for everyone.
Elaborate about the law regarding fly tipping, explain why you don't want stuff chucked there (hazard to machinery or food chain or animals - cows will bloat if they eat enough grass clippings - include a photo if you wish), and then explain that if anything is found your side of the hedge or fence that you will report it to the council and return it whilst billing for the job.
The public are not all automatically public enemy number 1. You will catch more wasps with honey as opposed to vinegar. If you make enemies of enough of them you will eventually find one that is not that law abiding who will take it upon themselves to vandalise your combine, cut your fences or torch your straw stack.
You might as well try my suggestion once, you can try the riot act/horrible farmer card later if you so wish.
Who knows, you might get a request to sell them FYM, topsoil, fresh milk/ half a lamb, or sell a pinch of land to them, can you cut my hedge/trees with your machine Mr farmer, here is some beer money whilst you do it etc etc. Alternatively the one day there is a cow upside down trying to die you might get a helpful phone call from someone that means you are able to save it. More enterprising souls might park a heap of less offensive strawy FYM nearby so that they can tip their grass clippings there and have them disposed of in a responsible manner.
Trust me, from my experience of the hospitality trade, I can promise you only about 1% of the public are genuine R soles that ruin it for everyone.
BBC
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Used to have some London based weekenders who would complain on a regular basis about anything and everything.
To get my own back and being a good neighbour during the week when they were not there I would regularly 'nitram' as much of the garden that I could each, either by driving fairly close with the spreader, or could manually throw (it was cheaper then!).
The benefits were quite spectacular, grass growth was impressive and lush, requiring very regular mowing, taking quite a few hours because otherwise the mower would block, while the flowers and weeds in the flowerbeds were vigorous.
I would think they must have been knackered and glad to get back to London for a rest on Sunday night, and certainly made putting up with them worthwhile.
To get my own back and being a good neighbour during the week when they were not there I would regularly 'nitram' as much of the garden that I could each, either by driving fairly close with the spreader, or could manually throw (it was cheaper then!).
The benefits were quite spectacular, grass growth was impressive and lush, requiring very regular mowing, taking quite a few hours because otherwise the mower would block, while the flowers and weeds in the flowerbeds were vigorous.
I would think they must have been knackered and glad to get back to London for a rest on Sunday night, and certainly made putting up with them worthwhile.
technics_wilson
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Houses backing onto our farm usually aren't a problem, but the people that live in them walking around the farm is becoming a problem. We have grass roads around the entire farm, we also put in some apple and pear trees around the roads just for a nice look. Most of our neighbors refuse to pick up there dog rubbish, and someone has made there way down our row of apple trees and picked every apple. We put them there knowing and expecting people to take some on there walks but taking them all is very selfish. Some neighbours have also been helping them selves to a hell of a lot of our potatoes this year!