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Uncle Marvo · 15-09-2006, 01:00 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In reply to Janet Baraclough ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

The message
from Serene Blue contains
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Hi all,
After the umpteenth burglary at "casa bleu", I need to resort to some
stiff security steps.

Rosa rugosa (large shrub not climber) is fast, tall, tough, thorny,
good wildlife habitat and recovers well from being damaged. You might
also consider some of the berberis family, similar attributes

Hawthorn has hard thorns on older stems but young ones are very soft
and whippy. It will take longer than the above to make an appreciable
barrier (or painful yooftrapper).

Have you considered applying wet-paint somewhere out of your own
way,
on the garage roof? It never dries and intruders get well smeared.

If you want to be really serious, broken glass and nails scattered around
under the hadge tends to deter most amateurs. If it is professionals you
want to keep out, get land mines, a rottweiler, and a gnu. Pikeys will nick
anything from anyone anytime. So don't leave a caravan lying around :-)