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Ye olde Probleme of Screening from Neighboursee!
Tingly
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Help!
heres my persistant problem since having to cut all my border trees down because of damaging roots. I need to find a better way to screen off neighbours back door than with plastic trellis. However these are the following conditions-
60 metre garden, soil heavy clay, me -more or less disabled,border-right near neighbours door so any plants have to be in a pot, border north facing
as i am confined to barracks I cant help but obsesss over this for several hours a day!
have got a privit in a 50l tub in the middle in the hope that it will grow like the one in the bottom right hand corner- i think i'll be gone long before its grown to the right height though!
has anyone got any cheap and easy solutions- all ideas welcome
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Hi Pansy-its actually visible all the time from my living room/ kitchen/bedroom etc
I think you might be right about moving!
thanks
Plant your shrubsd away from the border and just have grasson the far side, then no problem with roots
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks all for the ideas. Thats a good idea- was hoping i could solve it with one magic tree in a bucket but it looks like thats not possible.
Trees in buckets are a lot of trouble Tingly, Once in the ground they look after themselves, as long as you don't choose fussy, fancy ones
In the sticks near Peterborough
I see, - never done it before ao didnt realize
Or a woman ....
In this house I'm the digger ... my husband is 6' 5" and complains that all the forks / spades are too short!
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I'm "only" 6ft tall and I have trouble with spades /forks.
Why are long handled version sooooooooooooooooooo much more expensive.
When was the last time manufacturers did some research into the average height/ tool length requirements ?
I'm sure forks and spades have been the same length for over 100 years, but average height has increased.
I'm 5 ft 2 --- but i do have a husband who can be a complete tool!
I'm not sure what your problem is as you seem to have a good length of lawn for planting.
Apparently (which means I probably heard it on QI) the reason our tools have short handles (no sniggering at the back please) is so they could be used down the mines. My OH in Belgium can only buy them with long handles.