Privacy Hedge on Property Line
nevdrachey
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Comments (20)Geeze Mere... We paved our driveway 2 years ago. The guy did a lousy job, it squished out and onto the neighbors property. The only way to remove it is to cut it out. We haven't done that yet, although we planned to. Have the paving guy come back and talk to him about doing that. Hemlocks are huge. What was she thinking? I think I would get the fence guy out pronto, think about getting the fence put in now. They will surely grow over the line, if you cut them on your side it totally ruins the look. Are you going to have a surveyer come out? Well, one good thing to come of this, she won't be borrowing the mower lol I'm so sick of neighbors. You try to be nice then get pooped on. Wonder if she'll let you see the kids any more. That's the hardest. I was relieved when my iron borrowing neighbor moved, some of the stunts she pulled were low. I don't get it. She borrowed & broken my iron & 2 cell phones, yet I'm the one that's the (insert word here)... Halloween they brought the kids over, hadn't seen them in months. I was then outside working in the garden, kneeling on their property... Out she comes with the 3 youngest to pick up the oldest from the bus... She puts my little sweetie girl on her right side, then proceeds to drive the carriage on the grass, walking as far from me as possible. She made sure my little sweetie girl didn't see me. I didn't get to say good bye to the kids. The mother was shipping them off to their G'ma's, they were loaded in the car, my husband almost didn't get to say goodbye. It's probably for the best, it hurt me to see the kids go, couldn't imagine how the little ones felt. Funny how people think. She swore to everyone that would listen that I gave her a broken iron, which is hilarious if you know me. I'm so anal about replacing things I think are going. Worked fine to iron my clothes for dad's viewing. I wonder if yours will start telling stories too. Mere the home-wrecker. If she was so worried about her husband doing something behind her back, why did she even start a friendship?...See MoreNC Coastal Evergreens
Comments (3)Thanks for the info. I will check out the wax myrtles. Also when I said occasional flooding I meant from a hurricane or a nor'easter. Hurricane Floyd and Isabel brought flood waters up covering the entire yard to around 3 to 4 feet deep. A nor'easter can blow water up over low parts of the yard to maybe a foot deep. Our land borders the Pamlico Sound....See MoreNeed suggestions for a privacy hedge along my fence line
Comments (16)Our kids' dogs occasionally chew on the acorns that blanket our neighborhood and contain toxic gallotannins (yes, oaks are on the poisonous plant list). Various parts of our dwarf peach trees, Texas mountain laurel, groundsel, asclepias, baptisia, and I'm sure others we are not even aware of are also toxic to varying degrees. Pets rarely consume enough (if any at all) to make them sick, but is good to be aware should they ever show symptoms... and to educate kids. With awareness, don't know that oleander would be significantly more dangerous than these others, but does merit some special consideration as "probably the most toxic plant in Texas" (AgriLIFE). TAMU Extension maintains a good list of toxic plants for the livestock folks on Plants of Texas Rangelands....See MoreNew 60" high privacy fence along south property line
Comments (3)I think you are overestimating the amount of shade this fence will cast. 5' is not all that tall and in midsummer there should be minimal shade during midday as the sun is more or less directly overhead......just some early morning shade. In winter, the sun is lower in the horizon and that will create a shadier situation but that is often much less of a concern due to plant dormancy. My old garden had a 6' tall privacy fence on top of a concrete retaining wall (maybe 7' height in total) along its southern edge and the area directly in front of the fence received very little shade. And that's with being considerably further north than you with the summer sun at a much lower aspect. Any plant suitable for part shade will work....See Morebarefootinct
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