Homeowners Neighbour Wouldn’t let us Cut her side of this OVERGROWN Hedge!
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Hi everyone this video is of a hedge I have filmed before in an older video. The neighbour stopped letting me cut the other side of the hedge so it had become very overgrown and messy!
In this video the neighbour had finally allowed me to go round her side and get the hedge tidied up again!
Hope everyone enjoys the video and has a good Easter holiday. Thanks for watching 😊🙂
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Some humans get wiser and nicer as they age. Others just get older
Very true 😆👍
I had neighbours like her until recently and as soon as they moved out and before the new tenants moved in I lopped some pretty major branches from the 2 storey trees growing over the fence onto the neighbours side. Very satisfying! And I now have sunlight in my backyard ☀️
Well done
Good job 😄😅👍
Yep…that’s what ya do.
The house next to me is for sale. I’d like to take out a while hedgerow that drops seed in my flower bed. They sprout like crazy. The bushes are 15 - 20 feet tall.
My neighbors “pruned” my tree while house was in escrow and just left a pile of branches 🙄
@@hantayowinsounds like you need round up
Having been in the business for many years, we found putting down plastic tarps to collect the debris as we cut made for much easier and faster cleanup. Especially helpfull in wet contitions as well. Saves on hand picking large debris and raking so much of the small.
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I do use them for trimming hedges sometimes but needed it for shredding it up on this job. I wasn’t so worried as most of the stuff was big😊👍
That is what our gardener does when he does our hedge. 200ft so it saves a ton of time cleaning up
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WOW! I can’t believe that those neighbors preferred looking at a hedge mess like that side, rather than have it trimmed up regularly! Some people! You get what you ask for!
I know!🤷♂️🤦♂️
This is an example of why I would never plant a hedge where I don't own both sides. You did a great job. Hopefully, the neighbor will be less stubborn in the future.
I agree but most people always plant them too close to the boundary 😬😊👍
Yes, and in the case of our neighbours expected to be able to saunter into our garden - usually waiting until we went out - to faff around with their plantings.
Hmm. New neighbour has mentioned something about a "green hedge to me. Suddenly I foresee issues. Probably not from her side, because they're a few decades younger than I and love gardening. I have to pay someone to wield the edge trimmer etc...More work for me. I'm going to have to change that program. Also I think it's short sighted of them as well. Why make more work for yourself? not going to stay middle aged and fit forever, right? As we see so often on this kind of video. You never know what the future holds...
@@mdgardenservices7819arent they supposed to be on the boundary, so you dont lose yard space?
In an ideal world 👍
What an out of control mess on the neighbour’s side. Doesnt even look like the same hedge! And you are left to clear and clean up the mess! Great work!
I know!
And to think it used to look just as nice!
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They just hacked at the shrubs! @@mdgardenservices7819
Well, I hate to disagree, but what's it got to do with them, what HER side of the hedge looks like ?
Well decided she wanted it cut at last! 🤔
It would benefit her, to have the hedge looking nice on her side. Even sacrificing a couple of flowers. Silly woman. NOW she's figured that out. Great job!
I know, I think her husband got fed up in the end!
Shame because it did need to get like that! I used to trim it regularly!🤷♂️😄👍
Took her long enough
Had a neighbor who had tall aborvitea trees on her side of the property line that grew over a foot into our yard through a cyclone fence and 12 ft high. I trimmed them back to the fence and two ft above it just to be able to mow without cducking. She got upset and threatened to sue me if the trees died. They didn't. The next year the foliage closed up the exposed in er branches. Years later, however, many of the trees along her entire property line died, which were not along my property line. She had to get a landscaper to remove and replace them, and even some of the new ones died. I'm glad she couldn't try to blame me for her losses.
Oh no these boundary trees can cause so many issues 😬😊👍
Great job. Great diplomacy. With your lovely gentle voice I cannot see any problems.
Thank you
Not everyone sees it that way!👍😆
Maybe you should take next-door and show them what their hedge could have looked like!😂
Oh I know it’s been driving me mad for years 😆
I was about to say the same thing..
I used to have the same issue at one of my clients, except I used to put my extension pole on and cut their side, I stopped doing it, in the hope they would do it themselves. They never did, even though they had their own gardener! I know you should just do what your client wants, but you don't want to leave a job looking shit!
Yeah hate leaving it a mess just because of an awkward neighbour!
Notice the difference between regular trimming and never trimming conifer, it goes all gappy and doesnt fill up to a nice green wall like a regular trimmed hedge.
Exactly
Try explaining that to some people 🤷♂️
It’s not like the neighbour even paid for it!
