You could always plant a big thorny hedge his side - he won't be reaching over that any time soon - pyracantha would do the job. Looks lovely all year round, is incredibly thorny and grows tall without blocking out all your sunlight. He won't be able to get near it.
I have two nice ones in my garden and you can cut them to any shape you want or espalier them.
Good morning everyone. It was nice to wake up this morning and feel that I can make this garden work rather then sitting at the kitchen table feeling so upset looking at the fence....... And I have you all to thank for that.
Lou12 what a lovely idea however this is something I would consider if I didn't have a two daughters aged 2 and 3.
Tetley. I promise I will put some pictures up of the progress once I can get out in the garden. Bring on the Spring. Also bring on the Kent Garden Show Can't wait to go.
Many many years ago when my grandfather was a small boy in short trousers, Dr WG Grace, the famous cricketer, came to the family farm to go shooting with my Gt Grandfather.
My grandfather, in his excitement, fell into a ditch of stinging nettles and his legs were covered with a rash! Dr Grace hauled him out of the ditch, patted him on the head and said, 'There there my boy!' (or something like that) 'If you're a brave boy and don't cry, I'll send you a cricket bat when I get home.'
Grandpa was a brave boy and didn't cry and sure enough, Dr Grace was as good as his word and sent him a lovely cricket bat, signed by him, and with a silver plaque engraved 'Presented to Herbert W*** by Dr W. G. Grace'.
It was inherited by my father and when I was a child it was my job to oil it every summer.
It's now been passed on to my brother.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
aym280 I am a member of a gun club working towards my firearms licence.
If people are waving rifles in their back garden it is against the law! You don't know wether they are air rifles or proper rifles, they are not allowed to wave any kind of firearm about outside even on private property, they are supposed to be in proper storage i.e a bag if outside or caninets if inside and they are only allowed to be used in a registered gun club or shoot - you need to report them to the police straight away if you see them doing that again. A garden is not a safe place to let off or wave around any kind of firearm as it could hit a neighbour and even air rifles can be dangerous to life.
Then sit back and laugh as the firearms squad raids their property and takes all their guns and them away. Trust me it happens all the time.
Beech or hornbeam - you can clip that quite close so that it's narrow and you don't lose too much of your garden - and if you clip it close at the right time of year (August) it will keep it's autumn leaves through the winter - thus still hiding the fence in the winter months.
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You could always plant a big thorny hedge his side - he won't be reaching over that any time soon - pyracantha would do the job. Looks lovely all year round, is incredibly thorny and grows tall without blocking out all your sunlight. He won't be able to get near it.
I have two nice ones in my garden and you can cut them to any shape you want or espalier them.
http://www.hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk/Pyracantha
Good morning everyone. It was nice to wake up this morning and feel that I can make this garden work rather then sitting at the kitchen table feeling so upset looking at the fence....... And I have you all to thank for that.
Lou12 what a lovely idea however this is something I would consider if I didn't have a two daughters aged 2 and 3.
Tetley. I promise I will put some pictures up of the progress once I can get out in the garden. Bring on the Spring. Also bring on the Kent Garden Show Can't wait to go.
Good morning Kc
So glad to hear you're feeling a bit more positive - enjoy your garden ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tetley - the mist is over here in Norfolk now
Our family has a story about stinging nettles ...
Many many years ago when my grandfather was a small boy in short trousers, Dr WG Grace, the famous cricketer, came to the family farm to go shooting with my Gt Grandfather.
My grandfather, in his excitement, fell into a ditch of stinging nettles and his legs were covered with a rash! Dr Grace hauled him out of the ditch, patted him on the head and said, 'There there my boy!' (or something like that) 'If you're a brave boy and don't cry, I'll send you a cricket bat when I get home.'
Grandpa was a brave boy and didn't cry and sure enough, Dr Grace was as good as his word and sent him a lovely cricket bat, signed by him, and with a silver plaque engraved 'Presented to Herbert W*** by Dr W. G. Grace'.
It was inherited by my father and when I was a child it was my job to oil it every summer.
It's now been passed on to my brother.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And if he hadn't fallen into a ditch of stinging nettles it would never have happened
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
aym280 I am a member of a gun club working towards my firearms licence.
If people are waving rifles in their back garden it is against the law! You don't know wether they are air rifles or proper rifles, they are not allowed to wave any kind of firearm about outside even on private property, they are supposed to be in proper storage i.e a bag if outside or caninets if inside and they are only allowed to be used in a registered gun club or shoot - you need to report them to the police straight away if you see them doing that again. A garden is not a safe place to let off or wave around any kind of firearm as it could hit a neighbour and even air rifles can be dangerous to life.
Then sit back and laugh as the firearms squad raids their property and takes all their guns and them away. Trust me it happens all the time.
If asked you have no idea who rung the police.
So I'm thinking can anyone suggest a hedge that I can perhaps put in. To cover the unsightly fence.
Beech or hornbeam - you can clip that quite close so that it's narrow and you don't lose too much of your garden - and if you clip it close at the right time of year (August) it will keep it's autumn leaves through the winter - thus still hiding the fence in the winter months.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=83
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.