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["Jenny Ruth Yasi" <voices@maine.rr.com>]

I followed that with interest because I gardened for a woman whose neighbor 
had a yard full of bittersweet and knotweed that was encroaching on her 
lawn. My employer wanted me to go to the neighbors yard and spray roundup 
which I refused to do (so later when I abandoned her she did it herself). 
The only solution in my opinion was to make a moat of landscape fabric and 
mulch, and mow often.

On my own property, I put some rain barrels collecting water off the roof 
and a drip hose to the perimeter, and I have espaliered fruit trees growing 
very well near the roots of my neighbor's trees. They just need more water 
on the edge, near trees, more  than any other area of the garden. As long as 
I water regularly they do fine. Also I have hazelnuts there, and they are 
quite drought resistant, I don't even water them, just mulch them, and they 
compete with the trees very well.

Yasi
www.wholedogcamp.com
www.jennyruthyasi.blogspot.com
really too busy to do more than lurk! Growing flowers for fun wedding this 
year, thinking dahlias and daisies for a change...