Japanese knotweed for breakfast
I'm not advocating you eat Japanese knotweed for breakfast, after all you don't know whether someone has sprayed some nasty chemicals on it.
November 20, 2014
4:50 pm
Skip to content I'm not advocating you eat Japanese knotweed for breakfast, after all you don't know whether someone has sprayed some nasty chemicals on it.
The Home Office have recently issued guidance on the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in relation to Japanese knotweed Failure to act” i.e. property owners not controlling Japanese knotweed where it affects the quality of life of those in the community could find themselves being served with a Community Protection Notice.
Sadly not, it just ‘plays dead’ above ground.
The BBC consumer programme 'Rip Off Britain' earlier this week broadcast a story on Japanese knotweed, featuring a lady in the Midlands unable to get a mortgage due to Japanese knotweed on adjoining land owned by a local council.
The other day I was asked whether Japanese knotweed causes global warming. I had to think this one through.
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