"Bill" wrote in message
...
In message , Mike
writes
Horses, ponies, donkeys and other livestock shouldn't be on motorway
verges. If they are then they and their owners deserve to die.

So FFS get those animals off the motorway verges and into the fields
where they belong.



If any one knows the Black Cat roundabout on the A1 then take a
look about 1/2 mile north on the left/ There is a field absolutely full
of ragwort, it also has 3 horses grazing in it. Totally crazy. Maybe
worth an email and photo to Defra.
--
Bill

Its ok so long as ragwort is growing as horses avoid it, the problems occur
when a field is made into hay as once dried they seem not to notice it. but
I would have thought it irresponsible to make hay from a field containing
ragwort (its not exactly difficult to spot) and its a lost cause down here
with so much mine waste land as well as the verges so it is just a waste of
time and money to remove it and the years when they used to try were just as
colourful as now when they don't!

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars