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Boundary structure

Hello everyone
i have a 4ft fence of mine , new neighbours are using to dry their dog towels on draping over my path. Have removed several times and now they use it for car cleaning cloths etc
I was thinking maybe replae with a breeze block planter with plants on top. Can i use any plants or am i restricted ?  for example the sharp pointy leafed ones would deter using my wall but could be hazardous to them ?? 
Any ideas?

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I would ask them to stop it to be honest! Haven't they got anywhere else to hang those items? 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • SunnyspotSunnyspot Posts: 59
    I dont use the pathway much and i think they forget im here !  Ive had to ask re loud music in garden recently so didnt want to go down the root of constant complaining. They are relitively new neighbours . I think thoughtless rather than malicious but very annoying
     
  • GreenbirdGreenbird Posts: 237
    edited April 2020
    Fix trellis on top of the fence and perhaps a screening plant if ground permits.

    I imagine 4ft is a very tempting height to drape things on, lean on etc. raise it 2 foot higher and the height becomes more inconvenient.
  • SunnyspotSunnyspot Posts: 59
    hi yes greenbird have thought of this , unfortunately the fence is down a pathway which both houses have kitchen windows facing - not great design but houses were built in 1900 so lots of differences then , people used to chat over the fence ! 
    The thing is i dont want to fall out with them as understand those type of fall outs can escalate and as WillDB says- thank you WillDB for post - it would seem commin sense not to do it 
    I wandered if i put yukkas along there in a top planter whether this was ok as they can be sharp?? 
  • ManderMander Posts: 349
    Honestly I think planting a bunch of spiky, unfriendly plants is a bit more hostile than simply asking if they would mind hanging up their towels somewhere else. If it were me and they are just leaving them out to dry for a bit then taking them down, I would probably just ignore it.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    It seems fairly harmless to me as well, especially as you say you don't use the path much. Your new neighbours probably think it's a shared boundary fence anyway. If they leave the stuff there all week, that's slightly more annoying, but just ask them to take them away as they look untidy. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I would think Yucca (or anything else that gets big) would need more root space than it would get in a wall-top planter.

    Maybe ask them politely if it would be OK to go round their side to paint/treat the fence (but be prepared to do it if they say yes). That would make the point that it's your fence, and you could then ask them not to hang stuff on the freshly-painted fence.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  •  @Sunnyspot, if you can place planters along the wall you can put in bedding plants. Geraniums like to be hot and don’t need much water. If they draped cloths over them it would break off the flower heads which I don’t think they would do. Also sedums and house leeks don’t need that much water. If you don’t mind watering the list is extensive.
     Valerie 
  • SunnyspotSunnyspot Posts: 59
    Thank you to everyone, and honest feedback. Lots options there . Will definitely be 
    following mix of this i think 
    Thanks again 
    Happy gardening 
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