Raspberry bushes

Mojisola

I, too, suspect that either this isn't from the Council at all or that the complaining neighbour has a friend in the Council who has composed a bluff letter. If the Council is genuinely using the law in this case, then I can see lots of demands for decking to be pulled up in hundreds of gardens because decking makes really safe homes for rodents!

To practical matters, you can burn the raspberry sticks. Get yourself some glyphosate weedkiller - it'll come under different trade names and the DIYs do their own brand versions. Every time a little raspberry shoot appears, spray it.

Badger_Lady

I'm shocked and appauled to hear about this... my raspberry bushes are my favourite bit of my garden, even ahead of the blackcurrant and redcurrant bushes. Should all of these be banned? Apple trees? Vegetable patches?

Ridiculous! If it were me, I'd have fought for them... my garden, my choice. Hmp.

Orange_King

I agree - there should be someone who could advise how to fend off the Council. It seems totally ridiculous and unjustified. Did you have history with this moaning sod who made the complaint?

WorzelG

There is something dodgy about this somewhere.

It would be beyond absurd for a council inspector to write to you to coomplain about some raspberry bushes.

Mojisola

Have you phoned the council and asked to speak to the person who signed your letter to see if they exist?

sassy_one

The letter was on formal headed council paper.

The next door neighbour is a complete idiot to say the least, for example the guy who owns the house smashed his car up the other day, as he put a fridge into his boot and wondered why the boot would not close with it in!
Took a hammer to the boot amd was hammering hell out of the lock for over 2 hours!!!!


Also, not sure but think there dodgy, they have 6-7 people living their and there not related and never answer there door to anyone.


The letter was form the environmental health department of the council.
They stated in the letter that the bushes could attract rodents and therefore it was adviseable that they were removed and that, if I needed help doing such to call her and she may be able to help.

I don't have the letter as I was fed up receiving it I binned it the same day.

In fact, they sent 3 letters, one to myself, one addressed to the 'OWNER OF THE PROPERTY' and the other 'TO THE OCCUPIERS'
The letter was dated December last year, although i didn't get it till few months ago, (2-3 months late) and it had the wrong postcode on.


Don't speak to neighbour that side due to there odd behaviour (it was a rented house till a year ago!)

Landlord did rent it to a lady whom was offering services to the public (males) if anyone follows, don't want to post much more than that regards her in case they read this forum ! - but the land lard there knew what she was doing and allowed her to carry on, he is the guy who smashed his car up the other day!!

The lady was in the end evicted - she had 4 kids too that were all in the house when she offered her 'services' - SICK!!!!!!

sassy_one

Also, the post stamp (pre paid stamp) was stamped by the council !

Lotus-eater

Just how many square metres of bushes did you have?
I imagine, a whole garden full of them, especially if they are of different varieties would pull in alot of wildlife and if the current situations in the gardens around you attracted rats and mice (almost certainly) then they would feed off the bushes.

What probably happened, is that a pest control officer went out to deal with a rat problem and saw your garden full of overgrown raspberry bushes, he would have put that down as a possible problem with the infestation.

Zazen999

I'd have called the council as per the letter and told her to Go Away Off.

You seriously cut down raspberry bushes because of that letter? Any bushes could attract rodents, so can any food but they don't close down Macdonalds do they? Or strip the countryside of all trees and bushes that have berries on them.

I'm afraid that letter would have been sent to the local paper....

Mojisola

It might not be the berries that are the problem but the tangle of bushes can provide safe nesting sites for rats because no predators can get at them. If I had received letters like this, I would have asked for someone to come to my garden and explain what the problem was.

It still sounds quite bizarre that the council would send out letters like this unless there is a long history we don't know about.