Texas Gardening: keeping a dog (and kids) out of my yard, 1 by antiquedrose

antiquedrose wrote:
I'm not so nice. The folks across from us (we bought the place from the now deceased dad, who kept control of his home) are multigenerational, and have animals that are not neutered and rules for these apes don't apply. When one of their own was killed in a single car accident last year (I had a restraining order against him), the clan marked the hwy with a cross and a whiskey bottle at the base.

So when I'm gardening on the otherside of my barbed wire fence and one of their dogs attempt to cross the road, I scream like a mad woman for it (them) to GET BACK.

But to the point. The roses are a great idea and you can plant a couple of varieties to create a screen that is multilayered from the ground level up. Thorny berry bushes alongside and intertwined with the roses help us. The Rose Emporium web site and Chamblees Nursery's site will be helpful for you.



Oh, and our Doberman gets very unhappy when tresspassing occurs.