some people.....

[milly2306]

are really sad.
my neighbours at the side don't seem to like gardening and i think they are of the opinion that no-one else should either. just lately they have taken to throwing all their garden rubbish (they do mow the grass) over into my garden!! i am fed up of getting up almost every day to find my beds strewn with grass cuttings! i know it's them but haven't caught them red handed yet. now oh says we should throw all our dogs waste over their fence but i want something a little more subtle to plague them with! lol
any suggestions anyone?

[jacob marley]

Provide them with a bag to put the mowings in whilst thanking them for the stuff they have already chucked over explaing that it would be more conveniant to have it bagged for puting on the compost heap sarcastic comments do work if delivered with a dead pan look on your face....jacob

[Irie Jan]

Except for the fact of what a waste of good compost matter! You could just mirror their habbits, give them your grass clippings and other garden waiste. Old tea bags? All good things for your garden I know. It is a shame to come down to their level but sometimes if needs must?

[Irie Jan]

Provide them with a bag to put the mowings in whilst thanking them for the stuff they have already chucked over explaing that it would be more conveniant to have it bagged for puting on the compost heap sarcastic comments do work if delivered with a dead pan look on your face....jacob

I do think Jacob's answer is better than mine though!! like your style Yes keeping your cool whilst being a bit sarcastic can be such a good wepon!!

[Keith2202]

I assume that you know they aren't very nice and are doing it deliberately?

You never know they may just be mowing the lawn without a box on and the angle they do it at sprays the cuttings over the fence and they don't notice?

Or, they may have kids who do it? Apparently when my sister was small she used to suck stones and then throw them over the fence! I don't think she did it deliberately to annoy the neighbours, but who knows?

Maybe they are trying to help you by mulching your beds?

[coreopsis]

Keith,nobody with good common sense would chuck anything over the fence to their neighbour...

[Nickerly]

My dad used to throw snails next door! How above dandelion seeds to ruin that lovely lawn...

*evil laugh*

Seriously though, I'd just politely say that their cuttings are suffocating your flower beds so could they be a bit more careful. They might not realise what they are doing.

[straightline]

Revenge

are really sad.
my neighbours at the side don't seem to like gardening and i think they are of the opinion that no-one else should either. just lately they have taken to throwing all their garden rubbish (they do mow the grass) over into my garden!! i am fed up of getting up almost every day to find my beds strewn with grass cuttings! i know it's them but haven't caught them red handed yet. now oh says we should throw all our dogs waste over their fence but i want something a little more subtle to plague them with! lol
any suggestions anyone?

How about starting a smelly compost heap as near their pla\ce as you can? Or, (whispering) I could come over wiv my boys and 'ave a quiet word like (nudge nudge wink wink)

[Ste `n` Mags]

Methinks you should chuck over some weed-seeds into the far corners of their garden, ((I mean marihuana, there are plenty web-sites that sell seeds, *~so i am told~* )) it soon takes over...

[chrispy]

WOW.....great pic...

I wanna come to Southport man!!

[Victoria26]

Methinks you should chuck over some weed-seeds into the far corners of their garden, ((I mean marihuana, there are plenty web-sites that sell seeds, *~so i am told~* )) it soon takes over...

MINTED!!!!!! This is definatly the way to go! Then when they take hold I'd call the cops and tell them about the drug baron next door!!!

(And for some good measure throw some poppy seeds over there too!)

Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ah aha ha

[bluemoon]

Provide them with a bag to put the mowings in whilst thanking them for the stuff they have already chucked over explaing that it would be more conveniant to have it bagged for puting on the compost heap sarcastic comments do work if delivered with a dead pan look on your face....jacob

I actually tried this and was called an 'eco-fascist'!!!

[Seahorse]

I assume that you know they aren't very nice and are doing it deliberately?

I'm with Keith on this. I think it's really easy to get into neighborhood disputes based on assumptions. Being careless or unthinking isn't the same as being deliberately unpleasant. And really, even if they are being nasty, is escalating it going to help? As a first step, I'd just politely point out that their actions are inconveniencing you.

[Marthaclematis]

All neighbour major disputes start as something small. Please don't let this escalate. Speak to them, find out how the grass is getting to your side. We've all heard stories of people becoming very miserable indeed because of fall outs with neighbours, it can cause untold misery if things get out of hand (and worse!). One calm and positive step at a time is my advice.

[jacob marley]

This is the calm and positive step my mate took .
He has a plot 5 away from me and one day when he got there he was met with 2 broken panes of glass in his greenhouse .
As luck would have another plot holder was in his shed heard the first one break and had a good look round from inside his shed and spotted the offender throw the second stone from inside his garden .
So when my mate turned up he was told what had happened so he went round to the house and knocked on the door and the father opened it and said hello from then on he was listening and the jist of of it was if your son breaks any more windows in my greenhouse i will come and break the windows in your house get him sorted and it was instantly .
That is what we call the softly softly approach here in the midlands and it worked....jacob