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Will it grow in or is it too late and will never recuperate?
It will grow👍
Mark you seem to be very focused and proud of your work, which too right you should be . You seem to be quite a shy character but your quality of work is EXCELLENT . --------- Ask people to Sub & Like and why ! 🎄
Thank you
I guess I am quite shy.
Some of the videos I do remind people to like and subscribe but don’t like to constantly go on about it to people watching! 😄👍😊
The games people play.
I know!😩
And look at the ugly prizes they win🤪🤪
I guess they are too lazy to walk around and see how beautiful IT COULD HAVE BEEN! But hey, they want control, right?
Exactly!🤦♂️🤷♂️😄
Nice job, looks 100% better now, it will grow back and look amazing. Have a good weekend, hopefully with sunshine, as it been rainy here too again.
Thank you
Yes lots of rain this week!😩
We must be due better weather soon😊
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Yes we’ve had lots😬😄
Thanks for explaining the different pruning methods for each species in the hedge
Glad it was helpful!😊👍
Does it ever not rain there? Seems like almost every video, it's raining. Good weather for ducks. You did a great job on those hedges as always. I've not seen this video before. Thanks for reposting it. Watch out for those flowers, Mark.🤣😂🤪
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The rain keeps coming!😩
Like you say good weather for ducks 😄👍
Keep up the great gardening and I will keep watching you are lovely like my daughter who is a gardener . proper one es are hard to find x
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That’s very kind 😊👍
Hope you charged the neighbor extra for the additional work she caused by not allowing you access. Looks great.
No unfortunately my customer was paying me to do it!
She was very pleased to be finally getting it tidied after all this time! 😊👍
Yes I thought that. Bloody cheek - I’d have charged her. Tidy job.
Unfortunately there are plenty of people not willing to do their bit to help! 😔
I don't know how the neighbour sleeps at night, I would not dream of letting my neighbour pay for my half of the hedge.🤔
Perhaps the neighbour has no spare money!
We have neighbours like that, one side. Undermined our fence posts, having refused to pay his half of a shared fence because he says it isn’t (told his other neighbours that too), then refused to let our fence guys go their side to mend the posts!!!
Also claimed some of the posts are 3” on his land, ignoring the fact that they appropriated 6” further down.
I’m glad they let you cut it all in the end.
Yeah unfortunately you come across people like this all the time 😬👍😊
Maybe have them watch a video on fence laws. I have no idea how this ended up in my suggestions, or why I actually watched the entire thing. But apparently the state of Iowa has specific laws and procedures for situations such as yours.
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Hello Mark! Another great video! It is a shame that the neighbor waited so long to let you trim on their side. It would have been beautiful by now. But, oh well, with your expertise it will get there. Take care and have a wonderful weekend. We are celebrating Easter this weekend and today is Good Friday. No school, mail, or banking today. God bless you and your family. Sincerely, Diane from Missouri 😊😊
Thanks Diane
The other side was once looking good!
Have a good weekend 🤗👍
Brilliant job 😊
Thank you! 😊
Lovely work mark can’t beat some conifer trimming mate 👌🏼
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I know 😅
Have a good weekend mate😊👍
Wow 😮 great job 👏
Thank you! 😊
Nice to see you getting the fundamentals done.
Thanks!🤗
Looking fantastic great job well done IT goes to show you the difference between maintaining and not❤❤❤❤❤
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It definitely does! 😄
It looks ama😊zing ! ❤
Be well! Love watching your work!
Thank you
Glad you liked it 🤗👍
What a difference 👏
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Look's much better....nice and tidy now.
Thanks 👍😊
That was one hell of a tidy up needed......bet you've been itching to get at that side of the hedge. Great job.
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Yes I’ve been desperate to clean up the other side of that hedge!😄👍
Love the shredder, looks a great bit of kit
It does the job👍
Hi, new subscriber from New Zealand here 🇳🇿 Awesome job, the hedge looks fabulous! 😀👍
Thanks for subscribing
Hope you enjoy the videos 🤗👍
Здравствуйте. Погода Вас не радует. Кустарник после Вашей работы востоновиться и станет опять красивым. Здоровья, удачи, много подписчиков. ❤❤
Thank you
The weather has been getting me down!
Too much rain!
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Good job with the hedge😊 better video with my favorite the mulching❤yay.
Glad you enjoyed it, especially the mulching 😄👍😊
Lovely job nice finish 👏
Thank you so much 😀
What a superb job,well done.
