Got a problem with grass, hedges or shrubs, or even leaves making pathways dangerous to use?
Grass
The Council is responsible for mowing over 6 million m² – equivalent to cutting over 1,000 football pitches. Most general open space is cut about 13 times a year from mid March to the end of October.Let the Councill know if the grass in your area has become overgrown.
Shrubs and hedges
These are cut back once a year during the winter. At all other times of the year a response team is available to deal with overgrown footpaths and sight line problems. Hedge cutting doesn’t take place from mid-March to mid-summer due to nesting birds unless there are health and safety reasons such as impeded sight lines or risk of harm to pedestrians.
Weed control
Basingstoke and Deane uses non-residual herbicide and mulching techniques to control weeds in soft landscape areas. They arrange the chemical control of weeds to highway surfaces on behalf of Hampshire County Council. Two applications are applied per year.
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Footpaths
Leaves
Weeds
Hedges or shrubs
Grass
what is the non residual herbicide? Roundup (glyphosphate) is certainly not one. The mayor of New York successfully won his case against Monsanto who claimed, erroneously, that roundup was as safe as table salt.
Symptoms affect all body systems and it is now registered as carcegenic by the EU.
Glyphosphate is now found in the intestines of humans and contaminates our soils and water. it is cumulative, that is it builds up year on year. One piece of research showed that glyphosphat has a half year of 22 years.
I have a lot more information if you are interested
I will ask the Council which one they use