RE: discouraging Neighbors

I can't - it is her fence which she put up about 8 inches from mine....
seems she doesn't like the vines on my fence.. oh well....

She actually tried to have me arrested for putting up my fence to begin
with... all because I didn't 'ask' her permission first... cop laughed at
her.

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Theresa
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:25 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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.:)
> >
> >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!
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Prickly bushes do work very well in discouraging cats.  My Chestnut
> rose
> >>>
> >>>
> >>is
> >>
> >>
> >>>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>higher
> >>
> >>
> >>>in the trees.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>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!
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>If you're not familiar with the plant, check out the thorns here:
> >>
> >>   http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/low/E790-0901021.jpg
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
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