Neighbours kids jumping over fence.

[LittleHollow1]

4 kids that live on that back of me have started to jump over my garden fence and next doors to get balls back. I have just watched them on next doors garden (getting a ball) but one them thought it was okay to have a bounce on the trampoline before going back. One boy kept throwing it over just so the other boy had to get it. Another thing the mother of kids has moved the trampoline right up to the fence so they sit on it staring in everyone's garden. What can I do? I'm dreading the school holidays. Tia

Someone is clearly having a bad day! Don't know if you've ever been on Mumsnet before, but threads asking for advice are kind of what it's for. You don't have to read them if they upset you this much.

A really deep layer of fresh manure. Watered regularly

it will stink to high heaven, but your plants will love it and the kids feet will be filthy.

pig manure is really really smelly.

Who's upset? These are neighbours, not savage tigers needing specialist approaches. Presumably OP is an adult, who knows how to form sentences ... I've advised her to just talk to the kids, their parents if that doesn't fix it for her, as that's a far simpler solution than installing trellises or the various anti-intruder stuff that's been mentioned.

If talking doesn't work, OP can take the physical deterrernt route, but why bother with doing all that, when a short, civil conversation might solve this for her?

lidls currently got solar powered animal repellant(like rodents\rabbits etc)i bought one for my veg patch a couple of yrs ago.My then 9yr old and his friend couldnt go in range of it -they complained of squealing in their ears

Intentionally injuring children is a dick move you fucking psychopath.

Honestly, I'd just throw them back. They're just kids and not really doing any harm. If you don't want them climbing over, just tell them to knock for it instead. Neighbours kids would do this to us, we always threw them all back. Now we have kids, they're doing it too.

I am lovely
. I just don't run a Ball Return Service...

Buy an air rifle...

I won't suggest a machine gun turret then.

Injuring cats? And birds?

Honestly, it would be the fact that they're deliberately throwing the balls over to give themselves an excuse to jump the fence that would annoy me.

I'd try and speak with the parents and see what they say. They may be completely unaware that their kids are deliberately throwing the balls over and going onto other people's property to collect it. See if that resolves it.

If not, it's time to make your fence unclimbable. Put a trellis up. Motion sensor sprinklers on your garden. Anti-vandal paint sounds good, too. The first time they get soaked/clothes ruined, they'll sharp learn not to go into that garden.

I think a number of posters are missing the point that they're putting the balls over on purpose and letting themselves into other people's property. This isn't acceptable and people are within their rights to not tolerate it. Accidentally putting the ball over is one thing-and asking for it back is fine-but not trespassing into other's gardens and doing it deliberately.

I strongly suspect parents will either tell you to do one or make some sort of half-hearted attempt to stop it for all of 4 minutes.

If that proves the case then they will need to be inconvenienced themselves. Anti vandal paint that gets on clothes is a good idea.

Some of the comments are a bit ott just put some trellis up OP issue gone x

Just to add after you have done this do not return the balls for a while ignore them then every few weeks throw them back over the kids will soon get the message and will avoid purposely doing it (Dont pop them) x