garden crime how to protect your property. basic considerations avoid hidden areas where intruders...
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Garden CrimeHow to Protect Your Property
Basic Considerations
• Avoid hidden areas where intruders can lurk
• Consider security lighting
• Consider gravel paths to prevent a silent approach
• Make the back garden a difficult area to access
Fences
• Place Trellis on top of fence
• Barbed wire or other such fence topping must not overhang and incline inwards
• Consider planting climbing roses up and along fence
Sheds
• Secure the shed door with a heavy duty hasp
• Fit a closed-shackle padlock
• Opening windows require good window locks.
• Consider a passive infra-red detector
• Consider a door contact alarm
Flimsy Sheds
• Consider locking garden tools to floor anchor
• Consider a locking box inside the shed
• Consider locking pesticides away
• Keep tools in garage
Natural Protection
• A barrier of prickly hedge may be all the protection you need around your property.
• Here are some suggestions for plants to use………………..
Creeping Juniper Blue Spruce
Common Holly
Giant Rhubarb
Golden Bamboo
Chinese Jujube
Firethorn
Shrub Rose Pencil Christmas Tree
Purple Berberis
Mountain Pine
Blue Pine
Oleaster
Blackthorn
Fuschia-flowered Gooseberry
Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum)
Finally
• Put away all tools and equipment • Sheds are securely locked • Keep tools inside if you do not have a garden shed• Use plant protection - such as thorny shrubs • Install outside security lighting • Photograph valuable garden plants or ornaments. • Check that your household insurance policy
covers theft from your garden and outbuildings