Neighbours hedge

Paper_hearts_1

Hiya!
Not sure if this is correct place to post but need some advice please.
My neighbours hedge/shrubs always come to my part of the garden, which is fine, I have no issue with. I usually cut it back to the boundary and then dispose.

I’ve been lighting a fire, which is the way I dispose of it, but neighbours, including the one whose hedge it is has complained about the fire. Never was an issue when they do it, an issue now when I light it. 

I’ve suggested to my other half I give the cuttings to my neighbours whose hedge it is for her to alight. Am I ok to do this? If so, where do I stand? I don’t really want brambles coming through for me to constantly have to pay to dispose of. 

I’m happy for someone to come collect regularly and send the invoice to her.

thanks all.

Carrot007

Yoiu can offer them, she can refuse.

You cannot charge her.

Have you not got a green (or whatever it may be in your area) bin?

Paper_hearts_1

Thanks Carrot007 for a quick response. Green bins charge £240 per annum here, not worth me getting just for her hedge clippings.  I have no other green waste.

Black_Cat2

Hiya, maybe you could compost the cuttings instead of burning them? 🔥

Mojisola

Paper_hearts_1 said:

My neighbours hedge/shrubs always come to my part of the garden, which is fine, I have no issue with. I usually cut it back to the boundary and then dispose.
I’ve been lighting a fire, which is the way I dispose of it, but neighbours, including the one whose hedge it is has complained about the fire. Never was an issue when they do it, an issue now when I light it.

Check with your council about having a bonfire.  If you're complying with the rules, there's not much your neighbours can do.

Think about how often you're burning stuff - could you let it accumulate and dry out a bit before burning it - that wouldn't produce so much smoke.

If the owners of the plants you're trimming still complain, suggest they take the prunings and deal with them.

Paper_hearts_1

Black_Cat2 said:

Hiya, maybe you could compost the cuttings instead of burning them? 🔥

That was the plan initially, but majority are brambles which is annoying! 😢

Black_Cat2

Paper_hearts_1 said:

Black_Cat2 said:

Hiya, maybe you could compost the cuttings instead of burning them? 🔥

That was the plan initially, but majority are brambles which is annoying! 😢

If your neighbour is being a pain how about getting some long reach loppers and pushing the brambles back through the hedge to their side lol 😹

Paper_hearts_1

Mojisola said:

Paper_hearts_1 said:

My neighbours hedge/shrubs always come to my part of the garden, which is fine, I have no issue with. I usually cut it back to the boundary and then dispose.
I’ve been lighting a fire, which is the way I dispose of it, but neighbours, including the one whose hedge it is has complained about the fire. Never was an issue when they do it, an issue now when I light it.

Check with your council about having a bonfire.  If you're complying with the rules, there's not much your neighbours can do.

Think about how often you're burning stuff - could you let it accumulate and dry out a bit before burning it - that wouldn't produce so much smoke.

If the owners of the plants you're trimming still complain, suggest they take the prunings and deal with them.

Thanks for the advice Mojisola. I don’t want to create tensions as we are living next door. Just would like a solution before it all gets bitter.…

Paper_hearts_1

Black_Cat2 said:

Paper_hearts_1 said:

Black_Cat2 said:

Hiya, maybe you could compost the cuttings instead of burning them? 🔥

That was the plan initially, but majority are brambles which is annoying! 😢

If your neighbour is being a pain how about getting some long reach loppers and pushing the brambles back through the hedge to their side lol 😹

Sounds tempting! 🤔😂

DeAmbrosis

I have neighbours who burn things. One neighbour drops note into his near neighbours to say having bonfire on x date. I find this considerate and helpful. But another neighbour who has fires doesn’t inform us in advance. 

So one solution would be to tell the neighbour to whom the brambles belong that you are going to have a fire on x date. 

twopenny

My answer when I had a neighbour who cultivated a few feet of brambles on the boundary - after being nice and dealing with them considerately etc - was to use a walking stick/thumb stick which has a v shape top and is about 5ft long. I could move or push the brambles any which way with no scratches and carefully push them back over. I;d make sure they were pushed into the bramble bush and in future growing into their garden. I would also do it while they were out so they a) couldn't whinge about it b) were totally unaware that anything was different

A little time doing this now and then and the brambles start growing more their way than mine.

It's quick, free and no discussion.

Love bonfires but I've had neighbours burn all day with no notice and if this is just when you've put the washing out or have the windows open on a warm day and come home to find the house smelling of smoke it's infuriating. Just knowing when goes a long way to accord.