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A neighbour to our little block of maisonettes, has one of those gardens designed to encourage weeds, ably assisted by their lack of concern. All the brambles and columbine creep all over and through the fence onto our side making it all an absolute eyesore. I am not a gardener but there are some lengths one can go to, to keep your patch reasonable. I was sat in my lounge early this afternoon thinking that I maybe could have a bash at the weeds for an hour, when I noticed the lady of that house setting off for the shops, and I saw that her husband's car was not on the drive so off I went. I did as I normally do, pulling loads of it out of the fence and the ground our side and launching it over the fence, onto the weeds their side or their path. They have seen me doing it in the past and never made a comment. The treat was when I was back in my place and I saw her arrive back and stop suddenly on turning into her drive, looking around her feet, she took a couple of steps back, looked at our side, then I saw her nod her head. She came out a little while later with her broom and I could hear her brushing away for all of two minutes. That's the most work she has ever done in that garden in the six years I have been there. Tough.