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Change your landscaping. Some thorny blackberry brambles ought to do the trick, and the bonus is that you and/or the birds get some yummy blackberries.
I'd have so much fun "planting" nails and glass in my yard! *evil grin*
Damaging US Government property. You could get arrested for that.
Eh--my guess is that a lot of properties in the area might be lacking walkways, and the mailperson is used to trudging through gravel? Are rock gardens popular there?
My best advice is to get those short wire cages like are used for tomato plants and put them around the things you are trying to get growing in the rock garden. It will add to your fun as you observe the delivery person in your obstacle course and might keep the bunnies away too.
Hey, can I stand outside pretending to water plants and spray the mailman when they approach, like you train a cat not to scratch the furniture? You know, I don't think they would walk through the rocks if I were standing out there. That tells me they know they shouldn't do it!
Put a sprinkler out there and have it on during the time they deliver.
Your garden will be the lushest in the neighborhood.
And a pitbull chained to the holly tree, trained to bite at anyone who comes near the landscaping. Would definitely solve OP's problem with the mailmen..
Nah, all you need is a pack of chihuahuas. They don't eat much!
I understand the "shortest route" thing. It may not seem like much on your individual property, but stop and think how much ground the walking carriers cover on their entire route. Now add to that the additional distance if they are required to walk up and down every sidewalk at every house.
My suggestion to those of you who are upset about one person taking the shortest route, move your mailbox from your front door to the street, walk out to pick up your own mail, and take part of the walking burden off that carrier who already walks miles every day.
I understand the "shortest route" thing. It may not seem like much on your individual property, but stop and think how much ground the walking carriers cover on their entire route. Now add to that the additional distance if they are required to walk up and down every sidewalk at every house.
My suggestion to those of you who are upset about one person taking the shortest route, move your mailbox from your front door to the street, walk out to pick up your own mail, and take part of the walking burden off that carrier who already walks miles every day.
But the thing is, they don't use the sidewalk next to the street at all. They walk from one door to the next, through the lawn. That's fine. I don't expect them to go to one house, walk out to the sidewalk next to the street and walk to the next driveway, etc. The sidewalk I am talking about is our own sidewalk that goes from our driveway to the porch. The sidewalk is literally just a few steps over from where the mailman walks. If they walked straight from the house on the south and just altered their trajectory SLIGHTLY they'd be on our sidewalk instead of on the rock garden. But instead they walk right through the rock garden. If it were way out of the way, I could understand. But it's not at all. No one else walks in the rock garden.
Put up a sign "Please do not walk through Rocks". Shouldn't be hard to find like one of those stick in the ground signs you see all over people generally use for election candidates. If he still does it, your mailman is just an *******.
A few (not many) years ago we had a new concrete driveway, sidewalk and porch poured. Between the front of the house and the sidewalk, we have a rock garden - river rock plus a large rock with accent plants. It is right next to the sidewalk and instead of taking three or four steps to the sidewalk, the mailman/mailmen - can change depending on the day - will walk right through the rocks. This leaves footprints in the rocks and they also tend to kick rocks out onto the sidewalk as they walk. WE never walk through it; why does the mailman feel free to do it? They even did it last spring when we had plants coming up, obviously completely oblivious that they might be stepping on new plants. We are never right there to catch them doing it and say something to them. I usually work at home, but my office is removed from the from of the house so I don't hear/see the mailman. Today I was in the living room, though, and heard "crunch, crunch, crunch" but by the time I got to the door they were already gone.
My husband wants to put a short white picket fence or benches along the edge of the rock garden to keep them from walking through. I think that will take away from the look of it. I thought about a "please use the sidewalk" sign, but again that will look tacky.
I think it's ridiculous to have to even tell people not to walk through your rock garden. Isn't is common sense? We didn't spend all the time and money on landscaping for it to be a walk-through for the mailman!
When we have friends or even strangers over, THEY don't walk through the rock garden. I don't know why various mailmen would think it's okay.
"It is right next to the sidewalk..." There's the problem. Stones next to a sidewalk are universally understood to be part of the walkway unless either the rock garden or the sidewalk are significantly distinguished from the other by a short wall, distinct elevations, a fence, a swath of ground cover, etc.
"It is right next to the sidewalk..." There's the problem. Stones next to a sidewalk are universally understood to be part of the walkway unless either the rock garden or the sidewalk are significantly distinguished from the other by a short wall, distinct elevations, a fence, a swath of ground cover, etc.
Oh, please!!! Deliver me! I've never had such a thought and I don't know anyone else that has. Even I, dumb as I am supposed to be, know the difference between a rock garden and a sidewalk even if they are side by side.
"It is right next to the sidewalk..." There's the problem. Stones next to a sidewalk are universally understood to be part of the walkway unless either the rock garden or the sidewalk are significantly distinguished from the other by a short wall, distinct elevations, a fence, a swath of ground cover, etc.
Say what? Stones next to a sidewalk usually mark the border between the sidewalk and the garden. At least on my planet.
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You know, I don't think they would walk through the rocks if I were standing out there. That tells me they know they shouldn't do it!