Thank you😊
In my view hedging should be planted further into your own garden/away from any fence thus allowing the back to be trimmed so they don’t start pushing on to the fence behind, no matter whose fence it is. Most people, especially the elderly, want privacy but may not be happy having to let some stranger onto their property each year. Our neighbour’s conifers and brambles used to poke through the gaps in our fence and we had a battle keeping it tidy and off our path which ran alongside it. It looked a mess and brambles caught our legs. We didn’t complain but it was a continual nuisance . Anyway, now in a new home and replanting the hedge here that is far too thick and pushes back on our own fence - so, with our experience, we are planting all hedge a few feet into our own garden and when needed walk between hedge and fence to trim. Should be easier to paint preservative onto fence in future to help maintain that too - hopefully keeping us and our neighbours happy!
Yes you are right, in an ideal scenario there should be a gap for maintenance of the hedges!
Unfortunately I only know of one hedge I cut where this is the case🤷♂️😩
Looks great
Thanks!🤗
Lovely Job😊😊
Thank you! 😊👍
Thank you for your video. Lovely job! 🌹
Thanks😊👍
Fantastisch Good work Mark you the best te famely te House te natuur best friend thans te video good weekend men 🚚🌿🌳😎🧢🎽✔️⛅☕🙏🧤😅🎧
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Hope you have a good weekend 🤗👍
Lovely old job hope you charged treble 😂
Thank you 😄👍
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Thank you
I do try to be careful 😅😊👍
This neighbour was the author of her own misfortune. My mother had a hedge (on her property) but to trim the other side required being in the neighbour's yard. I'd always ask the neighbour's permission and his answer was always "Hell yeah!!" When someone else is willing to pay the freight, why wouldn't you? Wonder job you've done on it!
Thank you 😊👍
Hi Mark, from Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦 Just found your vlog and subscribed. Great job on the hedge, amazing. Looked like a lot of hard work, especially in the rain. Here in Ottawa we are expecting 25cm of snow. ⛷️🎿⛄At least your client can enjoy it from her side, instead of a overgrown tangled mess. I was really impressed with the clean up after. Loved the wood chipper.
Thanks for subscribing & welcome to the channel
I understand as I have an aunt who lives in Canada 😊👍
I had this problem with a neighbour years ago, the law says you may cut anything overhanging your boundary,but you must place all cuttings back on the neighbours side of the fence etc, if you do not do this you may be liable for criminal damage, l gave my neighbour the option to rent the land his trees were taking up! He declined,so out came the hedge trimmer! And an afternoon of hard graft for him clearing up HIS cuttings, the problem never arose again,his marriage failed,he moved on,and a neatly trimmed conifer hedge was born!! Stand YOUR ground !
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Good job
Rent the land?. What a stupid thing to say in the situation. It grew on your side needed to be cut from your side so just do it and cut out the grandstanding. Any normal person bothered by it would just cut it and either get rid themselves or put back on the neighbours side but you clearly made the entire thing a bigger deal than it needed to be. Also you say "tree" then end with "bush". If you're going to twist the story so you don't come across as the twat you acted like then get your story straight. Or just tell the truth in the first place.
My Dad always used a plumb line to trim our hedge. It was so straight and even. Straight and even on the sides and across the top. A stake at both ends string and everything taken out in-between. It was always perfect. It doesn't come out all lumpy and bumpy. Very straight edges.
I normally do it by eye😄👍
Great job
Thanks🤗👍
Y'all did an amazing job
Good job.!!💯👍
Thank you😊👍
Hopefully they'll get you back regularly now so the hedge will get better again, job well done
Thanks🤗👍
👍👏👏great job
Thank you! 😃
… and now dear neighbor has her flower bed back. Consequences dear neighbor. 😂
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I have a question. When is the appropriate time to prune back a butterfly bush? I love watching you work in the garden.
They are best pruned at the end of the year or in the winter. You can dead head them and tidy them if they are getting out of control!
Thanks for watching 😊👍
Thanks for the info. I have been trimming it, but, I really think I need to cut it back…it’s getting out of control. When it storms it looks like it’s going to split apart. I learn a lot by watching you, thanks.
Excellent job ❤👏👏👏
Thank you! 😊
Great job ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀👍
Funny how people are at times😂
I know!
Sure you come across them regularly!😆
I wish my neighbours would cut their blinking leylandii. It’s ridiculously high and we only have a small garden. They are no longer a hedge but trees.
I have a conifer hedge at the bottom of my garden and a huge tall conifer standing towards my house, I HATE CONIFERS almost as much as my hate for private hedge's mine is a long one. When you get over into your 70's the pension doesn't cover getting it all cut and removed.
