tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post3461016781120577268..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny's Retrospective RulesKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-87597458290307598122012-08-24T00:28:43.662+01:002012-08-24T00:28:43.662+01:00To anonymous:
It depends on the fruit trees. Ther...To anonymous:<br /><br />It depends on the fruit trees. There are many hybrids that do not grow to more than 2 metres high. I live in an urban area and have a garden about the size of a postage stamp yet have 10 assorted fruit trees in pots (apple, pear, plum) plus two fig tres and a small veg plot. I usually get a nice crop of assorted fruit and veg from them too...nothing like home grown apple and tomato chutney, beans, 'Ragu sauce' from the courgettes, tomatoes and peppers, plum jam, apple jelly and preserved pears :) <br /><br /> However, the council in this case are utter pillocks for trying to apply rules retrospectively when it suits them.Kaptain_Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625273381318758234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-11504692210726710752012-08-21T06:41:05.854+01:002012-08-21T06:41:05.854+01:00I am not much of a gardener myself but I do know t...I am not much of a gardener myself but I do know that fruit trees can grow quite tall. If I was on a neighbouring allotment I might be concerned that the trees would put my own efforts in the shade. Also, Mr Rock does not own the allotment; he is just a temporary tenant. Sooner or later he would vacate the patch and some unlucky bastard would be faced with the job of having to dig up some established trees.<br /><br />No I don’t believe that the council have any right to apply rules retrospectively, but I do believe that they should have used some diplomacy to persuade Mr Rock to act with more consideration.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-72971506906400976592012-08-20T21:59:43.922+01:002012-08-20T21:59:43.922+01:00Well, I for one am mightily impressed by Hastings ...Well, I for one am mightily impressed by Hastings council.<br /><br />Clearly, unlike the vast majority of councils, they've sorted out all issues of pot-holes in the roads, school maintenance, care provision for the elderly etc and even more impressively, worked out how they are going to cope with the largest percentage cut in government grant of any English council. Otherwise, how else could they be free to turn their attention to such weighty matters?<br /><br />Considering that the overarching EU Nanny in her infamous European Union Jam Directive cunningly redefined "the edible part of" rhubarb stalks and carrots as fruit to suit her own purposes, presumably most of the other allotment holders are similarly criminally growing "fruit", so will the jackboot of Hastings council be similarly used in those cases I wonder?Mancnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-42478851821447380682012-08-20T13:24:30.734+01:002012-08-20T13:24:30.734+01:00We are the state.
We are in charge.
Do as you&#...We are the state. <br /><br />We are in charge.<br /><br />Do as you're told or we'll have you......A frightened population is easier to control compared to a confident, well educated and non frightened one.Tonk.noreply@blogger.com