Hi,
Just joined, looks like some knowledgable people here so could do with some advice...
At the end of my garden is a leylandii(?) hedge, about 7ft tall. Behind is a drainage d y k e, maybe 15' wide - so no access to far side - the rive bank is deep and sloping so without scaffolding, cherry picker no real way to maintain the hedge.
The hedge is messy at top and has been hacked in past so all growth is lateral. It looks damn ugly so rather than pay specialists to come in and cut far side every couple of years Id rather spend a bit on a decent fence...
My garden slopes, it was a new build in 1990 or so, other residents claim 'the gardens are slipping into the river' but i think its just natural settlement after the gardens were laid relatively recently and the d y k e has been there over one hundred years.
The garden probably falls 18" or so in the last four metres- I want to level it, so the extra tonnes of soil will need a proper retainer, gravel boards at fence base is the best option...maybe?
Problem is this:
Do I cut the trees down an attempt to remove stumps - they are max 8" diameter so that should indicate potential root spread. My worry is doing that could weaken the bank too much to put in fence posts but ive done fencing before and old tree stumps are a pain when they are in the way.
I dont really want to lose any garden but i thnk the only option might be to cut down hedge completely and set fence 2' back or so...
What would anyone do with this issue, I can post some photos...?
Btw - this page wont let me type d y ke without the spaces...weird!
Just joined, looks like some knowledgable people here so could do with some advice...
At the end of my garden is a leylandii(?) hedge, about 7ft tall. Behind is a drainage d y k e, maybe 15' wide - so no access to far side - the rive bank is deep and sloping so without scaffolding, cherry picker no real way to maintain the hedge.
The hedge is messy at top and has been hacked in past so all growth is lateral. It looks damn ugly so rather than pay specialists to come in and cut far side every couple of years Id rather spend a bit on a decent fence...
My garden slopes, it was a new build in 1990 or so, other residents claim 'the gardens are slipping into the river' but i think its just natural settlement after the gardens were laid relatively recently and the d y k e has been there over one hundred years.
The garden probably falls 18" or so in the last four metres- I want to level it, so the extra tonnes of soil will need a proper retainer, gravel boards at fence base is the best option...maybe?
Problem is this:
Do I cut the trees down an attempt to remove stumps - they are max 8" diameter so that should indicate potential root spread. My worry is doing that could weaken the bank too much to put in fence posts but ive done fencing before and old tree stumps are a pain when they are in the way.
I dont really want to lose any garden but i thnk the only option might be to cut down hedge completely and set fence 2' back or so...
What would anyone do with this issue, I can post some photos...?
Btw - this page wont let me type d y ke without the spaces...weird!
