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"Steve Turner" writes:
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| I measured it more accurately when I went out watering the plants and it's
| about 4 or 5 feet to the trees and 6 to a couple of peonies (paeonies?) and
| a hebe. I had a feeling the roots didn't run far because I don't rememeber
| every finding one when digging.

You can dig between them - if you shove a spade down 12-18", then
you will have cut most of the privet's roots. I do that at the
edge of my vegetable garden (4' from an 8' high privet hedge).
It helps.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.