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what to use for 138 ft boundary between neighbours both sides?hedge or fence.
Hi All , I have just moved in to my new home which has a 225 ft long by 21ft
wide garden.At the house end there is a 87 ft long conifer hedge( nicely clipped) on the left side & a 87 ft long fence on the right, leaving 138 ft long of open garden between neighbours, which the neighbours kids like to play football & cross over my garden.Can anyone suggest what they would use for the boundary.Fencing ? close board or picket? or plant hedging? what to use for hedging,I wouldn't want anything that would grow to large/wide & take up all the goodness from the soil/take all the light.My garden is just off south facing, the neighbour told me they get westly winds in winter,the end of the garden backs on to farm land so it is quite a open aspect. Any suggestions? -- Thanks Keith,UK. |
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what to use for 138 ft boundary between neighbours both sides?hedge or fence.
Hi. I would put up a wire fence and then build an asparagus bed along my
side of the fence. You could also plant several grape vines there. A garlic bed is another possibility. That way you will realize some fresh produce from yhour investment. Dwayne "kenty ;-)" wrote in message s.com... Hi All , I have just moved in to my new home which has a 225 ft long by 21ft wide garden.At the house end there is a 87 ft long conifer hedge( nicely clipped) on the left side & a 87 ft long fence on the right, leaving 138 ft long of open garden between neighbours, which the neighbours kids like to play football & cross over my garden.Can anyone suggest what they would use for the boundary.Fencing ? close board or picket? or plant hedging? what to use for hedging,I wouldn't want anything that would grow to large/wide & take up all the goodness from the soil/take all the light.My garden is just off south facing, the neighbour told me they get westly winds in winter,the end of the garden backs on to farm land so it is quite a open aspect. Any suggestions? -- Thanks Keith,UK. |
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what to use for 138 ft boundary between neighbours both sides?hedge or fence.
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:22:04 GMT, kenty ;-) wrote:
Hi All , I have just moved in to my new home which has a 225 ft long by 21ft wide garden.At the house end there is a 87 ft long conifer hedge( nicely clipped) on the left side & a 87 ft long fence on the right, leaving 138 ft long of open garden between neighbours, which the neighbours kids like to play football & cross over my garden.Can anyone suggest what they would use for the boundary.Fencing ? close board or picket? or plant hedging? Let me offer my usual contrarian advice and suggest that you completely reconsider your plans. Maybe, just maybe, having the kids playing across the three gardens is a price worth paying for the sense of spaciousness you get in the absence of boundary hedges/fences. Indeed, since you "just moved in", I urge you to try to live with the situation for a season and see if it's really as bad as you think it is. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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what to use for 138 ft boundary between neighbours both sides?hedge or fence.
"nambucca" wrote in message
... why not have a mixed hedge Try looking up 'tapestry hedge' for ideas. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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what to use for 138 ft boundary between neighbours both sides?hedge or fence.
"kenty ;-)" wrote in message s.com... Hi All , I have just moved in to my new home which has a 225 ft long by 21ft wide garden.At the house end there is a 87 ft long conifer hedge( nicely clipped) on the left side & a 87 ft long fence on the right, leaving 138 ft long of open garden between neighbours, which the neighbours kids like to play football & cross over my garden.Can anyone suggest what they would use for the boundary.Fencing ? close board or picket? or plant hedging? what to use for hedging,I wouldn't want anything that would grow to large/wide & take up all the goodness from the soil/take all the light.My garden is just off south facing, the neighbour told me they get westly winds in winter,the end of the garden backs on to farm land so it is quite a open aspect. Any suggestions? -- Thanks Keith,UK. Neatly clipped or not the conifer hedge will strip the soil of everything Pyracantha looks great thru the winter with berries on and bright green right now Escallonia has lovely pink flowers Variegated Eleagnus look lovely especially when the sun cathes it Viburnums come in many varieties All the above are easily controlled and not garden thugs why not have a mixed hedge |
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