Lilies: Mean Man help please, 1 by 3gardeners

3gardeners wrote:
Hey all. I can't put up "deterant" plants because this land borders the sidewalk, ends at my drive and then folks are expected to cross the street where the sidewalk begins again. (This by the way is the VERY dangerous, blind curve I spoke of earlier) That land isn't technically mine to manage. The city owns it. I forget how many feet in, but I know it's at least 10 ft. I can't call it trespassing. Plus, the very children that love that garden would then be hurt by the "deterant" plants. I can just see them walking along the sidewalk, tripping and landing face first into a barberry! This photo is from Easter '06, but you get the idea of the layout now.
And really, at this point, I've given up. You can't fight the bad guys unless you're willing to get dirty too. And then, I can assure you, I'D be the one to get in trouble!
I don't have the energy to put into this anymore. In fact, I'm over living in this subdivision and trying to garden. I'm actually going to hire a, dare I say it, "Professional Landscaper" and have the yard simplified down to pine islands. The neighbors will leave me alone and I can let out a sigh of relief knowing I don't have to worry about it any more. I'll garden later in life, somewhere in the Pacific NW maybe. I'll just have to really, really restrain myself in the spring. Think of the $ I'll save!

I just realized again that this is the Lily Forum. Look how far we've digressed. Somehow I turned it into the "B**** & Moan" forum. Sorry, and sorry to the more delicate ladies for my new forum title.