[Closed] Picking flowers in the countryside (middle class rant)

Disagree strongly drac - if everyone takes a few there soon are none left.

"If"

Were they real daffodils or those plastic ones that the local tourist boards are now planting to save money. Did you even think of checking?

I can't actually believe somebody is angry over some flowers being picked 😆 Possibly one of the most ridiculous threads on this forum.

Disagree strongly drac - if everyone takes a few there soon are none left.

What's the consumer law say on that TJ? If the daffs aren't fit for purpose, can you return them to the landowner within a set period and claim compensation? I bet you can... 😉

Woman, gets up and storms off and shouts to me 'gerrra life'.
Me: Got one thanks.

Ho ho ho! That's hilarious. Talk about Oscar Wilde! She must have almost wet herself on hearing that response! You really put her down with that one. So often in these situations you only think of these snappy responses hours later. You should do some improv standup! "got one thanks"! Brilliant,

If everyone was to take them back would they be able to cope?

Disagree strongly drac - if everyone takes a few there soon are none left.

Nail 'em up
Nail some sense into 'em

If everyone was to pick them then everyone would benefit from them achieving the purpose of having them?

If nobody picked daffodils the countryside would be overrun with them.

If everyone was to take them back would they be able to cope?

There would be CHAOS. I think I can say, without any fear of contradiction, that such a scenario would certainly mark the end of civilisation as we know it. I'm starting to see why Bummyhop was so concerned in the first place.

jon1973 - Member

If nobody picked daffodils the countryside would be overrun with them.

Ohhh ... that would be very nice ... flowers all over. 🙂

I think children picking one or two is fine but judging from OP, the family is harvesting wild flowers which is rather selfish because there are others who want to enjoy looking at them too.

Daffodils are the grey squirrels of the flower world.

Are Daffodils the new triffid?

jon1973 - Member

Daffodils are the grey squirrels of the flower world.

Can you eat them?

If yes, I am in for massive harvesting ... 😆

they look evil to me
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Its all gardening anyway http://www.ihatedaffodils.org.uk/links/links.htm

Some argue that the culture of not picking flowers / putting ladybirds in jars has contributed significantly to the reduced the number of folk with the necessary skills to help manage conservation.

I'm inclined to agree.

[i]In each case they damage the natural environment, providing no real
benefit to wildlife but making the countryside look like a garden.

Britain's wildflowers are under threat enough already, with
road verges often the only place left for them to grow.
We should be appreciating the natural beauty of wildflowers,
not planting Garden Daffodils all over them.

It's like painting lipstick on the Mona Lisa![/i]

Don't take what is not given. 🙄

Drac be right on this one - 1968 Theft act, Section 4, subsection 3 😀

Now, you'll excuse me while I go off exercising my ancient right to glean the fields and scrump apples 😉

I couldn't agree more with TJ, I mean IF everyone picked wild Daffs there's a good chance there'd be none left. Except 'everyone' won't, & never have.
On the other hand if 'everyone' picked them, would they hunt out all those hidden ones we come across in out of the way places? Cos if they didn't, there'd still be some left!

[url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60 ]

(3)A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land, or who picks flowers, fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land, [b]does not (although not in possession of the land) steal what he picks[/b], unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial purpose.

For purposes of this subsection “mushroom” includes any fungus, and “plant” includes any shrub or tree.

[i]Don't take what is not given[/i]

Does that include blackberries & apples etc, that grow on common land or do you need permission to take them?

Don't take what is not given

ds ,
don't start on the 'shrooms now.

esselgruntfuttock - Member
[i]
Don't take what is not given[/i]

Does that include blackberries & apples etc, that grow on common land or do you need permission to take them?

If in doubt then use that as moral code otherwise you might want to ask for permission from whoever they are.

don simon - Member

[i] Don't take what is not given[/i]

Air?

Can I have that back please ... 😆

I pick sloes every year without permission.

jon1973 - Member

I pick sloes every year without permission.

So you are depriving animals of their food supply then ...

Do you clear them out or do you leave some for the animals?

🙄

Do you clear them out or do you leave some for the animals?

