ways of improving security

[BoyWonder26]

I've already got a longer term plan on what to to do with the (admittedly) easy climbable fencing that I've got on a small area of the allotment.

I got down today to find that a wheelbarrow had gone missing (now accounted for) as well as what looked like someone had tried to force open the locked shed door. Also noticed a bit of the fence has broken.

The fence after a bit of digging over the ground I'm planning on planting a rambling rose, honeysuckle and pyrocanthus (sp), all of these apart from the honeysuckle being planted to be spikey, and keeping them eventually trimmed into a hedge type shape (eg making sure they don't take up more height then I want them).

But is there any other way I could improve security on my own little plot quickly.

There's some things I'm already not happy with (the gate is only tied shut in effect. I'm thinking of nailing some wood on to bring it so that I could actually fit a padlock on which I figure would make things a -bit- more secure.

My other question is right now the shed door is a badly fitting upvc door, I'm not worried about the work sanding down a wood door but can anyone give any ideas of where I could get one from for not too much (just because as I view it a wood door you can get down to size if need be)

[donksey]

How about a series of trip wires and alarm mines?

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[BoyWonder26]

How about a series of trip wires and alarm mines?

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Hoping for something a bit less uh.. noisy. The area the allotments are in are near houses and I'd HATE to have the police called out for a suspected shooting

[Scarlet]

Instead of the honeysuckle & pyracantha you could plant some thorny fruit, blackberry, tayberry, gooseberry Eric. I'm rubbish at DIYso the security stuff I'll leave for others

[veggiechicken]

Is your plot gated/fenced, Boywonder, or are you talking about security of the site?

[Guest]

Signs to warn chemicals are in use.
Wildlife cams
I never use to fuss with a shed it seemed too much of a target. I had a multi tool handle that I wrapped in a bin bag and left lying around. Them hand tools in a chicken manure bucket in the compost heap.

There are a couple of similar threads about that probably have more options.

[BoyWonder26]

Is your plot gated/fenced, Boywonder, or are you talking about security of the site?

My plot has a small area of fencing, most of it is hedged, with a gate. The site itself has gates, but some of these are left open (mrhhh - the main gates to the carpark are always locked when no one else is there just the side gates).

Scarlet - I would do but the soil doesn't look the best, and I'm thinking with the rambling rose (I've got one eyed up already XD), honeysuckle and pyrocanthus - 2 will provide vital pollination options (and smell nice!) and one will provide berries for the birds in winter. With a rat problem we can't exactly feed our birdies

[jackarmy]

Wowser, Batman asking a gardening site for info about security ?, dude im hearbroken

[noviceveggrower]

Try a hawthorn bush. The thorns on that a really nasty

[BoyWonder26]

Try a hawthorn bush. The thorns on that a really nasty

Having been eyeing up a certain rambling rose its got vicious thorns too xD and I can vouch for pyrocanthus... my hands are covered in scratches from cutting a thorny specimen back XD I thought bramble rash was bad (I had to keep stopping to remove thorns)

[donksey]

I was having a bit of a laugh.
A guy on another forum set one up in his shed, with the trip with across the door. One day in a rush to grap something from the shed he forgot about the mine, there was an almighty bang in the confined space and he nearly had a heart attack on the spot.
He never used it again.

[AshitabaDave]

We've put up a fake camera and a cctv warning sign at the entrance to the site, it has worked really well! The instances of theft have gone from loads to very rare.

The fake camera is on a 20 foot pole in the middle of the site, too high to easily tamper with but in plain view.

I'm sure it wont deter every thief but it does deter a lot.

Regards, Dave

P.S. I try not to leave anything on my plot that would appeal to a thief, I know that's not an option for everyone

[Coopers]

I feel there is a gap in the market for an automatic ball kicker. Im not talking about football either...

Sadly no real advice about security as I offer nothing extra on top of the locked gates to the plot. I keep no lock on shed or greenhouse. All I do is have loads of junk in my shed and hide bits in between. But I always tell myself by putting something in my shed I have to realise some scumbag may take it...

Though must say good advice on the thorny plants.