Hi, click on this link i think it should help.

http://bit.ly/irBAZl

You may have if it is several in a row? Roughly here in the UK if the neighbour refuses to reduce the height of the trees/hedge, you can contact you local council having firstly tried to resolve the problem directly with your nieghbours. If the council deems the hedge excessive, they may order it to be reduced in height to two metres.

in a lot of counties you need planning permission to plant leylandi but thesewere obviously planted before the law changed . it cant bedoing there garden any good either . at the least you can cut your side right up to the fence which wont grow back at all but hopefully your nieghber will see the light if your friendly etc .

You don't say where you are in the UK, but if in the south or somewhere else in drought, and your soil is fairly heavy, the cracking is quite normal in these conditions - just means the ground's completely dried out, and unrelated to the trees.

So true Bamboo my ground is cracking already this year and in one bed has exposed some bulbs.

at last its raining here heavily . the dancing round thewig wam goingwoo wo wo wo woooo worked lol . got to be said this is the secondrain in ages and i waterd the plants the otherday and they are flourashing . im going to do a blog about it when ivesorted them out .

Lucky you no rain here NP

bless ya your turn will come drc dont worry mate just be posative and it will come i prommis mate .

Thanks NP

your welcme drc726