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Posted by ameijers on May 16, 2006, 9:10 pm
> >
> > Richard J Kinch wrote:
> > > Steve B writes:
> > >
> > > > You could have more grass.
> > >
> > > A lawn is the price of some privacy from the rest of the world. More
lawn
> > > is more privacy, but the area grows as the square of the separation
> > > distance.
> >
> > Well, sorta. In reality space is the buffer, i.e., more room between
> > you and the next guy. The undesireable IMO result is lawn as you have
> > to do -something- with that vast expanse or you have a jungle or a
> > hayfield.
>
> Plant trees. Less effort in the long run, far more effective
> in producing privacy (and sound deadening).
>
> [10 acres, less than 1/4 acre needs to be mowed.]
That is what my retirement house is gonna be- not visible from the the road.
Only lawn will be a small patch up at the road so you can non-blindly pull
into traffic, and a firebreak around the house, so the place gets enough
sunlight to not go moldy on me. (Houses that never see sunlight always reek
like a cabin, in my experience....) But I'll look for a place where the
trees are already there- with my non-green thumb, trying to keep plants
alive is expensive, pointless, and downright depressing....
aem sends...
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