"tony kitching" wrote in message
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A council worked arrived at my garden 30th July on a windy day and
sprayed
glyphosate randomly about by the look of it
My herbs and flowers were the first to show damage and some flowers
look like they are completely dead.
I caught all of the spraying on CCTV and sent it to the council.
The man I spoke to said that the spray only kills weeds and will not
affect my veg
He then said it was safe to eat my veg because the department that are
responsible said it was sprayed on the path
How do I get the dead plants tested for the weed killer ?
I think his advise was not very good and I did use some sage that had
been sprayed the same day and my gums were bleeding when I brushed them
at bedtime
I had a swollen gum for a few days
Citizens advice have given me an appointment, so I'll have to wait and
see if anything can be done




I suggest you write to the council and state what happened. Make clear what
damage was caused and what exactly you expect the Council to do. Presumably
you want financial compensation for the plants. If so, let them know how
much you want.

If they get a claim for a modest/reasonable amount then they are more likely
to pay it just to get shot of you. A routine third party claim in their
eyes. I would leave out your bleeding gums unless you have proof.
If you don't put a price on your complaint, what can they do? They arn't
going to make an offer.

mark

hi mark

It's now day 14 of arguing with the council
I have now contacted DEFRA and have been forwarded to a complaints department
I am a council tenant, but that does not make me any different to anyone else
Apparently there was a work order for my path made last year, just after a dispute I had concerning paving that the council removed from my garden
I have since found out that they do this to a lot of peoples gardens in the town and I remember now that they told me they are not concerned with garden complaints
I did manage to get the paving replaced by them but they were not happy at the time
Looking through my CCTV collection I saw that on 8th July they walked through my garden to get access to my neighbours garden that is behind the building, carrying weed killer
The garden at the front and rear are now like a wasteland and I believe they were being a bit lazy on clearing the weeds,they had good strimmers
These gardens are for disabled people, so the council are supposed to maintain them
From the emails the council sent me, I don't think they are concerned about the instructions
I sent the council a copy of the instructions and told them to search for windy desired and crop
The reply I got was to write a letter to the people who did it and that the man I was emailing was not qualified to deal with it
This started Monday morning and it took him till this morning to give up telling me 3rd party information that was wrong
Telling me to eat the vegetables was the worst
I think it's my public duty to make sure the council tenants are warned because some people could be growing veg and eating it with a coating of this stuff

I suggest you write to the council and state what happened. Make clear what
damage was caused and what exactly you expect the Council to do. Presumably
you want financial compensation for the plants. If so, let them know how
much you want.

Remember it's not the cost of the seeds or plants that went into the
garden, it's the cost to get you back where you were. Flowers will be
cost of suitable replacement (but don't use it as a way of improving the
garden or stocking up on expensive stuff). Herbs you'll have to buy new
plants, veg you may put a sum in for lost crops if you don't feel able
to eat them - mentioning you are gardening on organic principles would
be sensible here. But as Mark says, don't over-egg it. If they think
you're trying to make a profit over the incident they'll turn you down
flat, and it will cause you no end of a hassle trying to get anywhere.


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Kay