Miles of weeds have swallowed haha

[Juju]

I've just been out there to see whether it really is overlooked - really all I can see is an old storage shed and the top of the greenhouse .OK if I stood on the edge of the wall I could probably see a few pots but I ain't going to do that given that the wall is fragile! Now that the rhubarb is growing and the honeysuckles are in leaf it's really hiding the space. What annoys me most is that the stones have been stuck on the wall on top of the ivy so I can't even maintain that section of wall! Also that is just a small area of my garden that I only visit occasionally to do some gardening or go to the compost bin. I wouldn't sit up there. The whole area is really fragile - they stupidly put a greenhouse right against the wall at the end - we've repaired what we can get at but at some point I think the end of our garden is going to end up in their greenhouse....

By the way, it was the previous owners of our house who put the fence up - the neighbour told us there didn't use to be one and she didn't like the big fence cos it's blocks out so much light (effectively from that side it's like having a 9ft wall/fence cos they're lower and the fence is on top of the wall). There are other issues but I won't go into those - not that there's any danger of her ever being on this forum as she has a very liberal approach to owing a period property (delisted) ie she does what she likes and has probably never heard of planning permission/conservation area consent.
Juju

 

[Penners]

whist you're enjoying a glass of wine in the garden or BBQ you could invite her over for a glass?

Getting someone p***ed is always a high-risk policy. Never forget Shakespeare's warning about that:

Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke?
Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

So wine might help you to extract the woman's agreement to leave your wall alone, but she's unlikely to remember the agreement the next day!

 

[Flyfisher]

Surely she'd remember a bit of nose-painting though, or else she'd be very confused when she next passed a mirror.

 

[Penners]

It's a hilarious Shakespearean metaphor: booze makes your nose red.

That Will - he was quite a comedian, eh? :wink:

 

[Moo]

She's not been in evidence for over forty-eight hours, which must be a record.
I'm getting a bit worried.
Should we send out a search party?

 

[Juju]

Joce is in paid work this week!
Juju

 

[skier-hughes]

and yes we should send out a search party.............

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Shhhhh! walls have ears, loose lips sink ships, etc etc...

Too much blah-blah steals the ha-ha

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol:

I am alive; thanks for your concern. It's just that I have to go to work. :shock: Which is certainly the curse of the drinking classes, and which has left me rather battered and bruised and reeling.

Is it time for wine yet?

Poor Juju's elderly wall - let's hope the faeries keep it standing another fifty years. It's very difficult to live alongside people with a different view to period properties.

 

[Penners]

I trust you're carrying a cudget with you, Joce, when you go hammering censorially ( :wink: ) on doors?

 

[Moo]

This little thread (from the allotment forum) may be of use, Joce:

http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=74791.0

xxx

 

[Juju]

One for Joce - a lovely restored ha-ha - this is at Rousham, Oxfordshire. I have been here before but it was nice to go back again on my EH course and be shown round by an expert.

 

[Penners]

this is at Rousham, Oxfordshire...it was nice to go back again on my EH course and be shown round by an expert

Oh, I'm jealous! Rousham is only 20 minutes from where we used to live (Swerford). It's a lovely place - if I remember correctly, it's been in the hands of the same family for about 400 years (although I believe that some of them have died!).

 

[Juju]

That's right Mr P - still the same family and It's still quaint and uncommercialised. You put your money in a box and there's a sign saying no dogs or children! It's probably one of the best remaining designed landscapes - the views are stunning and the flower gardens are beautiful. Here are 2 more photos just for you:

 

[Penners]

Luvverly! Thanks Julie!
x

 

[JoceAndChris]

Do, please, keep posting your lovely garden pics Juju. I don't think we get enough on gardens on here - people are just so worn out by their houses!
Fab to see the haha, it looks so elegant and organised - the very opposite of this one. What a good day out for you!

 

[Gareth Hughes]

No ha-ha, but quite a few gardening ideas in last night's new series from Monty Don (and for once a documentary that didn't end with a brick through the screen)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010fqh0/Monty_Dons_Italian_Gardens_Rome/
(available until next Friday)

 

[jocelyn plummer]

I thought that there were some Peacocks at Rousham--- I remember being taken to tea there aged about 6 and being terrified of the Peacocks.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

oooops sorry Penners, should that be 'terrified BY-- :?:

 

[Penners]

I believe either is correct, Joss. Go in peace.

:wink: