Re: discouraging Neighbors

So- have you considered putting one of those lattice panels on top of 
the fence to make it taller??

Theresa

Donna wrote:

>But did it keep her out of the yard totally? Sheesh... but unfortunately I
>also have a neighbor that drives me nuts... she finally put up a solid wood
>fence, wish is was taller.:)
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>Have you considered barbed wire on top of your fence line?  If it wasn't
>illegal here, I would have it!.  But only on one side, the rest of the
>neighbors are fine.... LOL!
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>Donna
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
>>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:26 PM
>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats
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>>>Prickly bushes do work very well in discouraging cats.  My Chestnut rose
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>>is
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>>>just huge and safely houses a multitude of small birds.  The same holds
>>>true for an enormouse multiflora rose.  The large birds can just fly
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>>higher
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>>>in the trees.
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>>With a 60x60 backyard I don't want to take up too much room on prickly
>>plants.  Especially since it can come in from three sides...  It's a
>>great idea, though!
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>>My neighbor behind me used to come into my yard looking for her cat all
>>of the time.  She would walk through all of the flowerbeds calling her
>>cat.  Later she cut a hole in her fence and put a screen over it so that
>>she could just crawl through that to get in instead of having to walk
>>around the block.
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>>She's a very nice lady, but that annoyed me to no end.  I remember working
>>on the deck two summers ago and watching her climb through; then her
>>husband
>>came through from the front of the house.  I set down my hammer and just
>>watched them, waiting for them to acknowledge me or explain what they were
>>doing.  No such luck -- they just walked through my yard without saying
>>a thing until I finally asked what was up a few minutes later.
>>
>>That was when I decided to plant a Poncirus trifoliata (hardy orange)
>>right
>>under the hole in the fence.  Shortly thereafter she replaced that whole
>>section of fence -- sans hole.
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>>If you're not familiar with the plant, check out the thorns here:
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>>   http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/low/E790-0901021.jpg
>>
>>Chris
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