Lin isn’t sure about the rock and cacti garden, but I think it would be great for low maintenance and it goes with the house too. Not to mention a few large, spiny, and well-placed cacti near the offending property line might make it more difficult for AB to amble about in my yard.

Yes, Vue would be great for designing a garden. I’ve been thinking of recreating the whole property as closely as possible and then going crazy with it. :D

Our first house was a dreaded corner lot, small house, acres of grass! I hate lawns. Our sity place had a tiny lawn, still you needed to cut it. I still hated lawns. Our Nelson place had a small city lot and it was all garden, I loved it! Don’t even own a mower! Hobbit Hall’s curent incarnation actually doesn’t have any property to speak of, so the garden is all in pots. This is the best. I water, that’s it. Not even a weed to pull. Grass, that’s what other people do all weekend.

I vote for cacti and desert coloured pebbles, suculents and a patch of ground cover. It’s a pain to put in, but if you do it all at once with a backhoe and the trucks dropping the stuff off, you’re done.

Of course, you could make AB a special bowl of chilli that would stop him for good and save the landscaping costs.

(Could you make your dream garden on Vue? Does it give you that kind of control?)