Obviously no food shortage imminent

[serf]

Have heard a large farm recently sold in Watton area is being all put down to trees,all 600 acres of it.allegedly by a large machinery manufacturer probably something to do with offsetting carbon.
nick…

Green washing has got to be one of the biggest farcical nonsenses of the whole of this green b0llox , can just see the Panorama programme into this in the future .....

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Said it on here before, but if we all planted a small area on our farms the area soon add up and hopefully whole farms wouldnt be lost.





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We have more than enough woodland and hedgerows here thanks, can I be exempt from your proposed scheme?
Boils my p**s when I read/see farmers getting a pat on the back for planting hedges when I can remember them pushing the previous one's out.

 

[serf]

We have more than enough woodland and hedgerows here thanks, can I be exempt from your proposed scheme?
Boils my p**s when I read/see farmers getting a pat on the back for planting hedges when I can remember them pushing the previous one's out.

The countryside is an overgrown wilderness as is , without encouraging people to leave it to go to sh!t.....

 

[Kevtherev]

Said it on here before, but if we all planted a small area on our farms the area soon add up and hopefully whole farms wouldnt be lost.
We have planted awkward corners and poor areas, mainly for the shelter

Yes that’s something we as a family have done for generations plant shelter belts and little copses.
Can’t beat shelter up in the hills for shade and shelter for livestock.
Cows love shade in the summer

 

[Hilly]

We have planted a couple of small bits off our own backs because the grants arnt appealing enough. Not worth the hassle

Correct !!

 

[Dave6170]

We have more than enough woodland and hedgerows here thanks, can I be exempt from your proposed scheme?
Boils my p**s when I read/see farmers getting a pat on the back for planting hedges when I can remember them pushing the previous one's out.

I'm sure you can, whenever I go south I notice the trees everywhere and think wtf are they needing more trees here for!? but I could handle a few more here, especially hedges.

 

[Hilly]

Ive just driven 50 miles , trees bushes hedges jesus wept and they want more !! More than enough.

 

[Hilly]

I'm sure you can, whenever I go south I notice the trees everywhere and think wtf are they needing more trees here for!? but I could handle a few more here, especially hedges.

Same here we are very exposed a handfull here n their no harm, bit shelter and firewood

 

[Hilly]

Since i cut back sheep
The two mile of river i own has came awAy with self seeding trees they grow like stink and are great cut them down for logs and they grow back quicker than before !!

 

[Kevtherev]

Since i cut back sheep
The two mile of river i own has came awAy with self seeding trees they grow like stink and are great cut them down for logs and they grow back quicker than before !!

Alder probably?
Grow like stink

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

I'm sure you can, whenever I go south I notice the trees everywhere and think wtf are they needing more trees here for!? but I could handle a few more here, especially hedges.

Nothing wrong with tree's or hedges they're good shelter for stock and keep me in fuel and it's good for nature, but planting thousands of acres of tree's for no other reason than climate change is pointless and won't have any long term effect imo

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Same here we are very exposed a handfull here n their no harm, bit shelter and firewood

Son and I went to a talk by the Woodland trust about ancient trees. There are no ancient trees on the farm here, every time a tree gets any bigger than 2' or 2'6" across it blows over. Obviously they need a good talking to by the green eco warrior types!

 

[DaveGrohl]

Said it on here before, but if we all planted a small area on our farms the area soon add up and hopefully whole farms wouldnt be lost.
We have planted awkward corners and poor areas, mainly for the shelter

Great. Did it make any impression on the politicians?

 

[pellow]

Reference? Sounds like one of those urban myths.

I think it takes 2-3 years in the UK for a solar panel to return the energy used to manufacture it, depending on sunlight hours

 

[glasshouse]

Great. Did it make any impression on the politicians?

I have said the same thing for years.

 

[Lincsman]

Nothing wrong with tree's or hedges they're good shelter for stock and keep me in fuel and it's good for nature, but planting thousands of acres of tree's for no other reason than climate change is pointless and won't have any long term effect imo

On the other hand in 20 years time Drax could clear the whole lot in a few months for biomass and then go back to a 1st wheat.

 

[MrNoo]

Import some decent topsoil off building sites

Lol, afraid Cotswolds are all pretty much stone/brash, you'd need one hell of a lot of soil. If it was free and they delivered I'd be game, especially some nice grade 1 silt

 

[glasshouse]

Lol, afraid Cotswolds are all pretty much stone/brash, you'd need one hell of a lot of soil. If it was free and they delivered I'd be game, especially some nice grade 1 silt

Getting paid here to take grade1/2

 

[glasshouse]

On the other hand in 20 years time Drax could clear the whole lot in a few months for biomass and then go back to a 1st wheat.

Who pays to redrain it?

 

[Hilly]

Alder probably?
Grow like stink

Mix.