Neighbours’ hedge over growing into my OH’s garden.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

As the title says, my OH’s neighbours planted a thorny hedge a few years ago in their front garden and it encroaches on her driveway. There is a standard Woden fence separating each of the houses in the terrace

The driveway is narrow enough as it is and it makes it very hard to reverse up the driveway without the briars scraping the car.

They never once offer to cut it. I always have to (or my OH does).

I’m sick of doing it. Last time I cut it I simply threw all of the clippings over (three big black bin liners, I emptied them out of the bin liners so I could reuse them for ourselves) and show them what it’s like to clean up someone else’s mess.

Why can’t the lazy arseholes cut their own hedge on my side? They planted it.

kbell

Spray it with weed killer.
It’ll be dead in a week.

DontThankMe

Blast it with piss! Should kill it faster than any weed killer!

Gerrup Outta Dat!

kbell wrote: »

Spray it with weed killer.
It’ll be dead in a week.

I was thinking of emptying a can of diesel onto the roots. I don’t want any neighbourhood cats lapping it up though (apparently diesel tastes sweet to them).

Sephiroth_dude

Sounds like the knob neighbour that lives behind us, fecking ivy and over grown trees/bushes growing over the from there side never once did they cut it until last year and there was ivy and branches all over the garden then thanks too them, they never offered too pick it up the knobs! :mad:

Wheety

Have you ever asked them to cut it on your side?

Taxburden carrier

Before you start WW3 .... Have you tried speaking with them?

K.Flyer

Non after H.R.'s answer
Go hire a petrol hedge trimmer and rip it back to in line flush with the fence.
Now the A.H. bit..
And throw all the cuttings back into their garden.

splinter65

Nothing can be done about it except to continue cutting it dnd throwing back over the cuttings.
This kind of thing is a problem all over the world.
Don’t be tempted to get up to any weed killer shenanigans it will just backfire on you.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

Taxburden carrier wrote: »

Before you start WW3 .... Have you tried speaking with them?

Wheety wrote: »

Have you ever asked them to cut it on your side?

Yes, but they always have an excuse.

pjohnson

Flamethrower the neighbours only long term solution.

Hande hoche!

The neighbours are probably swingers.

jamesbere

Shoot them and be done with it

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Set the bush on fire tomorrow night and if the neighbours start asking questions, blame it on a stray firework. Job done.
Or alternatively blame devine intervention or Moses.

JMNolan

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

As the title says, my OH’s neighbours planted a thorny hedge a few years ago in their front garden and it encroaches on her driveway. There is a standard Woden fence separating each of the houses in the terrace

The driveway is narrow enough as it is and it makes it very hard to reverse up the driveway without the briars scraping the car.

They never once offer to cut it. I always have to (or my OH does).

I’m sick of doing it. Last time I cut it I simply threw all of the clippings over (three big black bin liners, I emptied them out of the bin liners so I could reuse them for ourselves) and show them what it’s like to clean up someone else’s mess.

Why can’t the lazy arseholes cut their own hedge on my side? They planted it.

If it's on your side then it is 100% your responsibility. That is the law.

fryup

OP

i agree and don't agree

...if the hedge is overgrowing on your side then you have every right to cut it and return the clippings on theirs ...but don't expect them to come over to your side and start cutting, that wouldn't be expected

server down

JMNolan wrote: »

If it's on your side then it is 100% your responsibility. That is the law.

That’s what I would have thought.

The_Valeyard

I would have thought you can clip and cut anything that goes on your side, but dont expect a neighbour to do it for you?

Gerrup Outta Dat!

JMNolan wrote: »

If it's on your side then it is 100% your responsibility. That is the law.

They planted it. The roots are on their side.

JMNolan

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

They planted it. The roots are on their side.

Doesn't matter.

jackboy

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

They planted it. The roots are on their side.

Cut it back hard once a year. That should be sufficient.

RayM

Send them a bullet in the post.

Squatman

For them to cut it on your side means that they have to enter your property. And you would be responsible for them. Conversely, for them to enter your property they would need your permission, otherwise they would be trespassing

Feckoffcup

Machine gun em

kylith

Be careful you don't accidentally spill a load of salt on it when you're de-icing your OH's driveway this winter.

Car99

Build a wall 10ft high wall on your side , the briars won't be scratching your car then. Does the hedge bother your other half or just you when you visit?

The_Valeyard

RayM wrote: »

Send them a bullet in the post.

Typical communists. Just one more death and you'd have your utopia.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Nothing worse than an overgrown bush, imo.

In fairness, if you want to let your bush grow, you have to take responsibility for trimming it also. I mean, it just looks so unkempt in an otherwise tame and manicured setting.

Also it is important to let a small strip of bush grow, just for the aesthetics and a haven for any wildlife that may on occasion with to visit the area.

Now, OP, if this was your OHs bush, I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate your neighbour calling round whilst you were out and offering to trim her bush for you even if you had allowed it to overgrow in the first place.

Nothing for it, OP, except get outside as soon as the neighbour is absent and trim their bush. And then deposit the trimmings in their garden for best results.

Again I would recommend leaving a small untrimmed strip but that is a personal preference and is in no way a recommendation from Boards or its Mods on how one should or should not manage the ladys garden.

MonkieSocks

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Typical communists. Just one more death and you'd have your utopia.

The Goddamn Utopians Got Nothin' To Do With It!

gramar

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

As the title says, my OH’s neighbours planted a thorny hedge a few years ago in their front garden and it encroaches on her driveway. There is a standard Woden fence separating each of the houses in the terrace

The driveway is narrow enough as it is and it makes it very hard to reverse up the driveway without the briars scraping the car.

They never once offer to cut it. I always have to (or my OH does).

I’m sick of doing it. Last time I cut it I simply threw all of the clippings over (three big black bin liners, I emptied them out of the bin liners so I could reuse them for ourselves) and show them what it’s like to clean up someone else’s mess.

Why can’t the lazy arseholes cut their own hedge on my side? They planted it.

How did the briars not rip the arse out of plastic bin liners? How could you get them in or out of the bag wihtout making bits of it? A few things there don't add up OP.

Zebra3

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

I was thinking of emptying a can of diesel onto the roots. I don’t want any neighbourhood cats lapping it up though (apparently diesel tastes sweet to them).

Cats are scum.

Go for it.

OldMrBrennan83

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Melodeon

MonkieSocks wrote: »

The Goddamn Utopians Got Nothin' To Do With It!

That is not germane to this situation.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

I was thinking of emptying a can of diesel onto the roots. I don’t want any neighbourhood cats lapping it up though (apparently diesel tastes sweet to them).

It's going to leave the entrance to the OH's looking like crap.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Kori Black Nitrate wrote: »

It's going to leave the entrance to the OH's looking like crap.

In fairness, bushes in the 70s were left go wild as the natural look was in fashion. As soon as you neared the entrance, which was so overgrown it was difficult to find, you would have to do lots of rooting around before you could even have an idea where the entrance was. Only the owner could gain access to the front door and that would be after lots of fiddling at the front gate and access was basically limited to the owner. Wild and prickly was definitely compulsory.

Fashions changed dramatically in the noughties when all was trimmed back to the base and every one passing could see right up to the front door and access wasn't limited to just one person, everyone was able to access the front door and ring the bell as much as they wanted.

With the crash, many people didn't have much money to pay for gardening so the wildness returned ahain but seemingly, with the pickup in the economy, more funding is available for gardening again.

OP, perhaps you and your OH should discuss exactly what you require as regards topiary and discuss this with your neighbours. You might be as well to discuss this with your neighbours wife while your OH attends to your neighbour on each side of the fence and maybe each should do some clipping until a consensus has been reached as to what suits you both.

Do let us know how your discussions went as I may be a bit behind the times as regards current topiary fashions and would appreciate an update on what's current.

Hande hoche!

Patww79 wrote: »

If you're using diesel, drill a big hole down into the butt of it and pour the diesel down that.

Heard copper nails do the job well too.

Conall Cernach

I can't believe people are advocating killing the plant just because the OP is too lazy to trim it. Honestly if my neighbour did something like that to one of my plants things would escalate quickly. It should also be worth noting that if you do anything to damage something growing on a neighbours property you are legally liable for the damage.

Water John

Rules are, you firstly tell your neighbour, you wish to have the hedge trimmed as it is interfering into your drive. The neighbour can volunteer to do the cutting himself or tell you, you can cut it. If he does neither, you can cut it back on your side but should offer the cuttings to the neighbour.

Fr_Dougal

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

I was thinking of emptying a can of diesel onto the roots. I don’t want any neighbourhood cats lapping it up though (apparently diesel tastes sweet to them).

Put a drop of lemon in the diesel.

Capt'n Midnight

It would be a shame if a stray firework landed on it ?



Or lots and lots of fertilizer so it grows mad into their garden so when you trim your side it overbalances and falls crashing into their house trapping them underground until they evolve into mole people.



Of course if a stray firework landed in the fertilizer the resulting explosion would probably take out both houses.

philstar

Water John wrote: »

Rules are, you firstly tell your neighbour, you wish to have the hedge trimmed as it is interfering into your drive. The neighbour can volunteer to do the cutting himself or tell you, you can cut it. If he does neither, you can cut it back on your side but should offer the cuttings to the neighbour.

and what if the neighbour doesn't accept the cuttings? can you just leave them on his/her side anyway?

Water John

I did say, offer. If he doesn't take up the offer, you dispose of them. Throwing them into his garden, is not an option.

Dravokivich

I had that issue once before. I just cut where it came over. No big deal.