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Or ivy and Virginia creeper

Does anyone here have experience with columnar fruit trees or dwarf trees?

Just came back from the bakery and what do I see in the garden? Squirrels stealing our cocktail tomatoes from the bush. I was actually planning to pickle some green tomatoes. Oh well, I think it’s pretty cool.

What tomatoes?

I wouldn’t have expected that.

Here, they traditionally collect hazelnuts.

sichtbeton82 schrieb:

Thanks for the feedback. I had already given it some thought, and these are the advantages I see in choosing privet:
- can be kept relatively narrow as a hedge
- relatively low water requirements
- beneficial for birds
- inexpensive
- evergreen

My decision was basically final. Only my mother-in-law asked me to review and reconsider it. I had read somewhere (can’t recall where) that privet can send out runners.

Not every privet is evergreen.
Our privet (not evergreen) is now over 30 years old, very woody, and most of it will be removed.
On the east side, the neighbor is currently building a natural stone wall, and on the west side, we border a species-rich meadow, which we plan to extend onto our property and only have mowed twice a year by the farmer.
In the vegetable garden, I’ve noticed that plants about 75cm (30 inches) inside grew less vigorously and produced a smaller yield, likely due to privet roots or the shade the hedge casts.
I would only consider a root barrier where the vegetable garden borders the hedge. For the lawn, it probably doesn’t matter.

About 70 cubic meters (approximately 92 cubic yards) of excavation will be backfilled next week. The truck can still access the site for now. Moving the topsoil will take longer.