In article , Kay Easton
writes

Not all hedges constitute a fence (or offence)

and it still refers to evergreen or partly evergreen.




Thank goodness!
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Kay Easton
writes

Not all hedges constitute a fence (or offence)

and it still refers to evergreen or partly evergreen.




Thank goodness!

Why so?
A nuisance hedge is a nuisance hedge.
Whether it be privet or hawthorn.
It's time we stopped talking of nuisance hedging
- rather its nuisance owners!

--
ned

In article , ned
writes

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Kay Easton
writes

Not all hedges constitute a fence (or offence)

and it still refers to evergreen or partly evergreen.




Thank goodness!


Because 8 foot is not too high a hedge when your garden is 200 foot long
and about 60 or 70 foot wide. Hawthorn would look terrible cut very low,
there's' not enough height for the beds to sit up out of the way of
predatory cats and the wind effect would be affected across the garden.
Besides I cut my hedge twice a year on both sides and it doesn't cause
shade to anyone.

I resent the implication that I am a nuisance neighbour!

janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Janet Tweedy
writes

Hawthorn would look terrible cut very low, there's' not enough height
for the beds to sit up out of the way of predatory cats

Hmmm my spell checker! I meant birds of course!


Janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , ned
writes

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Kay Easton
writes

Not all hedges constitute a fence (or offence)

and it still refers to evergreen or partly evergreen.




Thank goodness!


Because 8 foot is not too high a hedge when your garden is 200 foot
long

Not sure I follow that reasoning. If a neighbour considers 8ft a
nuisance then, to him/her, it is a nuisance - no matter how long it
is, or how practical you think it is.

............. Hawthorn would look terrible cut very low,

Oh, I do agree. We have a local hawthorn 'hedge' cut to 2ft high which
performs no useful function other than to delineate a field boundary.
It does look terrible and it gets shorn every year.


I resent the implication that I am a nuisance neighbour!

Heaven forbid that you should draw that implication. Only your
neighbour can decide whether your actions constitute a nuisance. I
have an 8ft hedge which my neighbour and I mutually and amicably care
for.

--
ned

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from Janet Tweedy contains these words:

Because 8 foot is not too high a hedge when your garden is 200 foot long
and about 60 or 70 foot wide. Hawthorn would look terrible cut very low,
there's' not enough height for the beds to sit up out of the way of
predatory cats and the wind effect would be affected across the garden.
Besides I cut my hedge twice a year on both sides and it doesn't cause
shade to anyone.

My neighbours' nuisance cats usually leave the beds alone, but perform
just where I step out of the car.....

I resent the implication that I am a nuisance neighbour!

Why? Adds spice to life innit.

--
Rusty Hinge
horrid·squeak&zetnet·co·uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

In article , ned
writes

Because 8 foot is not too high a hedge when your garden is 200 foot
long

Not sure I follow that reasoning. If a neighbour considers 8ft a
nuisance then, to him/her, it is a nuisance - no matter how long it
is, or how practical you think it is.

Actually I then added 60 foot wide or so which means it won't cast shade
right across the garden, nor obliterate the views at 8 foot. The garden
would have to be considerably smaller for 8 foot to be intrusive,


I resent the implication that I am a nuisance neighbour!

Heaven forbid that you should draw that implication. Only your
neighbour can decide whether your actions constitute a nuisance. I
have an 8ft hedge which my neighbour and I mutually and amicably care
for.



Haven't got neighbours ................Well I have two very large
detached houses either side but they are both still owned by the company
that built them in 1935 and the original tenants both moved out due to
age, about four years ago. So the company short term lets for 2,000
pounds a month!

Hence they don't bother with the gardens and the bottom half of one is
so wild I had to go in with heavy duty pruning equipment to clear a path
so I could trim back the hedge on their side!

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:38:57 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

Haven't got neighbours ................Well I have two very large
detached houses either side but they are both still owned by the company
that built them in 1935 and the original tenants both moved out due to
age, about four years ago. So the company short term lets for 2,000
pounds a month!

Hence they don't bother with the gardens and the bottom half of one is
so wild I had to go in with heavy duty pruning equipment to clear a path
so I could trim back the hedge on their side!

I guess you could invoke the law that protects hedges. :-)
--
Martin

In article ,
(ned) wrote:

If a neighbour considers 8ft a
nuisance then, to him/her, it is a nuisance - no matter how long it
is, or how practical you think it is.

I had a neighbour 4 doors away who complained about the seed from my
Asters and other plants floating over and seeding in her place. She
would doubtless want them included in the law. (She was from a country
with a reputation for being orderly!)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

In article , martin
writes

Hence they don't bother with the gardens and the bottom half of one is
so wild I had to go in with heavy duty pruning equipment to clear a path
so I could trim back the hedge on their side!

I guess you could invoke the law that protects hedges. :-)

Well they get wider not taller and turn into trees which means that the
hedges get thinner at the bottom. I've done enough thinning back to
last a couple of years now so all should be well.
Have to do it as I don't want my dogs annoying the tenants.

Janet

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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In article ,
(ned) wrote:

If a neighbour considers 8ft a
nuisance then, to him/her, it is a nuisance - no matter how long it
is, or how practical you think it is.

I had a neighbour 4 doors away who complained about the seed from my
Asters and other plants floating over and seeding in her place.

Charge her for the use of your seeds.

Franz