Tarandes Bear
Well-Known Member
Currently at livery and I'm pulling my hair out with sheer frustration at my YO. I'm a very fussy individual and do my very best for my horses but of late I am really struggling to communicate with YO. I have a field of approx 2.5/3.00 acres and have invested a lot of time and money in fencing out 5 paddocks. 2 of the paddocks are an absolute disgrace and are infested with docks, thistles, buttercups, nettles etc. I have to plead with them for any field maintenance and I'm begining to feel like I'm making my self a nuisance. I have a trickle of a stream that runs through the middle of the field and I'm told they will not spray or chemically treat my field because of the waterway. Constant 'topping' of this area (when they can be bothered to it) is just encouraging more growth. I'm at my wits end with what to do and I'm annoyed because in effect I'm loosing the grazing of 2 paddocks. In their defence they have purchased a knapsack, sprayer and generic roundup weedkiller and told me to spray it myself..... This I feel is laughable. I can spray it myself but for a tractor and sprayer to come in and do it is a no-no? Please can any of you shed any light on what is permissable with a waterway running through your field? I feel I am being fobbed off and they are not prepared to spend any money on pasture management. I'd love to hear your own personal experiences and how you manage with weed infestation. Many thanks