"0tterbot" wrote in message
"PD" wrote in message

OK, maybe a slightly odd question, but here goes:
Our new neighbours sit at the front of their house smoking at all hours
of the day and night. Due to the lay of the land, the smell fills our
front yard, and if we have our front door open, it fills the house as
well.

We have a strip of garden between our driveway and our joint fence which
is in dire need of attention - so now I'm wondering if there's anything I
can plant that would help to filter the air between our place and theirs.
Or be sufficiently (pleasantly) fragranced itself year-round that it
might overpower the smoke pong. Any ideas anyone? The strip of garden
is only about 2ft wide, and I don't want anything that's going to end up
scratching the car every time we drive in and out (had that problem for
many years, and a badly damaged car as a result!).

Thanks in advance,
Penny
(in Beecroft, Sydney)

i have that problem myself with my septic tank occasionally having an
explosion of pong!!

I have a dead chook in the compost heap at the moment and it stinks
something chronic. I should have buried it better but then I thought the
maggots would do a much quicker job on it than they are so far doing. They
seem to manage to get rid of roos much faster thant his chook. Can't
understand it given the size difference.

I've been walking past it for days and remembering that I read in the
"Body Farm" book about an experiment they did on how close people had to be
before they smelled corpses. It was very, very close. dont' think I
believe that experiement anymore.

Try a dead chook. You'll enjoy the tobacco after that and your neighbours
won't want to use their verandah at all any more.