30 years ago, when my late wife and I purchased our property, I transplanted approximatey 300 red cedar seedlings around the perimeter, just inside the fenceline. Then she and I went out onto the Fort Hood maneuver range after several division-level field problems and policed up about 60 rolls of concertina razor-wire. I went around the property line staking down the concertina wire over the transplanted cedar seedlings.
Over the years, as the cedars grew, I went out and guided their branches through the gaps of the concertina wire until the branches because too large and stiff to do so. Now I have 25-30 foot cedar trees with interlocking branches all around the property line. Hidden inside the foliage is the concertina wire, suspended about two feet off the ground. Whoever tries to sneak through the cedar line in the dark (a difficult task on its own because of the branches intertwining), is going to find a solid razor center that is just going to ruin their night.
She also wanted me to build a bunker in the hill that overlooks the long-straightaway in the driveway. I drew the line there ... the Army would have probably definitely frowned on me "borrowing" my assigned M-60 machinegun to install it there.
I swear, she would have mounted artillery in the front yard if she could have found somewhere to purchase them and the shells to go along with them. She always said that she wanted a ground-mounted pivotable flamethrower out there too. She was a really fun lady ...
You were a very lucky man to have had her in your life!
I’m inspired now to re-visit the windbreak on the west side of my property!
Love the flame-thrower idea!
See? She lives on! :)