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Are your garden
chemicals still in
date or legal to use?

DISPOSING OF Alamy
GARDEN CHEMICALS
Always check your chemicals
are in date and properly
5 labelled, and be aware that
some of your older ones may have
been discontinued. Visit www.rhs.
org.uk and search for ‘withdrawn
chemicals’ for more information.
Permitted chemical containers
must have their contents finished
p on a designated plant and rinsed
out carefully before being put in the
ousehold recycling. Contact your
council waste disposal department
to ask where you can get rid of
ithdrawn chemicals in your area. Alamy

Try offering to help if
your neighbour lets their
garden become unruly

Trees can throw
up a number of
legal issues!

THE TRUTH ON TREES
It’s tricky when it comes to trees – keeping them in check
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NEIGHBOUR NEGLECT can become a real job. There are a few important things
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It’s disheartening when a neighbour neglects 7 to remember if a tree becomes a nuisance. You can trim
their garden, particularly when you put so much overhanging branches from a neighbour’s tree, but only up
6 effort into your own! A friendly chat with them to the boundary line, and then you have to offer the trimmed
always goes down well, and you can bring up your branches back to them. The same goes for overhanging fruit
concerns about encroaching weeds, for example. Plus or windfalls – always give them back to the tree owner, even if
your gardening knowledge may be very welcome. If they fall in your garden! Don’t just throw anything back over
they don’t comply with your neighbourly help, you can the fence either as this is considered antisocial. Any tree on the
contact your local authority if they’re spreading certain boundary line belongs to both parties and neighbours aren’t
weeds, such as creeping thistle and ragwort. Also if obliged to clear their tree’s leaves unless a drain is blocked.
they’re endangering anyone or obstructing rights of way And finally, nests and roosts in any tree are protected by law.
you can get the authorities involved.

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January 27 2018 /Garden News17