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Wishfull thinking?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I'd do something similar to Obelixx's suggestion. Erect your own fence - doesn't have to be fancy. Trellis and posts. You can get brackets/fixings for fastening onto concrete which hold posts. Once you have the trellis in place, get some of those wall baskets, and plant them up with assorted simple things - ivies for trailing, little evergreen grasses, arabis and aubretias etc. Think 'green wall' and go from there. 

    You can swap them in summer with baskets planted with annuals. There are loads to choose from and you'll get plenty of help from the  people here who grow them  image

    If you have one of those cheapo shops nearby, they sell plastic versions of hayrack planters. They're really cheap, lightweight  and do the job well. I have some of the longer ones which will go under a new window, and a few of the small ones for my rear fence which is a green wall type of thing, although it's shady rather than sunny. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Kathy43Kathy43 Posts: 116

    I'd love that, but then there would be shade for her to moan about, on her border, the other side!

    I like the idea of an electric fence, though image

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    Let her moan.  Unless you have a specific rule in your area you can have a 6' high fence and no grounds for complaints.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

    Kathy43

    You sound like a normal person who appreciates peace & quiet , and who just wants to get on with life .

    Why is there seemingly always someone who wants to upset that idyll?

    I've had it in the past with 'neighbours from hell' and nosy neighbours standing staring from windows ; a pity they havn't got something else to occupy their sad minds !image All sorted now though image .

    Obelixx idea of a 6' fence sounds good to me ; make some enquiries . Give her something else to stare at !!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    If you planted an evergreen hedge, that would give her even more to moan about, and she couldn't complain about that either!  

    She sounds a right pain in the h*le, and a bully as well. image

    I see Obeliix and I posted a similar idea at the same time earlier re trellis/fence. I really think that's the best solution. image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Kathy43Kathy43 Posts: 116

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    I would dig a nice wide border all along that fence, about a metre or so, and plant beautiful shrubs and perennials and ignore her silliness. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Kathy43Kathy43 Posts: 116

    We just had the lawn turfed, after years of having a lawn than was on a hill! We hired a digger and scraped all the soil, until it was fairly flat. A massive job! 

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