Janet,
I can understand that you will reluctantly pay to have them cut, but why
cart all the branches away? After all they are legally the property of the
trees' owner. Why not just push the branches over onto their garden and
leave the neighbours to cart them away? That way they will realise what a
pain it is to keep them.

Arthur


On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:38:42 +0100, Janet Sanderson
wrote:

www.walnutcottage.net/leylands.htm

Sorry to go on about them, but mine look such a mess at the moment. I
am just having them trimmed (another bug bear, why do I have to pay
about £200 every 4 years for my neighbours trees to be trimmed? and I
am nackered from trying to cart all the branches down the garden in
this heat!)

I have noticed that after the tops are cut off, the side branches rise
upwards and form the growing point.

Can I put some kind of ring round these branches to stop them growing
up again?

Any other suggestions very welcome
Thanks
Janet

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