I leave a saucer of sloe gin out for the squirrels at christmas.

When I was a kid, we would go for long family hikes on which I remember picking things here and there. I picked them because I loved them, though at some point my dad explained to me that it was important to have regard for the resources (whatever they were). So I grew out of the practice. End of. No harm done, and a pleasant childhood to remember without any do-gooders and busy bodies telling me that I couldn't pick the flowers.

Unless it's something serious - like (but not limited to) violence/bullying/harrassment etc., people should just stay the h*ll out of other people's business.

So you are depriving animals of their food supply then ...

Do you clear them out or do you leave some for the animals?

I normally leave them freshly picked daffodils so they have something to eat.

SamCooke - Member

Woman, gets up and storms off and shouts to me 'gerrra life'.
Me: Got one thanks.

Ho ho ho! That's hilarious. Talk about Oscar Wilde! She must have almost wet herself on hearing that response! You really put her down with that one. So often in these situations you only think of these snappy responses hours later. You should do some improv standup! "got one thanks"! Brilliant,

So maybe being a slightly thicker type of person my priorities are for the environment and the world around us.

Our local council spent hundreds of pounds giving out daffodil bulbs and asking people to plant them around the countryside in there own time.

The area that had them in this afternoon, no longer has any left and no they won't last until mothering Sunday.

TBH come sept time I'm foraging like mad, apples plums blackberries, bags and bags of them, no one ever minds.

what's the difference between that and picking daffs?

what's the difference between that and picking daffs?

I also think the world would be a better place if one or 2 more people were brave enough to stick their nose in and be (as you so beautifully called me) became a busy body.

Unbelievable. What kind of soul less bitter "person" would begrudge children enjoying the outdoors a few flowers? Especially daffs, they're hardly rare. I'm not at all surprised that the mother told the OP to eff off.
It's the kind of countryside nazi type of thing you'd hear from the anti-bike ramblers.
I'm almost (but not quite!) speechless that anyone would find it acceptable to tell children not to pick some daffodils.

In moderation without causing harm you might be fine but there are others that deliberately go out for major harvesting. Take only ...

SaxonRider, I would agree with your father ... so I suppose you are not going to pass on the message to your next generation?

* to all the busy bodies who stifle the innocent play of children.

Was it your kids kicking the ball against my fence this afternoon?

The little shits have smashed a hole in it.

I am astonished anyone thinks it acceptable to pick wild flowers - especially by the armful as in this instance..

Wahtever happened to " take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints"

If eveyone picks them there soon are none left

And it does affect everyone that the flowers get taken by a few rather than left for the many to enjoy

'gerrra life'.

+1

Its just a few daffodils they'll grow back

I am astonished anyone thinks it acceptable to pick wild flowers - especially by the armful as in this instance

Daffodils? As in this instance?

I also think the world would be a better place if one or 2 more people were brave enough to stick their nose in and be (as you so beautifully called me) became a busy body.

Unbelievable. What kind of soul less bitter "person" would begrudge children enjoying the outdoors a few flowers? Especially daffs, they're hardly rare. I'm not at all surprised that the mother told the OP to eff off.
It's the kind of countryside nazi type of thing you'd hear from the anti-bike ramblers.
I'm almost (but not quite!) speechless that anyone would find it acceptable to tell children not to pick some daffodils.

Met me have you wrecker?

I will repeat one more time ...... This woman had 3 children, they picked armfuls (not just one or 2) of flowers, that I believe should have been left there for everyone who walks down the lane and the footpath daily to enjoy.

Telling someone to 'F' seems to be the norm. nowadays.

Nazi - a bit stong there?

 

chakaping - Member

* to all the busy bodies who stifle the innocent play of children.

Was it your kids kicking the ball against my fence this afternoon?

The little shits have smashed a hole in it.

When I said innocent, I meant innocent. Little shits deserve to be treated as little shits. Smashing a hole in something is different than picking flowers. End of.

Narcissi are not native to the British Isles. Your common daffodil is a hybrid of plants native to southern Europe and north Africa. By taking the flowering heads you still leave the bulb, which instead of putting energy into producing seeds will produce more flowers next year.