The Joys Of Having Gardens Backing Onto Fields

[holwellcourtfarm]

That is a typical response from the council across the UK sadly.

I think you should go and repair the cuts etc in the current fence, keep doing that until the householders get pee'd off cutting it again and again.

I have 400 acres to run single handed - I just don't have time.

 

[gone up the hill]

If it were my land I'd shut up and put up until he's put away for a long time or gets killed by all accounts no one messes with him no one goes to the police about him . You don't get into a war with theses people as you'll never win.
Thankfully when I farmed a few hedge clippings etc was the worst I had to put up with.

Give them an inch and they take a mile ( alongside all the neighbours ) are you really saying the landowner should be bullied like this??

 

[gone up the hill]

I have 400 acres to run single handed - I just don't have time.

Get a company in to do the fencing, money well spent in your case.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Get a company in to do the fencing, money well spent in your case.

Every day for weeks?

I'll stick with the cattle idea, at least the locals are scared of them!

 

[Goweresque]

There's always the nuclear option:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...lers-cambridgeshire-land-racing-live-13573704

 

[gone up the hill]

Every day for weeks?

I'll stick with the cattle idea, at least the locals are scared of them!

And what happens in the winter/ summer when there are no cattle in the field??........... cut fence no doubt....

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

There's always the nuclear option:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...lers-cambridgeshire-land-racing-live-13573704

Now THERE'S a thought

 

[kiwi pom]

Bit depressing this thread, it reads like everyone that dares live in a house that boarders a field is a scum bag. Is everyone that bad? I don't think so but maybe.
I like the idea of printing out a notice and delivering it to neighbours, its not going to take that long and may make some realise what they're doing.
Chucking lawn clippings in a grass field of stock, well its grass right so they think they're feeding cows for you.
Little gate in the fence so the kids can get their ball back without hanging themselves on barbed wire.
Stewardship margin (or whatever they're called) "well he's not using the ground for anything and its only weeds so i'll mow it and make it look nice"
They don't see things from your point of view because they're not farmers.
Don't get me wrong the bad ones need their rubbish back but going to war with a whole row of houses with slurry or a muck heap when there's a few good ones in the row isn't going to end well.

 

[Flat 10]

There's always the nuclear option:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...lers-cambridgeshire-land-racing-live-13573704

Banter

 

[David.]

There's always the nuclear option:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...lers-cambridgeshire-land-racing-live-13573704

That looks more like spite because she can't have her own way (quite a lot of that about with horsey women), than her neighbours misbehaving.

My take on neighbours is that most of them are not anuses, I have one or two who will bring a cup of tea out when we are working adjacent, and we make the time to chat over the fence, let the little kids have a sit in the (stopped) tractor, etc. Had a small boy and his mum sat on the headland watching me ploughing, eating their lunch yesterday afternoon, turned out they are Slovakian and had just moved into village. I dare say there are some who would have told them to feck off, and to "go back home" whilst they were about it.
Most neighbours are reasonable people who are interested, and appreciate you taking the time to explain what you are doing.
But we do not live in an area where "settled" pikeys are commonplace, and there are some battles that you just cannot win, because you have neither time nor energy to dedicate your life to them, and cannot afford to end up in prison.

 

[SLA]

Fence and cattle graze - got anything with horns??

 

[DRC]

Up north is totally different to somewhere like Somerset! Totally different mind set of some people in those towns up that way!

Another stereotypical comment from yourself. @YorkshireAndrew

 

[gone up the hill]

Another stereotypical comment from yourself. @YorkshireAndrew

Sadly that's the case, totally different worlds between ex pit villages/ towns in the North and places like Somerset in the main.

 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Had this problem regularly over the years tbh. We have rented land near bungalows, fencing wasn't very good but sheep never got out, that is until some bright idea'd person, whom I won't specify, started feeding my animals kitchen waste, like fruit/veg and stuff and then complained to me when the animals got into the garden. I mean... The cheek of them. I had already asked them on many occasions to stop feeding them for these reasons and also for the fact of the law about feeding kitchen waste. Needless to say they carried on until the said sheep kept seeing their garden as a tasty haven. Townies eh?!

 

[Surgery]

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.

Always found a few handfuls of OSR works wonders for those that get under your skin , gives them hours of enjoyable weeding throughout the year !!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

By then

Banter

really?

Someone near here did it a few years ago

If a neighbor hasn't been a district councillor and got the council to take out a court injunction preventing development then it'd be a gypsy site now. As it was the purchasing family moved in over the August bank holiday and the boss man was held in contempt and jailed. They're now trying to recoup their money by offering to sell it to the neighbours for a mere £140k.

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co....caravan-site/story-22005062-detail/story.html

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Quite a sizeable task then.

Perhaps the friendly note/letter is the way forward?

Do not let the value of the houses put you off. It means nothing these days.

If you make a point of doing some form of work on a Saturday in that section of field I am sure more than one or two will be looking over and might benefit from a friendly chat.

2 households are friendly(ish). The rest cut you dead.

 

[Nearly]

2 households are friendly(ish). The rest cut you dead.

They'll be nice when they want something.

 

[Danllan]

...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.

Have you been to London?

 

[vikinglimey]

People are being brought up with fewer manners and respect these days. I was brought up to respect other people's property - i would never dream of dumping stuff on a working field. If i wanted access for anything i was taught to go round and ask politely. I was taught it was a big no no to ever walk though a field of crops and to always stick to the edges to avoid any damage to property.