I know they can become a real pain for lots of people!😬
A problem I've had for scores of years, my conifers are just over 40 yrs old and I've always kept them well trimmed front and top for decades but have never been cut on my neighbours side and they are now over 8 feet deep with just two feet on my side of the boundary. Thankfully new people moved in not many years ago and they do occasionally give them a very light trim. From what I can see you've got your work cut out cleaning up that mess.
I know it’s always a shame when the neighbours don’t bother tidying their side!😩😊
Enjoyed from Texas!
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I used to have neighbors like that. By request, I would never cut that messed up side.
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It looks wonderful. 😊❤
Thank you! 🤗👍
People are nervous about things because they have been undermined in the past in some way. I know people can be stubborn or cantankerous (myself included) But, once I am shown politely that I was being helped, not hindered, I was on board. Not every mule that balks is a biter. Just have a little softness when it comes to neighbors. I learned this the hard way from being on both sides of the fence.
Very true 😊
@hitzmanji1978 Better a Karen than a bully. My neighbors love me and I them. I would do anything for them. You have a lot to learn about people and the world. I hope its not the hard way but I have my doubts. Good Luck.
In Australia whatever grows across a boundary into your property can be cut back - none of this controlling rubbish that this poor neighbour is subjected to - heavens above what a control freak!
Yes it’s the same here, you are allowed to cut back overhang on your side of the boundary 👍
but you must offer the cuttings back to the owner of the plants. They don’t have to take them, but you are still obliged to offer. Also, you cannot cut down far as to damage the plants.
I always find that neighbours whose gardens are tips and have no interest are the most difficult. They also try and nab that extra couple of cm's of land as well. Bonkers.
Definitely 😄
So beautiful.
Thanks😊🤗
Beautiful job.
Thank you so much 😀
Conifers always a nightmare to trim back, customers don't understand how they grow and the importance of regular maintenance if they want to avoid the desolate look. Good job done.
Thanks😅😊👍
Those cuttings make nice garden mulch
Yes they do😊👍
Never leave conifers so they are cut into the brown as once cut into.old wood they won't grow back
Always trim them at least twice a year
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You did a beautiful job on those hedges and had the perfect equipment to do it. I have a Stihl chainsaw but it's way too heavy to hold with one hand. My neighbor's tree branches are pushing on our fence and causing too much shade and the lawn won't grow there. I need to take some limbs off. We don't need their permission if it's growing over our property line.
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You should be able to cut back over hanging growth 🤷♂️😊
You do great work!
Thank you🤗
Very nice work. A shame that by not allowing regular trimming you had to do a true chore instead of a quick tidy up.
You were able to do much more with your hand shears than I thought was going to be possible when I saw the back side of that hedge.
Thanks 👍😊
I wouldn't have done it if she didn't let you the first time
Well it was more for my customer as it was sad for her to see it looking so messy! 🙂👍
So agree with you ,nasty neighbours .😊
People never seem to plant things and take into consideration placing them according to full growth dimensions!!! I always trim up my magnolias away from my neighbors property …would avoid a lot of hassle if they plant well within their boundary lines!!
I know this is one of the problems!
People don’t plant for the future, they plant for an instant garden! It doesn’t always work 😬😔
Great little machine for mulching up cuttings. Does that go to a tip or do you use it as mulch?
It’s very useful
I use the chippings at some of my other customers 😊👍
Job well done 👏👏👏Australia 🦘🐨🦘🐨🦘🐨😊👍
Thanks🤗👍
Should charge her double! Those shreddings would be great on blueberry bushes!
I know!😄
I would have left it, too. I like natural hedges.
Yes some people do but conifer gone natural will take over everything 😬
@@mdgardenservices7819 Yes, personal tastes I guess. :) Did a great job for sure.
My neighbour at old house tried this. My side boundary. I always gave notice wanting to get to cut hedge on there side. Amount times got no or bill from hedge cutting company. Did i pay, nope.
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Hedges are a huge bone of contention, made worse by people who plant them too near to a boundary so they can"t properly maintain them themselves without causing neighbours the expense and hassle of having to keep something they didn't plant under control. If they are a boundary hedge then it is a different matter but there should be some agreement on the height. In this case if there was no expense involved then it was perhaps a little foolish of the neighbour not to have them trimmed. The situation can become more difficult should the owners of the hedge move. People should be more circumspect in their planting near boundaries to avoid causing any undue stress to neighbours. Any dispute between the two has to be recorded in documentation during the sale process.
Lovely job on the trimming.
