On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:03:11 -0000, "Martin Sykes"
wrote:



"Swoop" wrote in message
.. .
Hi

I will hopefully soon be moving to a new house with nice south facing
views from the rear garden. Outside the boundary the ground slopes
seeply down a 10 ft bank to a public footpath below. For some reason
the builders have placed the boundary fence approx. 3 feet back from
the start of the slope, so I have thoughts of secretly planting some
shrubs along this 3ft strip ouside my boundary fence,

a. To secretly extend my garden.
b. To discourage any intruders from the footpath climbing the slope.

However I don't want it to look too obvious that I have planted them
there or want them to grow too high to obstruct the view.


Any suggestions ?.

TIA

Swoop

They've probable put the fence there to stop it just falling down the slope
in a few years time. It's also given you easy access if you want to
paint/treat the other side with preservative.

Anyway, how about blackberries? You can eat them and an intruder would have
to be very persistent to scramble up a 10 ft bank of brambles. Anything
woody will just give them something easy to hold on to on their way up.

Good idear, but I don't fancy looking at a rats nest of tangled
undergrowth, on the other hand I suppose I could plant shrubs behind
the fence then chuck a few handfulls of blackberries down the sloping
part.

Swoop