fencing questions - materials for basic fence?
appletree729
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Comments (6)Its an awkward kind of space. When I get stumped on what to plant, I drive around and try to get ideas. Look at what people around there plant on their north sides and try to visualize it there. I think that is what I would do. I grow quite of few sun loving plants on my north side. You could do it like a section of low growing and then a taller plant and then repeat the low growing then the taller and on down the length of the wall. On that narrow row area, I'd keep it very simple and use low maintenance plants that can stand drought. If you really want to go fancy with it, you could dig a narrow bed in front of the wall (or better yet, a gently curved one) and plant groupings of rounded plants and some vertical ones. Perennials and ornamental grasses would be nice mixed. Then plant something that spills over the wall and use colors that compliment each other. Maybe some kind of ground cover like Gregg Dalea, various sedums or a creeping thyme, something that likes it dry so you won't have to worry so much about watering with it up higher. It would have good drainage up high like that and the soil might get on the dry side pretty quickly with the wall and all. Pick your colors. Then pick your basic shapes. Then choose your plants. Thats a good rule of thumb for design....See MoreFence Placement Questions
Comments (8)Thanks for all the great replies. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who drives around and sees what other people are doing. I've also looked at Google Images to get ideas and it seems to be almost 50/50 as to where the fence goes. I think I am leaning towards having landscaping on both sides of the fence like a few of you mentioned. Our pool will be about 15-20 feet off the back of our home surrounded by a patio. The fence will connect to the house on both sides because DH doesn't want to have to go through the fence to get to the pool. We don't have young children and the place where the fence connects to the house will have a locked gate. Our home has alarms on the doors when they open for the protection of any future grandkids. I don't have plans to post yet because our engineer is tweaking his design and he has all the copies with him right now. We would like the fence to "disappear" so planting on both sides probably makes sense....See MoreFence Questions
Comments (29)I would put the fence as close to the property line as the regulations in your area require. Where I live now fences are 1' from the property line while buildings or structures must be 3' from the property line. Where I lived before fencing was placed on the property line, but buildings and structures had to be 10' from the property line. I had an odd corner in my last back yard where the lot rose up about 6' higher than the rest of my back yard. The various owners over the years had planted different things to camouflage the space. I would have never considered just bringing the fence inside the tree/plant line. You can keep your trees/plants on your side of the fence and your neighbors can keep their trees/plants on their side of the fence. Regardless of which side of the fence the trees are on, you are still responsible for trimming them, maintaining their health, getting them taken out if they become diseased, keeping the weeds down. It is far easier to do all your yard work on your side of the fence. I always enjoyed the feeling that this one corner gave to the yard. Better than having a perfectly blank space with nothing buy yard....See MorePrivacy Fence galvanized post to wood rail installation question.
Comments (1)You might want to cross post this in home repairs....See Moreappletree729
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