On 13/03/2014 11:55, charles wrote:
In article , Andrew Gabriel
wrote:
In article , mogga
writes:
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:47:56 +0000, Bill
wrote:

In message , P Bentley
writes
We are needing a long stretch of fencing around our allotment. But we
really need to keep the cost down as much as possible.

It does not have to look pretty, but must be *difficult* to climb, as
we have had a number of thefts on the allotment. We are not allowed to
use any barbed-wire.

Any suggestions as to what good inexpensive fencing is available with
the above requirements, we would be grateful for. Thanks.


Having seen many of the contributions about fencing, you may find a
moat would be a better bet. A water filled stagnant ditch edged with
brambles would be a good deterrent.

We have easy to climb fencing at one corner. The other side is higher
than ours. A couple of barrows of manure makes a nice squidgy landing
for anyone coming over there.

Was listening to an ex-burglar saying trellis along the top makes it much
harder, because it will break one way or another, and the noise attracts
attention, which is what they don't like.

when we got burgled some years ago, the noise of breaking glass and
splintering woodwork was considered by our nextdoor neighbour to be caused
by me cutting down a tree. This despite the facts that a) it was during
office hours and b) she was our local Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator.





That's appalling! I'm a neighbourhood watch coordinator and I would
never sit through that sort of noise without checking it out. Mind you,
we have just been given an award by the Met Police so we're obviously
doing something right. Neighbourhood Watch is about rather more than
putting up a sticker and snuggling back down into complacency.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay