to tell neighbours to wash their DCs hands because

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The stone gravel from my flower beds that are part of my drive that their children were throwing around were covered in chickken shit and round up.
The DC are small under 3 and the 2 Mums just stood chating on my drive They did not know I was at home because my car was in the parking bay as I was killing weeds on the drive with vinegar not round up
They were cross that I might have harmed their DC and that the prickles on the rose bush hurt a DC when he tried to pick it, Why do they think I planted the rose bush Yes I am evil

Chicken even

You might have harmed their DC because they were throwing around gravel on your property?? Seriously?

YANBU, they are trespassing.

You are also not evil. Plant whatever you like in your own garden!

Yanbu, if they weren't in your garden then they wouldn't get pricked. Point that out to the mother.

yes apparently jDC can play anywhere and webarebthe only obes with gravel, I am a mean Mummy my DC can play in our garden or the park unless invited by a parent into another garden,
My Mu gets a discount in a garden centre so I am off to buy holly and more prickly roses tomorrow

am on ph sorry for the spelling I need to calm down I hate being the mean neighbour

YABVU

You need to plant...

Berberis
Gorse

There is no such thing as 'trespass' in English legislation. There is in Scots but not English. it is common law.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespass_in_English_law#Trespass_to_land

Tks Cereal,berberis is described as a weed so I bet I could grow that

I have order some carpet roses as well as some tall ones

You need some swearing gnomes, barbed wire and possibly a sniper on the roof.

The cheeky bastards!

Frank I am in Irl but I bet the gardai would not evict small DC for tresspass their had cuffs are too big and they don't carry car seats for transportation

Patrick DP is a snipervand medic in the army, he hates confrontation he also hate the DC coming in throwing stones so I might convince him to go up onto the roof with a water gun or he can order a private to do it
Ok I am off to google gmnomes

It's just common decency not to stand on your neighbours property, regardless whether they're home or not. Wrecking your garden by kicking your gravel is really rude. I'm surprised they didn't apologise. Are they usually so ill mannered?

FrankSaysNo

You are talking nonsense, of course there is the tort of trespass, both to land and to the person.

Unfortunately, OP does have a duty of care to trespassers under the Occupiers Liabilities Act(s), so better be careful that the little horrors haven't suffered any actual harm.

Get some chocolate covered coffee beans. Every time they come over, give them some. Give them some free chicks or cute baby animals. Enough times of having to pry candy, and baby animals out of her children's hands, she'll make sure they stay away from you.

Make her the bad guy, not you.

Zen, kicking stones oh no if only,they use pedal tractor and digger I guess that is the attraction of the stones, TBH I only know them to say hello, My DC are not their age group
Steely I promise not to harm the DC --the garden is kept safe for my DC.
Happy, baby fluffy chicks would do the job, I might get some and then pass them onto my DSis when they are not so cute and fluffy and the Mums hand them back

The mums let their children dig up your gravel with tractors & diggers???

Lol at the mum getting upset about a rose bush.

Next stop - Venus fly trap. Triffid. Sundew. You need an arsenal of inappropriate carnivorous angry plants.

Have you a fence in the front where you could plant a climbing rose? No? an obelisk perhaps?

American Pillar is beautiful and has lots of really huge fuck off thorns

You could get one of those motion activated water sprayers for 'animals' on your property...

Witch, no fence but could I grow them along bamboo and stringI just pulled all my peas/beans so have both-
MrsT no water motion we r getting water meters in Irl I am on water conservation and have 3 butts to water the garden but cannot waste it on DC

Trim your rose bush and accidentally chop all the kids hair off.

Bamboo & string prob not strong enough

You can get hedging roses with big thorns

Put some cat poo down. Guarantee when they dig that up their dms will stop them playing there. I have six cats and could post some down to you. Is there any duty in cat poo?

I'm with Patrick.

Failing gnomes, get some of those Weeping Agnel things then invite them in for a Dr Who day. They'll never leave the house again.