Gertrude Jekyll never worried about this

[dark_of_night]

So, the husband is washing dishes (we have that kind of modern, non-gender-role-determined household) and suddenly says 'I'm going to go find out what that guy in the Impala is up to.' (When he's washing dishes, he can see out the window into the alley--I can't see as much, mostly sky--it's sad to be short.) I ask a few questions, and conclude

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[calizen]

And if you want protective hedging fast, there are some nasty thorned roses out there as well. Good to discourage anybody thinking of making jumps into lawns or over fences.

[dark_of_night]

You are so right. This is part of the defense strategy for the corner behind the garage. There used to be periodic incursions there, but between the HUMUNGOUS butterfuly bushes and the Sally Holmes roses, it would be a very scratched and bleeding casual intruder who decided to use that route into the yard.

[anonymous]

...or a poncirus (sorry, may not have spelled that correctly)...just a super-cool thorny plant.

Recently, Zachary's most often-requested story is about how our bikes got stolen off our 2nd floor porch and the unrelated SWAT-team raid on our downstairs neighbors that happened at about the same time. Yea LA!