Dont mess with me

My next-door-neighbours moved out a week ago. They have gone to London to make their fortune (as apparently the streets are still paved in gold) and have left behind overgrown gardens. At the back the hedge is so high that I have no light in my alley or the top end of my garden. At the front the leylandii is sprouting all over the path so that I have to walk across my garden (I am allergic to the stuff so cant risk brushing up against it). Before they went I asked them very politely to sort out the gardens and they were all drooling compliance - soooo sorry it has been neglected, had to prioritise, of course we will do it all before we go.... and then they left.

The house to up for let with a local estate agent who I contacted and was told that it was not their problem - it was up to the house-owner. I pointed out that he may have trouble letting it and his only reply was that he would 'speak to' the owners and ask them to return and sort it out - sigh, sigh, sigh.

So last night I began - I picked the best blooms and greenery and made a lovely arrangement for my dining room table. And this weekend I intend to attack with a hedge-trimmer and branch-lopper and the resulting mess will be piled high on the drive so that the next time the estate agent brings someone round and they swing into the drive they will receive a lovely surprise.

Dont mess with grumpyoldwoman - she rules!