I have good neighbors...
11 years ago
Came home to these beauties. Not a 'hoppy worm' in them. We have three whole asparagus spears up...I see pasta for dinner tomorrow.
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Do good fences make good neighbors?
Comments (42)This thread got a second wind. This summer We put up our first fence after living in the house for 18 years. It is lattice and about 16 feet long and affords us some privacy on the patio. I'm still surprised to see it when I drive home. And I still find it has somewhat unfriendly feeeling, even though I chose to put it in! Without fully thinking it through at the time, the fence is part of a larger plan to make the patio usable. It is very very hot out there and inhospitable to lounging. The glassand iron table, iron cushioned chairs and large umbrella just don't meet my criteria for relaxing. Eating a meal, but not reading a book with a drink in my hand I would like to redesign the space and plant a tree for shade then I really could lounge out there...and appreciate my privacy For those who read the earlier posts, the horses across the street still get out. Last week I drove by neighbors (unfenced) yard and there was "Bella" (I think of her as Big Fella Bella) chomping on the lawn. When I couldn't find the owner's telephone number, I went back up the street, took her bridle and led her home. It was daytime and I was afraid if I told her to go home, she'd dawdle in the street and cause a car accident. Not bad for someone who 's only ridden horse at one birthday party back in the dark ages. People's answers were very interestingl. Here only one neighbor has a 'real fence. It is fancy iron and part of a plan for keeping up appearances (and surpassing the Joneses) It is the biggest butt ugly house and totally inappropriate to the neighborhood's age, history and style. Everyone who comes to the neighborhood for the first time asks about it, rolling their eyes. Yes, it needed a fence: an eight foot solid one to spare the neighbor from seeing this ostentatious eyesore. Next, finally getting around to screening our neigbor's white aluminium shed which is on an elevation, and right on the property line (totally illegal now) But he's such an old sweetheart I don't want to appear unneighborly. We often meet over the water faucet up there; he lets me hook up to his well water for summer irrigation. Love thy neighbor, love his shed. Marie...See MoreOK, now I have a strange neighbor.
Comments (29)I'd cut her some slack.. at least someone is picking the trash up. I have to admit that I'm the one on my block that picks most of the trash up within a few houses; even in front of others houses. Yesterday we were driving up the street & I saw a bottle I've been meaning to stop & pick up the next time I drove by it. The bottle is in front of a neighbors house & has been for the last week. My peeve is the people who obviously see the trash because they walk by it (it was right by their mailbox) but don't stop to pick it up. If I'm reading the 1st post right; the tree that the bag was in is one of yours? It's possible what she really wanted to say was why didn't you pick it up.. I'm just guessing by the things you wrote. Sounds like she was side-stepping actually coming out & saying it. As far as knocking on someone's door.. that's over the line; I would never do anything like that. I know that everyone has a life; heck with what I just went through; my snow should never have been shoveled; let alone worrying about garbage on my lawn & I don't doubt other neighbors can be in the same boat with busy lives or health issues I don't know about. If I choose to pick garbage up; I'm going to pick it up & get on my way. At least I can feel good that I did something to keep trash off of my street....See MoreGood Fences-good neighbors???
Comments (8)I'm picturing a 2 ft "step" down from your yard to his with a solid fence on the low side. The bottom of the fence is about even with your yard (or is above ground on his side anyway). He put a piece of sheet metal in front of the fence that continues down the face of the fence into the ground on his side. If you look at the fence from his side you see the back of the fence with metal going into the ground in front of the fence. From your side the sheet metal covers the bottom 2 ft of fence and continues into the ground. Is this correct? What kind of metal? It sounds like it will corrode pretty quickly (unless it is stainless). Is its purpose to keep the soil on your side and prevent it from eroding under the raised fence? I figure he'd do better with some stone and filter fabric placed on his side. You could always ask him to paint the metal so it's not so obvious. My understanding is that a property owner is bound legally to put the "good" side of the fence facing out. Sounds like that is what he did, you just don't care for his "edging". It doesn't sound like it will last long to me....See MoreGood neighbors?
Comments (32)I am happy with the neighbors I have - they are not best friends (like some neighbors I have had). I'm in the city limits of Los Angeles, but the neighborhood has a somewhat suburban feel to it, and the street has almost no traffic. When I lived in Venice (just before moving to where I am now), I had very friendly neighbors on one side, but they were very young and had parties almost every week-end (we were invited), but this did not bother me. Venice has mostly renters but Westchester (where I live now) is mostly owner occupied and there are almost no rental houses on my street now. When I rented in Culver City, my next door neighbors became my best friends, but then we moved away from each other and don't see each other as often as we used to....See More
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