Overgrown bushes

We have neighbours like that and I've offered to do it, or help them - just idle bu**ers. Banana tree leaves strewn everywhere.

Mickey Braw wrote:Suppose you don´t like gardening? I don´t. I have a low maintenance garden, laid to patio with Geranium pots and I don´t want to be cutting bouganvilla back from my neighbour on one side and oleander on the other.
They want a garden but they don´t want to do gardening, that´s not fair.
So, enough is enough. I´ve asked them to sort it on a regular basis, if they don´t I´ll hack all that´s overhanging my garden and chuck it into their gardens and THEY can dispose of it.

hobgoblin wrote:your side is your property but dispose of the rubbish yourself, no wonder she went bonkers.if you'd have disposed of the rubbish yourself you wouldn't even have this issue

I read somewhere but can't remember where that you must return whatever you cut off to the owner as it is their property or they can sue you.
Sounds ridiculous but that was a legal opinion. As I can't remember where I read it I don't know if it refered to Spain, Ireland, UK or Timbuktu

[quote="hobgoblin"

your side is your property but dispose of the rubbish yourself, no wonder she went bonkers.if you'd have disposed of the rubbish yourself you wouldn't even have this issue
]but you ain't in britain.where's the big deal with putting the cuttings in the bin yourself.
she can't stop you cutting the overhang in your garden but putting the cuttings in her garden is taking the mick in my opinion[/quote]




You r really pushing your luck hobgoblin!!!! We pride ourselves on being a friendly helpful forum but u come on every time and say normal things in such a nasty way. Please stay nice or you will be banned again!!

Just a friendly warning!

No argument please !

Jan

Half-full wrote:

hobgoblin wrote:your side is your property but dispose of the rubbish yourself, no wonder she went bonkers.if you'd have disposed of the rubbish yourself you wouldn't even have this issue

I read somewhere but can't remember where that you must return whatever you cut off to the owner as it is their property or they can sue you.
Sounds ridiculous but that was a legal opinion. As I can't remember where I read it I don't know if it refered to Spain, Ireland, UK or Timbuktu

Yes it is a law or a rule in the UK. I've heard this for years too. Our next door neighbour in the Uk has a gardener and when he cuts our trees growing over his side he puts the cuttings over our side. We have never been upset by this as he has enough to do and we are happy that he cuts back the overhang on our neighbours side for us.

Jan.

I find that a really good weedkiller normally sorts the problem, and you can also use it on her plants

jan how can you say normal things in a nasty way?i made a couple of comments that are my opinion, in no way am i being nasty.you run a forum which has opinions of all types but mine seem to annoy you, has anyone complained about my comments on this topic?

hobgoblin wrote:jan how can you say normal things in a nasty way?i made a couple of comments that are my opinion, in no way am i being nasty.you run a forum which has opinions of all types but mine seem to annoy you, has anyone complained about my comments on this topic?

Not yet!... But you know full well what you do. You've admitted that you like to wind people up. I was just pre-empting any trouble.
There are ways to say things and most of us manage to be pleasant!

what i am trying to say in a none nasty way is why make such a big deal about a bush growing over your garden, trim it and put the rubbish in the bin simples! it surprises me as to why people can't just get on with tasks as simple as trimming a bush? and in the mean time causing chaos with a neighbour!

The original poster was just asking a reasonable question.

linkwater wrote:The original poster was just asking a reasonable question.