"Innocently" pruning my neighbour's leylandii so hard, that most of them died - okay, so he'd planted 25 of them in a row about 50ft long, less than six inches from my fence.
One of the three that survived, I helpfully pruned for him each year, by taking about five feet off the top, when he only wanted three feet off. He was afraid of heights, and readily allowed me to do the work, because he wouldn't pay anyone to do it. The other two I topped regularly anyway, but since he rarely went down the garden, I don't think he noticed.
Subjective, but I think it's a crime to go in and annihilate your garden before you know what you even have. The first weekend the new neighbours were in, helpful family member levelled the entire front garden. One that had been nurtured for at least a decade, and I thought was probably the best on the street. It just needed a few brambles pulling and a trim in places. Then they pretty much did the same in the back, and anything of mine that poked its head, arms, belly or feet over or through the fence. The grapevine isn't best pleased.
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One of the three that survived, I helpfully pruned for him each year, by taking about five feet off the top, when he only wanted three feet off. He was afraid of heights, and readily allowed me to do the work, because he wouldn't pay anyone to do it. The other two I topped regularly anyway, but since he rarely went down the garden, I don't think he noticed.
Strike two, it was JKW
Great idea for a thread @B3. Some of these are hilarious 😂