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How do I protect a hedge from the local kids?
On Tue, 9 May 2006 15:02:22 +0100, Scotty22 wrote
(in message ): Grow some bramble bushes inside the bush your trying to protect, and enjoy the benefits of rasberries/blackberries and protection for your bush. Just keep in under control These are very nasty things if you collide with one unexpectedly! I recently had to deal with a very tenacious yet totally dead and dried out bramble branch that had been this way for some time- I got caught uip in it before I realised what it was. These do not need to be alive to be nasty- the thorns seem to work perfectly for a long time afterwards- probably until the whole thing eventually rots and falls apart- which could take a long time. The drying out means a dead branch gets a lot thinner and less dangerous-looking, but it stays quite strong and stringy nevertheless. If someone put something like this inside the front of a hedge, the hooking action of the thorns means they would probably stay in place for a while- and if it ever arises one could claim somebody must have put them there. I'm wondering about this whole area myself as I have a young rose hedge and may need to consider a fence to go in front of that. It has belatedly occurred to me that some totally innocent little kid could get pushed into it, and that bothers me. -- VX (remove alcohol for email) |
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