I live in a block of 12 flats my flat is the ground floor with a small communal garden 10ft X 14ft out side my lounge and kitchen windows and Lounge door I have two tenants above (women) and their whant to sunbed in front of my lounge,
Put your plants in decent sized pots. Then they cant mow over them. Its not right that they feel free to damage your plants, whether you own the land or just have right of usage, but the cheapest easiest solution my be potting. And mint and rosemary will grow happily, provided pots are of good size and you use something like John Innes, rather than multipurpose compost, which isn't designed for the long term.
I would go for pots, even council 'gardeners' would not cut or poison those. My estate is private and we have communal areas that we pay for upkeep. The 'gardeners' do not know what plants are and cut the grass so low that it is mostly gone now. The borders are full of weeds most of the year and then sprayed (killing the shrubs!) in autumn. I planted 20 2 year old tree saplings, all grown by myself and kids and they ripped all of them out although it was clear what they where.
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I live in a block of 12 flats my flat is the ground floor with a small communal garden 10ft X 14ft out side my lounge and kitchen windows and Lounge door I have two tenants above (women) and their whant to sunbed in front of my lounge,
Is there any I can do?????
If it is a communal garden, not a lot.
Buy a sunbed and go and join them
It's communal, nothing stopping you using it too
Put your plants in decent sized pots. Then they cant mow over them. Its not right that they feel free to damage your plants, whether you own the land or just have right of usage, but the cheapest easiest solution my be potting. And mint and rosemary will grow happily, provided pots are of good size and you use something like John Innes, rather than multipurpose compost, which isn't designed for the long term.
I would go for pots, even council 'gardeners' would not cut or poison those. My estate is private and we have communal areas that we pay for upkeep. The 'gardeners' do not know what plants are and cut the grass so low that it is mostly gone now. The borders are full of weeds most of the year and then sprayed (killing the shrubs!) in autumn. I planted 20 2 year old tree saplings, all grown by myself and kids and they ripped all of them out although it was clear what they where.
Take some photos of them djbadboy sunbathing and post them on facebook, that`ll probably stop them.
I hate when outside forces try and interfere with communal gardens. They're great for brings the community together.
Did anyone see that gorgeous communal garden shown on Beechgrove last week. What a lovely project.