One next door neighbor loves my cottage garden one hates it.
Marianne Casper
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Ideas for screening the next door neighbor's house
Comments (6)The pittopsorum is a good choice - very fast growing and quite airy. It is used frequently in SoCal as a privacy screen. I would not put too much stock in reports of sudden die off. I've never encountered it, except here in the PNW where the odd bad winter (like the one just past) will freeze it off. I've used it a number of times in designs in coastal Orange county and have not had a problem with it but it may take a little more attention in hotter, interior locations. And I'd question the allergic reaction to just touching the plant. It can raise some allergy concerns with pollen and it is toxic if ingested (and a great many other plants are as well.....that's why humans tend not to graze their gardens!), but according to the UCDavis toxic plants listing, it is NOT known to produce dermatological reactions. Podocarpus is a common evergreen screening plant as well. Can be sheared and hedged at will but rather slow growing compared to the pitt. Clumping bamboo is another possibility. Any of the Fargesia species should rapidly achieve a good screening height....See MoreMy garden is one of my greatest teachers
Comments (16)What a great thread! I am really enjoying everyone's responses. None of us are truly solitary gardeners. We all partner with nature, which can be our biggest ally or our greatest enemy, at times. Gardening has taught me both perseverance, and hope, because our gardening partner (Mother Nature) is fickle, at best. As the sun and rain nourish our gardens, we also contend with insect and animal invasions, flooding, drought, extreme heat, extreme cold. I can get so discouraged at times, but we all persevere and keep going. Gardening tests your mettle and your faith. But, when the fragrance of roses and honeysuckle fill the garden with their sweetness, when butterflies flock to my flowers, when a perennial emerges from the ground that I thought had died over the winter, when a pass along plant from a friend thrives, when I see a bird splash in our bird bath on a hot summer day, when I harvest fresh herbs after a rain storm....well, it is nothing short of perfection!! May all your gardens thrive and make you smile! Marilyn...See MoreI hate my neighbors
Comments (3)They own the house. No he has not talked to them. He doesn't want to make waves or be on bad terms with any of the neighbors. Calling the authorities won't do anything where I live. They are basically useless. Two years ago (I lived in a different area) one of my neighbors was setting off a cannon on July 4th. It was so loud you nearly had a heart attack when it went off. It actually cracked one of our windows and we called the police and their response was "oh we've had about 20 calls about that and we will get to it when we can" I live in a rural area so its pretty much anything goes. The police never showed up, the neighbors continued to set off their cannon for about four more hours! Also, no offense to volunteer fire departments but the one in our area will NOT attend to a burning complaint or enforce any of the local laws. About two weeks ago the neighbor beside us (not the ones I'm complaining about)decided to clean up his property and had a huge brush pile (with railroad ties and other things you are not permitted to burn because of the chemicals in them) and he lit this huge brush pile on fire and left for the day. #1 there was a burning ban (not allowed to burn in my state from March till June 1st) and during regular seasons you are NOT allowed to burn garbage or anything other than wood and must burn between 6pm and 6pm only. Well this guy was breaking every law on the books regarding fires (not allowed to leave them unattended either). A volunteer fireman lives across the street from us and saw this and did nothing. So I called the fire department (they don't ask for your name) and advised them my neighbor left an unattended fire. They asked how much smoke there was (a lot and it was a nuisance and STUNK) and the guy said well there's a lot of smoke so the fire isn't burning that hot don't worry about it. They sent one guy out and he didn't put the fire out, they just let it burn. Something similiar happened to me about six years ago (not in this house), my other neihbor's house burnt down in the middle of the night when they were all out. The shell of the house was left and he was supposed to have the local fire department come out and burn the rest of it down. Well he did not do this, did not get a permit to do it himself, just went out one day and lit the rest of the building on fire (about 1000 feet from my house) and stood there with a rake and a garden hose! I called the fire department because it scared me that he had this huge fire that could easily get out of control and they (same volunteer deparment) said they'd send a guy out but that it would "probably be fine" and they sent someone out and they talked to the guy then left and let him continue burning his house down. Totally illegal and they didn't care. I then called a local paid fire department and told them I was driving by and saw smoke and thought it was just a bonfire or something but couldn't tell for sure. THey sent two trucks out (I hated lying but a volunteer fireman told me that trick- that they will respond to a "unknown cause of smoke" but rarely to a burning complaint. And the other fire department put the fire out. Of course he just lit the thing again when they were gone! As for the animal control- I've had issues with other neighbor's dogs and haven't done much about it yet. Seems everyone lets their animals run loose and its a free- for-all. Since I just told them to keep their dog out of our yard (and the wife was pretty mad that I had the audacity to say that, apparently) I'm sure they would guess it was me that called the dog warden on them. I don't want to make enemies and have to worry about them retaliating or anything. I just want people to be respectful of other's property! is that so difficult?...See MoreProblem with next door neighbor: The Bully & the Fence
Comments (176)Actually these threads do help others going through similar situation . May things like badmouthing, threatening, watching and recording everything seem to be common behaviors of these bullies. I stood down and let them even change my downspout on my house. Ignoring made them react more and more. I would say I learned deal with first issue first time. Show them you did noticenoticenoticenoticenotinoticenoticenoticenoticenoti...See MoreMarianne Casper
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