Oh my... sitting down to watch the fireworks show... surprised you didn't ask on the natives forum.

I don't think it would be that hard. Every opening, every crack in or under the fence, push the vines, using a soft, rounded spatula so as not to injure the plant. When the neighbors aren't there (have a neighborhood kid serve as a lookout = "Billy? When you see the Wilson's leave, give me a ring on this burner phone - here's 5 bucks") then sneak over - remembering to wear garbage bags on your shoes so as to not leave prints - and pull the vine tendrils through.

Once you've got a few hundred lbs of vine on their side, then its time to break out the fertilizer and watering hose.

Surely this is some kind of joke! Otherwise, it's the height of unethical gardening.

We have someone over on the Florida Gardening forum who is stealing amaryllis bulbs from the front yard of her 90-something neighbor (and bragging about it). She reports taking one per night and thinks she is "rescuing" the bulbs. She posted about it in February or March but I think I have thought about it every single day since reading it, it bothers me so much. Who does that?! Who does this?! Who has so much time to be devious? Don't people have enough to do without ruining someone else's day? What ever happened to the Golden Rule?

Of course, this post is most likely a troll - the user registered on the same date as the post and has no other posting history. In the case of the Florida Gardening post, that sadly is not a troll - the user is a regular on the Florida Gardening forum.

This post was edited by love_the_yard on Tue, Aug 6, 13 at 23:01

I took it as a joke.

I do have a neighbor who felt that an increase of bees in the neighborhood would benefit his large vegetable garden and fruit trees, so he bought 20 lbs of clover seed and spread it around rather freely in all his neighbors yards, at 2:00 am, in an impressive variation of guerrilla gardening. He's 83 years old.

I am older than that, and can tell you stupidity can be found at any age. Al

It's a political statement and I'm not a troll.

Is this in anyway related to those groups who wish to get rid of the plant? Some kinda payback?

An example at the link,

Here is a link that might be useful: ivyoutofrichmond.org

"It's a political statement and I'm not a troll."

Per GardenWeb's TOS, political statements are not to be posted in this type of forum. And, IMO posting this type of "political statement" here is exactly what would make a troll a troll!

I pretty much agree with what Brandon said, but what's going on with the neighbor? Maybe you just need other ideas.

I love the plant and find it beautiful. I don't think my neighbor shares my opinion.

I think it's a success!

Hopefully, your neighbor has some herbicide on hand. If not, maybe they'll get lucky with some rock-salt filled shotgun shells sometime when you're out vandalizing their yard.

This post was edited by brandon7 on Tue, Nov 26, 13 at 21:30

What kind of political statement would this be? If ivy was not an invasive species, it might be a way to get a nasty barren weed filled area of a neighbors yard looking better.

Assuming the sight of the "I know there's snakes in there" patch of ivy looks pleasing to the viewer. Just looks like a neglected mess to me.

I do not recommend planting ivy any where. It is an invasive species and kills trees. Ones it is in a woods it is hard to get rid of.