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landscaping privacy Stewie 02-12-2008
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Posted by RO on February 13, 2008, 1:56 am
I planted about 600' of 24" one gallon Leyland Cypress. Now they are 30'
tall except for the portion I trim to 10'. It grows 5' a year once
established. Be careful though. If you let it get out of bounds, you'll
have a big job getting back in bounds.

RO

--
Robert Olin
Bob's Water & Septic LLC



Posted by Bob F on February 13, 2008, 12:55 pm

>I planted about 600' of 24" one gallon Leyland Cypress. Now they are 30' tall
>except for the portion I trim to 10'. It grows 5' a year once established. Be
>careful though. If you let it get out of bounds, you'll have a big job getting
>back in bounds.

And they'd like to grow to 60 feet or more. They tend to get dead spots if
pruned too much.




Posted by Old Black Joe on February 20, 2008, 7:41 pm

>
> Was wondering what others have done to put up privacy
> barriers between neighboring homes.
>
> I'm on a corner lot in a "typical" suburban sub division.
> The lot is about a 200' x 100' size. There is a house to
> one side, and one behind, kinda looks like this:
>
>
>
> [neighbor]
> |
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(fence)
> |
> [neighbor]---------[my house]----------------[street]
> |
> |
> |
> [ street ]
>
> (not to scale).
>
> My dilemma is, I'd like to put up some privacy barriers
> on the left & right sides in the above diagram (to the
> home on the left above, and to the street). to make a
> private yard that would encompass the area on the left,
> to the rear, and part of the section to the right.
>
> I've gotten all kinds of 'suggestions' - but i thought
> i would post to this group and collect some more before
> i make a decision.
>
> Many of the suggestions involved planting trees or hedges.
> Additional fencing is a thought, but I would still need a
> lot more trees to block out views of the neighbors (since
> the fence height is only 6').
>
> All the planting ideas involve waiting a LONG time for
> usable privacy (like YEARS).
>
> I'm in the northeastern USA.
>
> Does anyone have actual experience with some species of
> tree or hedge, that works in one season or less ? (or some
> other idea to achieve the privacy goal).
>
> I've interviewed professional landscaping *architects* (not
> landscaping contractors), but i want to exhaust the DIY
> design route first before spending $$$ on retainers to have
> architects construct designs (like the folks you see on
> HGTV).
>
> Anyone here have any thoughts on privacy barriers ?
>
>
>
>

Stay indores but some eff'n thet thar tin foil on all yer windows yo'll
be fine then

Posted by nick hull on February 20, 2008, 10:31 pm
> > I'm on a corner lot in a "typical" suburban sub division.
> > The lot is about a 200' x 100' size. There is a house to
> > one side, and one behind, kinda looks like this:
> >
> >
> >
> > [neighbor]
> > |
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(fence)
> > |
> > [neighbor]---------[my house]----------------[street]
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > [ street ]
> >
> > (not to scale).
> >
> > My dilemma is, I'd like to put up some privacy barriers
> > on the left & right sides in the above diagram (to the
> > home on the left above, and to the street). to make a
> > private yard that would encompass the area on the left,
> > to the rear, and part of the section to the right.

Move to a 100 acre place, then you will have privacy. ;)

Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/

Posted by TH on February 20, 2008, 7:51 pm
On Feb 12, 8:04 am, "Stewie" <Stewie@I-shall-rule-the-wor...@Family-
Guy.net.org> wrote:
> Was wondering what others have done to put up privacy
> barriers between neighboring homes.
>
> I'm on a corner lot in a "typical" suburban sub division.
> The lot is about a 200' x 100' size. There is a house to
> one side, and one behind, kinda looks like this:
>
> [neighbor]
> |
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(fence)
> |
> [neighbor]---------[my house]----------------[street]
> |
> |
> |
> [ street ]
>
> (not to scale).
>
> My dilemma is, I'd like to put up some privacy barriers
> on the left & right sides in the above diagram (to the
> home on the left above, and to the street). to make a
> private yard that would encompass the area on the left,
> to the rear, and part of the section to the right.
>
> I've gotten all kinds of 'suggestions' - but i thought
> i would post to this group and collect some more before
> i make a decision.
>
> Many of the suggestions involved planting trees or hedges.
> Additional fencing is a thought, but I would still need a
> lot more trees to block out views of the neighbors (since
> the fence height is only 6').
>
> All the planting ideas involve waiting a LONG time for
> usable privacy (like YEARS).
>
> I'm in the northeastern USA.
>
> Does anyone have actual experience with some species of
> tree or hedge, that works in one season or less ? (or some
> other idea to achieve the privacy goal).
>
> I've interviewed professional landscaping *architects* (not
> landscaping contractors), but i want to exhaust the DIY
> design route first before spending $$$ on retainers to have
> architects construct designs (like the folks you see on
> HGTV).
>
> Anyone here have any thoughts on privacy barriers ?

Bamboo. You have to encase it with a 2 foot deep ground barrier.

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