The water firm has recently completed urgent gas works in the road, during which time there was a legal dispute over access to Mr Goodridge’s land.
“Our savings have all gone into this now, because we’ve had to put the money in,” he explained.
“There is an element of risk that it could not survive. I feel like, what’s the point in coming down in the mornings, what’s the point in getting up early?
“You’re just fighting a brick wall, if it carries on like this we’re going to be dumping tens of thousands of plants.”