The Rain is Back...

[cathyr19355]

Both today and yesterday.

And my next door neighbor came by to ask me, politely, to sic my Landscaper Guy on eliminating the grapevine that's invading her yard. Eek!

Comments

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Heh. My mother used to have a rather aggressive bamboo plant right beside the fence. Every year, at least once and usually several times, I had to climb over the fence and prune it back.

The roots even started spreading *under* the fence and sending sprouts up. I think that was when she reluctantly decided to dig it out.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

Bamboo is nasty, speed-growing stuff; I'd *never* want to have it anywhere near my property (except for the little teeny stalks in pots that are sold in some Chinese gift shops). I'm not surprised at the aggression of your mom's plant.

I paid $1,800 one summer a few years ago to have all the vegetation along the party fence chopped out. That year, we had only our average rainfall.
This year, it may cost $2,400. Well, fortunately my Landscape Guy's been good with getting payment a bit at a time. So far. :-(

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

Could be worse: she could be blaming you for
poison ivy because you have Virgina Creeper
growing alongside your adjoining wall...

[(Anonymous)]

That would actually be an improvement. The real problem is the side of our party fence (at least 50 feet) and the wildness of the vegetation growing along it.

[cmat.livejournal.com]

Sympathy. My house has grapevines along one fence. Do you need to get your landscaper to do it? When they went out of control on year I razed them – just went out with big trimmers and cut everything off at ground level. It all grew back a year later, but for a couple of years was pleasant instead of trying to eat Austin. So there's not a lot of finesse involved...

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

The answer is "yes". Partly because I don't own the right tools to do the work, partly because the plants along the side are so chaotic that I might not be able to locate all the roots. There's also the fact that I don't know how far along the party line the grapevine goes (my fence with her property is at least 50 feet long--I have a big back yard, that I don't get into very often) and I don't know how far the damn thing extends.

If I spend the money I can also maybe get the landscaper to root out most of the rest of the chaotic plant life, and I'll have a pleasant rest-of-the-summer (around here, as you know, plant life grows back like magic if the rainfall is normal, let alone when it's high as it's been this year).