The kids have to spoil everything

Hi all been away for a while.
I'm in to middle of my Dad moving into a retirement village and with work and everything not much time.
Anyway my problem is.
Last year you may or may not remember I put down some plum slate on a small patch of ground in my front garden where nothing would grow.
I was very please with the result.
The problem is , the kids have decided every time they walk passed for some unknown reason they have to kick it off.
Is there anything I can put onto it to hold it together to stop them.
Any ideas please it's driving me mad every time I go out side I have to pick the pieces up and put them back.

 

Lyn,gather the kids around the slate and explain the situation.....YOU are the boss :skp:

 

It's not that easy to confront them.
These kids are not the type you reason with.
They are young teenagers with an air of arrogance fueled by their mates.
If I said anything to them I would get a mouthful of abuse and probably worse than the kicking of slate to deal with.
The cementing down sound good.
I could even get a cement colour to match.
I'll see how it goes.
Thank you

 

Could you put a low edging around the slate, so it's not as easy for it to get kicked around?

 

Nothing grows there.
I have tried all sorts and I think because it's so close to the road and surrounded by tarmac everything seems to die.
I was thinking of a small fence .
One of the push in ones.
They might pull it up but it might be worth a try.
I could cover it in something nasty then they might just leave it LOL.

 

Hi Lyn .i had the same problem with my grandchildren, with the part of my garden done with
Plum Slate. i purchased some 6 inch LOG ROLL and surrounded the Plum Slate area ,it is all nice and tidy now and the log roll is very robust once it is inserted into the ground and it can be stained to any colour to suit your requirements. music.

 

That sounds a great idea.
Thank you

 

I quess you could try appealing to the children to behave themselves and be helpful instead of ruining your efforts. A few firm words perhaps?

 

Not a chance.
I value my quiet life to much to stir them up.
I have seen what they can do when they take exception to you and what you have to say to them.
A coward ,yes I am.
And we live in what is considered a "nice area".
It's just a few stupid rich kids who think it's funny to hedge jump over the front gardens kick up the slate and pebbles and just make a complete nuisance of themselves.
If you told the parents they would call you a liar the police aren't interested.
They are a silly stupid lot that like to show off and destroy and break everything.
My next door neighbour as a lovely wooden well in her front garden .
They have knocked it over twice.
It as now been fixed down with long rods.
The daffs heads are kicked off.
We have had paint thrown down the road.
Various pots and baskets of plants taken and thrown about.
The man opposite as had his bell push taken 3 times.
Eggs thrown at the cars and windows.
Little things but very annoying.
They walk up the road in their designer gear ,arms round their girlfriends smoking drinking and showing off.
They are little more than babies about 13 or 14.
Lets hope they grow up fast.

 

Sympathise, Lyn but cant suggest anything, the buggers need a good hiding but thats out of the question.
They will just continue to grow up doing exactly as they like, which is quite normal for these days.


And then they wonder how we got to where we are now :(

 

Ah, I thought at first you meant it was your own children messing up your front garden! Now I understand, and sympathise with your situation. Perhaps you could plant some extremely nasty, prickly bushes with some fierce, large thorns on them that would hurt anyone trying to cause malicious damage to your front garden. There are plenty about, to choose from. Fill your front garden with fiercesome, fiery thorn bushes is my suggestion, doesn't look like you can do anything else.
You can have some of my laurels if you like, apparently they give off poisonous gas and contain Hydrogen Cyanide throughout them ......
Whereabouts in the West Midlands are you, if I may ask? ................

 

Thats a great idea, gas them with the Laurel LOL
We are in Streetly.
I have to be careful about the prickly hedges , thats if anything would grow there, as we have some lovely kids around here as well and it would be right next to the path.
I wouldn't want to injure them.
As in most places it's just the few that spoil it for everyone.

 

Hmmm,

berberis, hawthorn and pyracantha grown in most places and, funnily enough, all have thorns. but make efficient hedges.

Berberis makes an attactive hedge in its own right

 

hmmm

put something smelly for them to land on with their designer trainers?

not nice behaviour

loopy