The garden dispute


The bare spot is where a previously overhanging bush was removed and the leaves have not yet come back. Eva was going to cut everything back from the footpath to behind the bare parts.

The untidy spot is where parts of a creeping bush has spread over another and she wanted to remove it. It looks fine to us as it is.

You will note the little wall which is pretty well on the boundary.

The story

Let me share a recent episode with you about our neighbour at number 8, by the name of Eva. You see I find it so incredible that I have to tell someone.

Now I acknowledge that our native garden would not appeal to many people and it doesn’t have that precise controlled look adored by many. However I still got quite a surprise when Eva told me what she was planning to do with our garden. You see there is a bare patch of little branches and a few unruly bits and pieces that she doesn’t like and you know they would be a fire hazard. So the answer is cut them back and make them look neat.

So she told me she was going to get stuck into it soon and would fix it up. Now make no mistake about it, she intended to come onto our land and cut back our bushes. It wasn’t a case of asking if she could. I said I didn’t want her doing that and had to repeat myself several times. I can tell you I found it incredible; this was an area stretching up to 1.5 metres wide from her boundary almost to our driveway that she thought she could do what she wanted with.

Eventually she seemed to understand and after answering again (for about the 5h time since she moved in) that a straight line from our joint fence was where the boundary was, Eva eventually agreed that she would only tidy up on her land.

Comments

Ev said…
yeah that little bare patch is really wrecking her vista.

You should tell her that your son thinks her kitsch back courtyard is an assult on good taste and that he'll be popping round on the weekend with a bob-cat to 'fix it up' a little bit.

geepers it sounds like fun and games.
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