Neighbours climbing frame - what are my options?

Davesnave

Clumping bamboo is pretty slow for a few years, till it settles in, and it might not like the dry soil beside a wall. While it won't die, it might disappoint. The other kind isn't something you'd want!

Any mature plant dropped into a hole needs more nurturing than usual, as you are doing something nature doesn't do. This refers mainly to watering and soil prep prior to planting, so the provision of a 'leaky hose' in the new bed would be a good idea.

I would go for a shrub/tree that wouldn't scare future purchasers and might enhance the frontage of the house, but without seeing the plot, it's hard to advise further. Fastigiate hornbeam are good, but expensive, and leaf-up earlier than beech.

The fastest plant I've ever grown is eucalyptus dalrympleana, which went from seed to mature 15'+ tree in under 5 years. Made leylandii look positively pedestrian!

Grenage

Have you considered building a climbing frame on your side, and calling the parents names?

Stevie_Palimo

Grenage wrote: »

Have you considered building a climbing frame on your side, and calling the parents names?

Lol whilst throwing eggs at them as well, I don't believe that this is the kind of resolution the OP is after but you get 10 out of 10 for your input.

DaftyDuck

I'm sorry to hear you are plagued with mice and pigeons in your back garden. Can I recommend a Yard Sentinel, currently around 25 quid from Amazon. These sonic devices do deter all manner of vermin passably well, but two may be needed for best effect. They work wonders with the pigeons in my barn.

Oh, do site them carefully. One downside is that the young can hear the ultrasound squeal. Luckily, the older you get, the less you hear.

I do hope they deter your problem pests!

Kiran

Either build a fence on top of the wall or possibly a privacy screen. If you like low maintenance go for this option over plants. Its instant and depending in material you can have minimal light loss

skinnirib

Grenage wrote: »

Have you considered building a climbing frame on your side, and calling the parents names?

:T ha ha many times! I've also considered sawing the thing down in the dead of night, although my husband said the neighbour would just build a metal one!

skinnirib

DaftyDuck wrote: »

I'm sorry to hear you are plagued with mice and pigeons in your back garden. Can I recommend a Yard Sentinel, currently around 25 quid from Amazon. These sonic devices do deter all manner of vermin passably well, but two may be needed for best effect. They work wonders with the pigeons in my barn.

Oh, do site them carefully. One downside is that the young can hear the ultrasound squeal. Luckily, the older you get, the less you hear.

I do hope they deter your problem pests!

:beer: thanks for your reply

Clive_Woody

skinnirib wrote: »

Thanks for the link martinthebandit. I have tarmac right up to the wall but could get some removed I guess in order to plant these. It would be an immediate solution!

Could you get some very large pots/troughs to grow plants in, this would also add to the height of the plants and could be placed up against the wall?

The sonic things are a good suggestion, we got them to get rid of cats/pests but our kids found the sound unpleasant as they could hear it but we couldn't.

Zola.

Can you not address this with the parents of the pesky kids directly? Do you get on with them?

rach_k

Plants are a nice idea but could you not fix some of that willow screening stuff you buy in a roll to the railings? You might need a double thickness and how tall you can go would probably depend on the height of the railings but you could add a few sturdy pieces of wood at intervals. If the railings are on your wall, I don't think the neighbour could reasonably object to you fixing things to them even if he paid for them - you could, after all, ask him to remove the railings completely.