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Wanted: Deadly, Thorny Shrub
.....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop
their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
... ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. Shame about the snow. I was going to recommend several large variegated Agave but I don't know if they'll handle snow for 3 months. How about barbed wire on some bamboo poles? |
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"Ricky" wrote in message ... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. Shame about the snow. I was going to recommend several large variegated Agave but I don't know if they'll handle snow for 3 months. How about barbed wire on some bamboo poles? Barbed wire might appear to have been installed with the goal of intentionally injuring the dogs. snicker |
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"Doug Kanter" asked about:
something to stop filthy beasts... I don't know where this idea came from... A small battery operated fan attached to a motion sensor that is attached to a small contraption of cheyenne and black pepper. If the spritz doesn't shoot up too high, I'm thinking along the lines that ONLY the dog will get whiff of it and thus if it's hidden well enough, people won't be apt to steal it. Or even better yet, get some oil of mating for dogs and put it on something off your property where you can get odd pictures of dogs and neighbors... if there's a remote controlled spritzing device you can spritz the legs of the neighbors... Hmm. I bet such an item would sell and could be patented. -- Jim Carlock Post replies to newsgroup. |
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Doug Kanter wrote:
....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. What about Pyrocantha |
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"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. What about Pyrocantha Thanks for the tip. Looks like an attractive plant, too. |
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Doug Kanter wrote:
....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. The dogs aren't deciding where to stop. Mutilate the owners. |
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"Chelsea Christenson" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. The dogs aren't deciding where to stop. Mutilate the owners. Great idea, but unfortunately, I'm not always around to greet the assholes. I'm home today, though, and saw something unbelievable. A slimeball was walking her dog. She began with the usual routine - letting her dog investigate the edge of my neighbor's lawn where it meets the street. Then, she wandered RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE of a 50' deep lawn, let the dog crap, and cleaned it up. Where the hell do some dog owners get the idea that this sort of thing is acceptable??? |
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Doug Kanter wrote:
....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. Gorse, common hawthorn, or sloe would do it. Also probably some of the hedge roses, or bois d' arc if you prune it into a shrub form. I'm not sure if honey locust can be grown as a shrub. Best regards, Bob |
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"paghat" wrote in message news In article , wrote: Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. What about Pyrocantha I'd think that'd be the best choice. A very pretty "wall" could be grown of mixed shrubbs starting with pyrocantha as about the biggest thing. There are hundreds of varieties of hawthorns, some have three to five inch spikes, most of which would do very well in places with very cold winters & lots of snow. Barberry bushes & rugosa roses are good intermediate-sized impenetrable shrubs, euphorbia crown-of-thorns for something shorter, & vicious groundcovers like some creeping rubra species, or smilex/greenbriar, or dwarf crimson barberry. A natural barrier of spiky plants could be very beautiful, flowery, & winter-berried for year-round color, though one would require enough room in one's yard to steer pretty clear of it while relaxing, & buy some gardening armor come pruning time. Rugosa! I lived with a 20' row of those for as many years and loved them. I keep forgetting. The spot in question is about 50' from the house, on a street corner. There's a street sign, and the town could, in theory, say they need access to it regularly, but I wasn't planning on consulting with them. Anyway...to narrow the choices a bit: I used to have a monster of a barberry next to my garage. It was 8 feet high and 5 feet wide. If I needed to paint, or clean the gutters, I used to squeeze the barberry into a smaller "form" temporarily by wrapping it in Romex - the wire you find running through the walls of most houses. If the town ever needed to do whatever towns do to street signs (like assign 5 guys at $45 per hour to wax it), I'd need a plant rugged enough to be imprisoned and squeezed like I did with the barberry. |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Chelsea Christenson" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. The dogs aren't deciding where to stop. Mutilate the owners. Great idea, but unfortunately, I'm not always around to greet the assholes. I'm home today, though, and saw something unbelievable. A slimeball was walking her dog. She began with the usual routine - letting her dog investigate the edge of my neighbor's lawn where it meets the street. Then, she wandered RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE of a 50' deep lawn, let the dog crap, and cleaned it up. Where the hell do some dog owners get the idea that this sort of thing is acceptable??? At least she cleaned up after her dog. Most would not have. Home owners, if caught, should receive heavy fines for allowing their dogs to use the neighborhood as a toilet. Apartment buildings that permit tenants to have dogs should be required by law to have a fenced in area where dogs must be walked. |
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"Hound Dog" wrote in message ... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Chelsea Christenson" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. The dogs aren't deciding where to stop. Mutilate the owners. Great idea, but unfortunately, I'm not always around to greet the assholes. I'm home today, though, and saw something unbelievable. A slimeball was walking her dog. She began with the usual routine - letting her dog investigate the edge of my neighbor's lawn where it meets the street. Then, she wandered RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE of a 50' deep lawn, let the dog crap, and cleaned it up. Where the hell do some dog owners get the idea that this sort of thing is acceptable??? At least she cleaned up after her dog. Most would not have. Yeah...but the middle of the damned lawn? Hey....why not just come right into the house? Home owners, if caught, should receive heavy fines for allowing their dogs to use the neighborhood as a toilet. Apartment buildings that permit tenants to have dogs should be required by law to have a fenced in area where dogs must be walked. |
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zxcvbob wrote in message ...
Doug Kanter wrote: ....to plant this spring in a spot where disgusting dog owners like to stop their filthy beasts on my property. Shrub must be capable of inflicting enough damage to send the dog to the vet. I'm thinking of barberry. Open to suggestions for other shrub options. The planting spot receives sun for about 2/3 of the day, and will be buried in snow for 3 months out of the year. Gorse, common hawthorn, or sloe would do it. Also probably some of the hedge roses, or bois d' arc if you prune it into a shrub form. I'm not sure if honey locust can be grown as a shrub. Best regards, Bob Watch out for gorse, it can become a major pest. It's officially a noxious weed in many places. Barberry and pyracantha are both good. Pick a fireblight-resistant pyracantha. If minor cruelty to animals doesn't disturb you, birds pigging out and getting drunk on pyracantha berries can be amusing. -- Chris Green |
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