Paving front gardens for parking yer air-poisoner makes me furious. The trend for paving in gardens generally makes me furious. I live on a flood plain, and the neighbours go and pave their garden. I've been getting rid of the slabs in my garden to grow plants (what gardens were invented for, you pillocks).
This has been a stealth herbicide happening all over Edinburgh.
"“An area of Edinburgh the size of nine football pitches is being lost each year to urban creep, a study has found.
This happens when green spaces such as gardens are covered over, either by paving or home extensions.
Urban creep can cause problems because it reduces the amount of open land which can absorb rain water, putting extra pressure on drains.
It is hoped the study, the first of its kind in Scotland, will help with future flood management planning.
Researchers studying aerial images found that 11 hectares of green land in the capital is being lost annually, more than six hectares of it through urban creep.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50013718
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