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Odour-filtering Plant suggestions anyone?
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) |
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PD wrote:
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) Fan palm. David |
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"PD" wrote in message
u... 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!! it has a big load of pampas grass on one side, which i have noticed helps a great deal (in that direction, depending on the wind...) so i feel any type of vegetative barrier seems to help quite a bit. what about star jasmine? it grows very well practically everywhere, & the flowers smell really lovely (if you are into those types of heady aromas), and you can keep it tied to it's lattice (or whatever you put up, it needs support) and can thus be kept tidy & pretty. if your support is quite tall, it will go up high. kylie |
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Report them to the EPA?
Put them in to the Quit campaign? http://www.quitnow.info.au/ You would also be helping their health... Or move... It may be damaging your health too... "0tterbot" wrote in message ... "PD" wrote in message u... 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!! it has a big load of pampas grass on one side, which i have noticed helps a great deal (in that direction, depending on the wind...) so i feel any type of vegetative barrier seems to help quite a bit. what about star jasmine? it grows very well practically everywhere, & the flowers smell really lovely (if you are into those types of heady aromas), and you can keep it tied to it's lattice (or whatever you put up, it needs support) and can thus be kept tidy & pretty. if your support is quite tall, it will go up high. kylie |
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"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. |
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Re Dead chook, I Like it, yeah, but will the smokers still have a sense of
smell at this point? Its obvious they have no sense! Damned drug addicts! "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message ... "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. |
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FarmI wrote:
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. Try a commercial chicken shed being cleaned out, tons of fresh manure and dozens of corpses. The blokes who work inside wear breathing apparatus. We used to be 300m from one and on really hot nights it was better to keep the windows closed and lose weight. David |
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On Jan 13, 5:23*pm, "PD" wrote:
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) Dear Penny In addition to all the other helpful comments (like moving house), I thought you might like to see this article on "third hand smoke" which was on some "news" site today. http://motherandbaby.com.au/ContentI...ContentID=1150 It seems as if some dangerous elements of smoke remain after the cigarette is put out. It occurs to me that your neighbours themselves are likely to be dangerous to your health if you get too close to them. I hope you come up with a solution. Cigarette smoke can be extremely penetrating, and masking it with other smells often does not even make a "cosmetic" difference. I did once think of moving house because of neighbours who constantly practiced playing heavy metal music until the early hours of the morning, and I imagine I would find smoke very taxing. Yours Norm |
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Odour-filtering Plant suggestions anyone?
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
... 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. do you think wombats decompose faster than feral pigs? because now that you mention the above, i reckon they might. decomposition is so very interesting! (which i suppose is why we are all here at alt.gardens ;-) kylie |
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Do dead composers decompose too?
"0tterbot" wrote in message ... "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message ... 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. do you think wombats decompose faster than feral pigs? because now that you mention the above, i reckon they might. decomposition is so very interesting! (which i suppose is why we are all here at alt.gardens ;-) kylie |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:56:53 +0000, Jonno wrote:
Do dead composers decompose too? Yep. |
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Odour-filtering Plant suggestions anyone?
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"PD" wrote: 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? A titan arum? http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1779480.htm -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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Odour-filtering Plant suggestions anyone?
"Chookie" wrote in
"PD" wrote: 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? A titan arum? LOL I wonder if a dead chook would be cheaper that a titan Arum? |
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:23:51 +1100, PD wrote:
so now I'm wondering if there's anything I can plant that would help to filter the air between our place and theirs. Nope. if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction, you're going to get stunk out. About the only think that would make senses is a very tall trellis/frame which you grow a pongy vine over, but that will only work when the vine is in flower. We are in a similar situation with the neighbour next door, although, since his melanoma returned, he has stopped. |
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