| Warren Farm 10:13 - Nov 1 with 91609 views | connell10 |
Some one saying on WATRB that the Supreme court has thrown out the appeal placed against us and Warren Farm is a goer! Good news if true! |  |
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| Warren Farm on 17:00 - Feb 24 with 3045 views | Northernr |
This is the bit I never got about the protests - if that bit looks like that now, why can't it be developed? Wouldn't that be a good thing. Leave the fields as fields, develop the shithole bit as a new sports facilitiy? |  | | |
| Warren Farm on 17:11 - Feb 24 with 2977 views | danehoop |
| Warren Farm on 17:00 - Feb 24 by Northernr |
This is the bit I never got about the protests - if that bit looks like that now, why can't it be developed? Wouldn't that be a good thing. Leave the fields as fields, develop the shithole bit as a new sports facilitiy? |
Never underestimate the power of NIMBY. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 17:33 - Feb 24 with 2885 views | johnhoop |
Skylarks my a-se. They’re birds of open arable farmland.
I reckon any self respecting rat would have moved out of that sh––hole by now. |  | | |
| Warren Farm on 17:52 - Feb 24 with 2832 views | R_from_afar |
The Save Warren Farm really wound me up with their arguments based on rewilding and talk of meadows and skylarks.
With the skylarks, the whole dog walking thing they wanted to preserve was totally at odds with skylarks, which are ground nesting birds  Also, wildlife can turn up in unexpected places *occasionally*, that does not mean that that said places are their natural habitat and of great environmental value. I've had very unusual birds (redpolls, redwings, waxwings), butterflies (green hairstreak) and dragonflies (southern hawker) appear in my suburban garden on very rare occasions but that doesn't warrant turning it into our next national park! The protestors made WF sound like the garden of Eden when it is in fact a neglected brownfield site.
*** WARNING *** This next screed might prove narcolepsy inducing for a lot of you LOL.
I have created my own wildflower meadow and done a lot of research into it and not only did what they had at WF not visually appear to be an actual wildflower meadow, wildflower meadows do not magically appear anyway if you leave a field or an area of grass to its own devices. The wrong sort of plants, like ragwort, will dominate, as will the grass itself and grass suppresses the growth of wildflowers due to its vigour. You don't get a real wildflower meadow unless the grass is thinned out and this is usually achieved by introducing plants which parasitise grass, e.g. eyebright or yellow rattle. It's pretty unlikely that such plants would naturally establish themselves in a new area. Having cattle grazing on the planned meadow site for part of the year also helps control the grass and create mini ecosystems where wildflower seeds can germinate.
So, in a nutshell, a lot of the SWF's environmental arguments were pretty far-fetched and misleading. |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Warren Farm on 14:33 - Feb 25 with 2436 views | golborne |
| Warren Farm on 17:52 - Feb 24 by R_from_afar |
The Save Warren Farm really wound me up with their arguments based on rewilding and talk of meadows and skylarks.
With the skylarks, the whole dog walking thing they wanted to preserve was totally at odds with skylarks, which are ground nesting birds Also, wildlife can turn up in unexpected places *occasionally*, that does not mean that that said places are their natural habitat and of great environmental value. I've had very unusual birds (redpolls, redwings, waxwings), butterflies (green hairstreak) and dragonflies (southern hawker) appear in my suburban garden on very rare occasions but that doesn't warrant turning it into our next national park! The protestors made WF sound like the garden of Eden when it is in fact a neglected brownfield site.
*** WARNING *** This next screed might prove narcolepsy inducing for a lot of you LOL.
I have created my own wildflower meadow and done a lot of research into it and not only did what they had at WF not visually appear to be an actual wildflower meadow, wildflower meadows do not magically appear anyway if you leave a field or an area of grass to its own devices. The wrong sort of plants, like ragwort, will dominate, as will the grass itself and grass suppresses the growth of wildflowers due to its vigour. You don't get a real wildflower meadow unless the grass is thinned out and this is usually achieved by introducing plants which parasitise grass, e.g. eyebright or yellow rattle. It's pretty unlikely that such plants would naturally establish themselves in a new area. Having cattle grazing on the planned meadow site for part of the year also helps control the grass and create mini ecosystems where wildflower seeds can germinate.
So, in a nutshell, a lot of the SWF's environmental arguments were pretty far-fetched and misleading. |
Nice - when are the do as you likeees popping round with a couple of stripped washing machines and dishwashers to warren farm it up? | | | |
| Warren Farm on 12:15 - Feb 26 with 2022 views | themodfather |
couple of things, regardless of the wildlife, take a look at HS1 and hs2 cutting thru whatever they like so no answer there, is there a case local councillors want to do something on the land ( i have not read every comment, too many on this thread so oops if repeating anything) along a sports gym?
and how much has this cost qprfc and any owners we have? we bought bits of land around old oak,and car giant re new ground which won't happen. all this warren farm stuff, architects , plans, hearings etc all adds up. | | | |
| Warren Farm on 15:11 - Sep 26 with 1314 views | charmr |
Article in latest private eye issue 1606 about proposed use for some the land to be used for sports and recreation incorporating Southall FC.
Copy and paste anyone? | | | |
| Warren Farm on 15:20 - Sep 26 with 2852 views | Juzzie |
| Warren Farm on 15:11 - Sep 26 by charmr |
Article in latest private eye issue 1606 about proposed use for some the land to be used for sports and recreation incorporating Southall FC.
Copy and paste anyone? |
SWF won't care, it was a case of 'anyone but QPR'. |  | | |
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| Warren Farm on 16:00 - Sep 26 with 2659 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Warren Farm on 17:52 - Feb 24 by R_from_afar |
The Save Warren Farm really wound me up with their arguments based on rewilding and talk of meadows and skylarks.
With the skylarks, the whole dog walking thing they wanted to preserve was totally at odds with skylarks, which are ground nesting birds Also, wildlife can turn up in unexpected places *occasionally*, that does not mean that that said places are their natural habitat and of great environmental value. I've had very unusual birds (redpolls, redwings, waxwings), butterflies (green hairstreak) and dragonflies (southern hawker) appear in my suburban garden on very rare occasions but that doesn't warrant turning it into our next national park! The protestors made WF sound like the garden of Eden when it is in fact a neglected brownfield site.
*** WARNING *** This next screed might prove narcolepsy inducing for a lot of you LOL.
I have created my own wildflower meadow and done a lot of research into it and not only did what they had at WF not visually appear to be an actual wildflower meadow, wildflower meadows do not magically appear anyway if you leave a field or an area of grass to its own devices. The wrong sort of plants, like ragwort, will dominate, as will the grass itself and grass suppresses the growth of wildflowers due to its vigour. You don't get a real wildflower meadow unless the grass is thinned out and this is usually achieved by introducing plants which parasitise grass, e.g. eyebright or yellow rattle. It's pretty unlikely that such plants would naturally establish themselves in a new area. Having cattle grazing on the planned meadow site for part of the year also helps control the grass and create mini ecosystems where wildflower seeds can germinate.
So, in a nutshell, a lot of the SWF's environmental arguments were pretty far-fetched and misleading. |
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| Warren Farm on 18:20 - Sep 26 with 2313 views | Snipper |
We dodged a bullet missing out on Warren Farm.
Hope the SWF dickheads have something horrible to look forward to there. |  | | |
| Warren Farm on 18:33 - Sep 26 with 2256 views | LazyFan |
If it's taken over by a smaller club, later on, a new Chairman will take them over and sell it to Tesco's :) |  |
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| Warren Farm on 01:33 - Sep 27 with 1905 views | LazyFan |
No No a Tescos, every little helps! | |
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