This happens in our local park too. The Rangers end up removing those they can reach - people lob them up really high, so they are not intending to return for them. But here we have signs saying 'any bin will do'. The dedicated dog waste bins have been removed. Organic waste in landfill creates methane, though - so ideally this stuff should be collected for special high temperature composting - and used to create electricity for the grid ( as is done in my area with kitchen waste). If I had a dog, I think I would train him or her to use my own garden - create a special latrine for them - because, as someone rightly said above, poo rots very quickly in soil. I would not like the task of picking it up - it would turn my stomach - so I'd try to avoid having to do that by hoping to get my dog into a regular habit at home.
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?