Holes on the hedge

[spader]

View attachment 421494 My hedge would not stop cats, badgers, or dogs, a substantial hedge, but would not stop wild life.

Wild life is ok passing into the garden, and do whatever they can for their living. But we want to block cats or dogs coming into our garden, because they belong to someone else, and they also mess the garden and grass.

 

[ericmark]

My cats can climb to the highest branch of the apple tree, so can't see any hedge stopping them, we have stopped feeding birds, as in essence that is bating a trap, so cats can catch them, with would not be so bad, except cats bring them into the house and release them.

 

[spader]

We don't see any wild life around here apart from some seagulls and mag pies. Cats in this area seem not able to climb privet hedges over 6ft tall, but they sneak through the holes in the bottom of the hedge. They are not welcome into the garden due to their making mess on the grass. The mess they make on the grass and around the garden are serious health hazards to children playing in the garden.

 

[blup]

Privet should grow and fill the holes eventually, or plant some in the gap

 

[Odds]

Years ago i was getting bothered by dogs wandering through a gap in the wall i'd made to have easier access to the fields beyond. So, reluctantly, i decided to plant a line of dogwood to keep them out. A heap of dead tree branches sufficed to maintain an effective barrier til the hedge grew thick enough to do the job but now it keeps sheep out instead of dogs since the farmer changed from keeping cattle.

A mix of red and green looks good in the morning sun, too, and brings a splash of colour over winter. I'm not a fan of box hedges or those blighted privets that festoon the 'burbs. Still no hedgehogs in this neck of the woods. Too many dry walls and new fences with gravel boards blocking their path.

 

[spader]

Privet should grow and fill the holes eventually, or plant some in the gap

Yes, this was what I was hoping, but they seem making gaps where sunlight doesn't reach, not growing. I have been putting down the holly tree leaves, but maybe some shade loving plants could be planted in the gaps just to block the gaps.

 

[spader]

Years ago i was getting bothered by dogs wandering through a gap in the wall i'd made to have easier access to the fields beyond. So, reluctantly, i decided to plant a line of dogwood to keep them out. A heap of dead tree branches sufficed to maintain an effective barrier til the hedge grew thick enough to do the job but now it keeps sheep out instead of dogs since the farmer changed from keeping cattle.

A mix of red and green looks good in the morning sun, too, and brings a splash of colour over winter. I'm not a fan of box hedges or those blighted privets that festoon the 'burbs. Still no hedgehogs in this neck of the woods. Too many dry walls and new fences with gravel boards blocking their path.

Bux or privet hedges are all good in the middle blocking as they grow dense and yet soft cats cannot hang on to the leaves or branches. But they have the gaps at the bottom, where cats find their ways coming in.

These hedges also look so nice and clean fresh when nicely trimmed with good trimming tools.

Here we don't see dogs hanging around, because they are always with their owners walking. But cats are everywhere roaming around messing the garden and grass. They also kill birds and leave them in the hidden corner of the garden.

 

[blup]

Yes, this was what I was hoping, but they seem making gaps where sunlight doesn't reach, not growing. I have been putting down the holly tree leaves, but maybe some shade loving plants could be planted in the gaps just to block the gaps.

It might takes a few seasons, I just let ours thicken on the inside, only removing the outer, not the side, shoots.