Hedge Cutting Blues

What a pity the battery on the trimmer is so difficult to remove...

.. but what a great way to meet lots of muscular, strong men ;o)

Nice pic of the pussycat :o)

Agree with TT

Amusing blog, can't improve on TT's comment.

Think your hedge looks fab, good job done there :0)

Thanks for your comment Terratoonie, you have made me blush at the thought. Thanks also for you comments on the further Wisley photos. I so love that place. Yes, the pussycat always helps me when I am gardening, but on this occasion, she is looking a bit self-satisfied I think as she has just chased off the ginger tom from across the road. He is terrified of her as she is twice his size.
Thanks also to Cinderella and Heron, for joining in.

Thanks Grandmage. My neighbour thinks that I should bow to convenience and have a wall put up instead, but with half the front garden being paved, that would be too unwelcoming, I think.

Quite agree Felinfan, there's nothing like a well kept hedge. Privet is always the best though I've seen all sorts used. For those who have the space I think Rosa Ragosa is a cracker, Burberis too. I know someone with a Honysuckle though it's not the usual variety. Privet isn't as hardy as some think, I know of two that were killed last winter though they came up from the root again. For me Privet evokes memories of childhood as we lived next door to someone who let theirs grow wild and it's flowers had the most wonderful scent. A few weeks ago I was sitting at an open air cafe close to an overgrown Privet, it smelt better tham my Caperchino.

Felinf, keep the hedge it looks really smart and bet it's home to many an insect!

Thanks Heron and Grandmage. Yes, I shall keep the privet. In the Spring it was full of Ladybirds big and small, so they obviously like it. Unfortunately, so do the midges and I usually acquire bites which last for days if I cut too late in the afternoon.
The hedge does not seem to have suffered too badly in the winter, but the problem I do have is with the local "youf" who don't like me much because I have had to complain about their nearby tree vandalism. Their response is to accidentally on purpose ride into my hedge on their bicycles, leaving a compressed portion which takes ages to grow back. A few weeks ago they watered it with the remains of a can of coke or similar which turned the leaves brown in a line along the top.
I have no illusions about what they might do if they had the chance as they have already killed two Rowan saplings on the green by systematically stripping the bark off from top to bottom. They want to kill them because the Council planted them to stop them from playing football there instead of in the park which is about 200 yards away. There is only one of them who actually lives here and brings all the others. There were 18 teenagers dissipating their hormones all over the green one evening recently. Believe it or not, the worst are the girls!
The police are beginning to take notice, but they still find small things to do which they know can be put down to accidents. Never mind, perhaps I should stand outside and wave my hedge trimmer chanting the music from a horror movie!

I can see you now, 'the chain saw massacre!' Rotten kids, they need something else to do, they are 'bored'. Why do they love destruction? I feel for you but carry on doing what your doing !