Transparent Hedges
In 2006, I hired a workman whose ultimate ambition was to become a maker of back yard fountains. He talked me into allowing him to make his first fountain in my back yard.

When he finished, he realized there was a problem. The hedges bounding the yard made it hard for passersby (and potential customers) to see his fountain. Marketing is everything after all! So, without informing me first, he cut off all the foliage below eye-level, all around the yard, so everyone (including casual thieves looking for loose tools) could gaze with wonderment into the yard.

The workman figured the foliage would soon grow back. The trouble, of course, is that hedges will sprout new foliage only at the top and sides, and rarely at the bottom, so the gaping wounds were permanent.

Since 2006, new, weedy plants have sprung from the ground below the hedges, and slowly filled in the holes. For the purpose of privacy it took about four years to stop feeling so exposed.
(Perv With A Dog had his eyes pecked out by scrub jays on, Thu 4 Apr 2013, 20:04, 4 replies)

God. Imagine a world where people hadn't invented fences.
It must be awful for you.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 4 Apr 2013, 20:14, closed)

Fences? How terribly non-U.

( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 4 Apr 2013, 20:38, closed)

Fountain in your back yard?
And a story about trimming your bush?
This is just an elaborate euphemism isn't it?
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Fri 5 Apr 2013, 1:16, closed)

I was thinking the same
Loose tools? Bit more ruffage needed.
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Fri 5 Apr 2013, 15:10, closed)