Thanks
Hedges do cause all sorts of problems between neighbours!😅
I know - I have woeful tales to tell about inconsiderate neighbours!
The big question is will the neighbour get you back regularly to trim the hedge(s) and give it a chance to look good (like the other side). I expect this was a one off job, repeated every two years.
The skill was knowing how to treat the different hedge types. Well done, vastly improved 👍
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I’m sure I can give it a trim when I do the other side!😊👍
There will always be neighbors who don’t care what their yards look like, who don’t trim bushes and trees, and don’t rake leaves or pick up branches and fallen sticks. When you ask them if you can do it for them, they take offense, say no, and then don’t do it. What they don’t realize is, taking care of your property is not only showing pride in what you own, but good for your mind, body, soul, and healthy. Get outside, get moving, and get some fresh air.
Very true
Unfortunately you come across them all the time! 😬👍
We have 4 metre high hedges on two boundaries that are entirely on the neighbours land. Neither neighbour will take responsibility for the hedge where it faces our property! I just paid $750 to have my neighbours hedge trimmed! I don't even want hedges on my boundary.
I know unfortunately this happens a lot!!😒👍
You make it sound bad, but she had every right to say no if she is happy with it the way it is.
That’s true
But to then change your mind and expect someone else to pay for it!🤷♂️
Some people are so strange, What an improvement. Get yourself a set of Tripod ladders, there a game changer. Garry Solihull
Thank you
I do have a tripod ladder, it’s a tall one so didn’t use it for this job😊👍
Damn I wish I had help like that!
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Not one single commenter suggests that the lady may have severe anxiety issues - is afraid of the intrusion and noise, serious money worries - is afraid of a huge bill for the job that she can't afford, values her privacy more than a tidy hedge, does not want nesting birds to be disturbed (it's illegal). I worked as a gardener for many years (fully qualified sole trader) and came across many people who simply wouldn't respond to bullying tactics. This is victim blaming.
I ve been doing this job long enough now!
I come across all that you have described.
Unfortunately some people are just plain awkward 🤷♂️🤔😄
@@mdgardenservices7819 Precisely the kind of response I expected. It's a very sad situation when people make videos attacking individuals and inviting others to join in. Do you really want to be that person? Oh, and my name's not Karen.
I’m not any person other than someone working hard to support his family!
I’m not attacking anyone just sad that a 94 year old lady should be taken advantage of for wanting her garden to look nice!
Guess you are ok with that!
Anyway just doing the job I was asked to do🤷♂️
That is an amazing machine! I loved watching you work it. Do you have a use for all the wood chips it produces? Good job!
Thank you
Yes I do use the wood chips at some of my other customers 😊👍
Fantastisch Good work mark you the best te you te famey te House te natuur best fried 🚛🪤🌳🌿🪚🦺🧤🎧👍🍹
Thanks! 😃👍
it's her side! She can do whatever the Hell she wants on HER SIDE.
Very true!
Until she decides after years of leaving it that she wants it cut! But does she want to do it or pay for it! No she wants my customer to do it and pay for it!!
Would you be happy with that?🤷♂️🤦♂️
I’m surprised at how silent that woodchipper is. Wow.
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Me parece genial que triture las ramas con su máquina
Glad you enjoyed it🤗👍
I didn't expect to see a palm tree in Britain
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We always have our hedge cut, and heard neighbours say it let's in so much light, they have conifers at the back they haven't had it cut for years and guess what we have no light, so eff them, they don't care about us so selfish, now they're daughter is seeing someone we have to put up with him parking to close our drive so my husband has a struggle to get off the drive, people don't think anymore, it's oh I'm alright eff you
Unfortunately not everyone has consideration for other people 😔
AND I HOPE SHE PAID YOU!
My customer did!👍
Should such a severe cut be done in nesting season in the UK? Surely not, right?
Nothing was nesting. I always check before doing hedges😊
I was wondering can u use the branches u cut off the trees hanging in that person's yard as a mulch or something of that source? Well dearie u b careful nd safe urself. GOD BLESS U.
Thank you
The mulch was used in another garden 😊👍
shame the neighbour didnt have it done sooner and regular, a shaggy hedge never looks 100%
I know!
Didn’t have to get like that😔
Wow! Do you ever sound bored and fed up.
I was probably looking fed up😆
Feels like I’ve been working in the rain for about 6 months or more 😩😅
Out of curiosity, how much time had lapsed between this most recent trimming on the neighbours side and the previous time you were allowed do it?
I'm very interested as to how long it will take a hedge to go from looking like your clients side to the neighbours side.
I can’t remember exactly but a good few years! 😩