managed to post pic. there is a good reason i'm only letting them ge to 5ft high. i'm only 5ft 4 and not keen on climbing ladders to cut them if they got any higher
The most you could do, and only very innocently, would be to ask the father if he knows anything about plants, and could he tell you what he thinks is wrong with the trees. Beyond that I think you have no chance of finding out whether it's his fault or yours without taking some plant material for analysis; it would be cheaper to replant (and see what happens!).
I thought about replanting some more but if what ever might had been sprayed on them has got into the soil will it affect new ones. my main concern about whether they had been sprayed with something is that I have 4 little dogs .I know they don't wee up them because they squat and only on the grass . but they do go close to the trees to bark at the neighbours cat. i'm going to see if they perk up in spring first and put some more bonemeal around the roots. I can't ask the neighbours dad if he knows anything about plants because he is such a nasty bit of work. when I first moved in about 12 years ago he was putting up a fence for his daughter. he laid concrete the whole length of the garden and put the fence sat on top of it. but he made it flush with the fence his daughters side and it protruded a good 5 inches my side which looked awful but while round my side doing this concrete he was throwing left over cement on my garden as it was long grass(I had only just moved in and the grass was overgrown) I only realised when I went over it with my new lawnmower . then early last year a lot of panels which was then rotten blew over. I quickly got some green chicken wire and got it up as far as the panels that was still standing so my dogs didn't get out. came back home one day and let the dogs out and he had took the other panels down without even putting a note through my door to warn me not to let my dogs out in the garden as they could escape. of course my 4 dogs ran straight into her garden which has a open field in the back luckily they came back. so he's not the kind of man you can talk to.
I'm with Dove. Id fence it and have a go at some nice climbers to grow up the panels. Sorry for you Annette though as having a horror as a neighbour is not pleasant. Hope it doesn't get you down.
When our old beech tree came down last month our neighbour, the local taxi driver, paused only to tell us that our trees were preventing the successful sale of her house.
So, whilst on holiday a couple of weeks ago, we arranged for a tree surgeon to come and " make safe" the bordering trees. Whilst he was working a couple came to view her house and he told them the trees were safe. She subsequently sold her house. Have we ever had a thank you? No we have not. My father used to tell me " never do anyone a favour as they will never forgive you" how right he was!
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
thank you all for your advice .I did look into putting in a fence but our gardens are 140ft long and would cost about £1000. and living in a rural area the winds can get quite bad . so i'm just going to hope they start to green up in spring .
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managed to post pic. there is a good reason i'm only letting them ge to 5ft high. i'm only 5ft 4 and not keen on climbing ladders to cut them if they got any higher
The most you could do, and only very innocently, would be to ask the father if he knows anything about plants, and could he tell you what he thinks is wrong with the trees. Beyond that I think you have no chance of finding out whether it's his fault or yours without taking some plant material for analysis; it would be cheaper to replant (and see what happens!).
I thought about replanting some more but if what ever might had been sprayed on them has got into the soil will it affect new ones. my main concern about whether they had been sprayed with something is that I have 4 little dogs .I know they don't wee up them because they squat and only on the grass . but they do go close to the trees to bark at the neighbours cat. i'm going to see if they perk up in spring first and put some more bonemeal around the roots. I can't ask the neighbours dad if he knows anything about plants because he is such a nasty bit of work. when I first moved in about 12 years ago he was putting up a fence for his daughter. he laid concrete the whole length of the garden and put the fence sat on top of it. but he made it flush with the fence his daughters side and it protruded a good 5 inches my side which looked awful but while round my side doing this concrete he was throwing left over cement on my garden as it was long grass(I had only just moved in and the grass was overgrown) I only realised when I went over it with my new lawnmower . then early last year a lot of panels which was then rotten blew over. I quickly got some green chicken wire and got it up as far as the panels that was still standing so my dogs didn't get out. came back home one day and let the dogs out and he had took the other panels down without even putting a note through my door to warn me not to let my dogs out in the garden as they could escape. of course my 4 dogs ran straight into her garden which has a open field in the back luckily they came back. so he's not the kind of man you can talk to.
I think I'd take the initiative and put my own fence up along there - good fences make good neighbours.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Difficult to tell from pic but from what I see I think it is just winter bronzing and will clear up in summer.
I'm with Dove. Id fence it and have a go at some nice climbers to grow up the panels. Sorry for you Annette though as having a horror as a neighbour is not pleasant. Hope it doesn't get you down.
When our old beech tree came down last month our neighbour, the local taxi driver, paused only to tell us that our trees were preventing the successful sale of her house.
So, whilst on holiday a couple of weeks ago, we arranged for a tree surgeon to come and " make safe" the bordering trees. Whilst he was working a couple came to view her house and he told them the trees were safe. She subsequently sold her house. Have we ever had a thank you? No we have not. My father used to tell me " never do anyone a favour as they will never forgive you" how right he was!
A A Milne
Hopefully the new neighbours will be an improvement
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thank you all for your advice .I did look into putting in a fence but our gardens are 140ft long and would cost about £1000. and living in a rural area the winds can get quite bad . so i'm just going to hope they start to green up in spring .