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Neighbours growing plants on fence

59 replies

Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 21:40

It's their fence, its broken and rotten so they are trying to hide it. Looks awful our side, we would just replace it and pay if they can't afford to but there plants are just going to wreck that too. Anything we can do we have spoken with them.

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Whateveritsallmadnow · 30/04/2025 22:39

Yes it is just a matter of time before it falls, just also know law about not having to have fence so would probably just end up open with more growing through. Really does annoy me, let's just all think of others.

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EveInEden · 30/04/2025 22:50

Is battling weeds part of owning a garden? We battle brambles, ground elder, bindweed, sticky weed, nettles, dandelions, moss because we plated a garden with soil and flora and fauna does it thing, and these thing appear. Ground elder is the worst. Blink and the bed is full of it.

I guess if you have a few random plants, fake grass and hard core this may be undesirable but it's nature trying to find a home.

Just sort it, with minimum use of pesticides and weedkiller, unless you really don't care.

Whateveritsallmadnow · 30/04/2025 22:57

Nope fully established lovely garden lots of plants trees shrubs, birds lawn and many wildlife, all very nice apart from rotten fence.

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Gogo509 · 01/05/2025 00:21

Jabberwok · 30/04/2025 22:24

So you expect them to look at your ugly broken fence? Fuck that and fuck you.. Even if it was a great fence, they are dull and I would plant the fuck out of the fence

Pointless reply

StormCloud52 · 01/05/2025 01:23

Why is the OP getting such a hard time? Brambles can take over a garden.

mossymud · 01/05/2025 07:07

Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 22:24

Is there a reason I should maintain my neighbours choice of overgrown plants, I'm wanting to do the correct thing, just curious. You could put it on par with me throwing oil and rubbish over their wall and expecting them to deal with it and tidy it.

Hardly. Oil and rubbish are g a natural feature of gardens, plants..are?

Lavender14 · 01/05/2025 11:41

Whateveritsallmadnow · 30/04/2025 22:27

It's their fence broken they are trying to hide from their side ! We are the ones looking at the broken fence and overground weeds

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Perhaps I've missed it but have you suggested you go halves with them on a new fence?

Magnastorm · 01/05/2025 11:43

Have you actually spoken to your neighbours about it?

Whateveritsallmadnow · 01/05/2025 12:51

mossymud · 01/05/2025 07:07

Hardly. Oil and rubbish are g a natural feature of gardens, plants..are?

It's the effort to clear rather than the item itself

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