A Rustic Garden Blog

My wife and I have never had any conflicts with our next door neighbors; in fact, our relations with them are cordial if not downright friendly. Still, we’ve always been insistent about staking a claim to our own backyard. The neighbor’s dog has a habit of crossing over onto our property to relieve itself, which wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for the nitrogenized dead patches in the lawn.

We decided to take action by putting up some decorative wrought iron yard fencing. The new fence doesn’t keep the dog out per se, but it does send a subtle message to our neighbors that we’d like our property to be respected. Since installing the fence myself, I’ve noticed a marked decrease in the number of times Rover wanders over to do his business in our backyard.