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Patch of Stourbridge Common Taken Over for Growing Potatoes
It appears someone has taken over a patch of Stourbridge Common in Cambridge and is using it as vegetable garden. The patch of common land in question is within a disused tree-guard. Someone has has added what looks like anti-rabbit mesh and planted what appear to be potatoes. If this has been done without the […]
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More Mud for Stourbridge Common
Cambridge City Council is proposing to spend £15,000 on making a muddy bit of Stourbridge Common even muddier. The published proposal, which the council are currently seeking comments on, states: Cambridge City Council is proposing to create a small ‘scrape’ in the Common, by excavating a small area of land within an existing wet area. […]
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Council Ignoring New Trees Which Fail in Cambridge
Remains of Recently Planted Tree. Milton Rd, Cambridge Cambridge City Council has planted lots of new trees in Cambridge in recent years. While the majority of the new trees are doing well, some have failed to thrive. A certain fraction of failure is to be expected and is not in itsself a problem; however I […]