"JennyC" wrote in message

"anton" wrote
martin wrote
Quitting the rat race of urban stress and heading for a new life in
the countryside is becoming increasingly popular. Research by the
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors shows nearly two-thirds of
farms sold between April and June were bought by non-farmers. Rob
Jeffrey, founder of NewLandOwners, says: "For them, it's living the
dream, but in many ways they are the saviours of the
countryside."...............


There's a legal farce going on at present concerning the
Common Agricultural Policy which means that farmers who
sell or buy farms at the moment don't know exactly what they are
selling or
buying. The result is that the market is dominated by
those who are getting out of farming and those who are not buying
farms for
the purpose of farming them.

Presumably when those legislating get their act together,
farmers will be able to buy and sell farms again.
Anton

So how will the countryside look in, say, ten years time ??
Will it all be reverting to the wild :~))

We walk the footpaths of Surrey when not working the allotment and are
constantly coming across fields going wild because nothing is being done to
them, they aren't being managed. Even some of those that are used to graze
horses never seem to have the weeds removed so they gradually take over.
Mind you I heard Sky Larks for the first time in years this year, so it's
not all bad news.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.