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Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:18 pm
by mantis
In the last month my next door neighbor has put up a fire engine red wooden shed, bought a large trampoline, and just yesterday put up a big jungle gym/play fort for their kids.
Time for me to put in something that gets a little taller than 'Golden Goddess'. I guess I also need to move my satellite dish to some place that isn't such an eyesore.
RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:15 pm
by Iowaboo
lol, welcome to the world of disposable income. Is that trampoline close enough for them to hop over your fence?
Re: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:33 pm
by Roy
mantis wrote:In the last month my next door neighbor has put up a fire engine red wooden shed, bought a large trampoline, and just yesterday put up a big jungle gym/play fort for their kids.
Time for me to put in something that gets a little taller than 'Golden Goddess'. I guess I also need to move my satellite dish to some place that isn't such an eyesore.
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Put in a nice row of B. textilis to cover the sight of the fort and gym set. With B. textilis, and its upright growth habit, you won't have to worry about your neighbor complaining that your bamboo is weeping over the fence and the kids can't use the gym set. (I really can't tell how close the gym set is to the fence, but just in case....)
Re: RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:25 pm
by mantis
Iowaboo wrote:lol, welcome to the world of disposable income. Is that trampoline close enough for them to hop over your fence?
Probably. It is way too close for comfort. They've had the white polled trampoline for a year or so, but for some reason they had to buy a second one and put it right against the fence.
Roy wrote:Put in a nice row of B. textilis to cover the sight of the fort and gym set. With B. textilis, and its upright growth habit, you won't have to worry about your neighbor complaining that your bamboo is weeping over the fence and the kids can't use the gym set. (I really can't tell how close the gym set is to the fence, but just in case....)
Roy, The blue thing is a cage for the new trampoline. I think it's at most 3' from the fence. I'm thinking of moving my tuldoides to block the view.
Re: RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:43 pm
by Roy
mantis wrote:...
Roy, The blue thing is a cage for the new trampoline. I think it's at most 3' from the fence. I'm thinking of moving my tuldoides to block the view.
B. tuldoides would be a nice option. Very erect with thick walls.
RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:45 pm
by boonut
If they bounce over into your yard, plant a big B. Bambos and let it "weep" over into their front yard... Might also take care of anyone jumping on a trampoline.
My Bambos just reached across the alley into the neighbor's back yard about 8 feet. I cut it back to the alley.
Re: RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:11 pm
by mantis
boonut wrote:If they bounce over into your yard, plant a big B. Bambos and let it "weep" over into their front yard... Might also take care of anyone jumping on a trampoline.
My Bambos just reached across the alley into the neighbor's back yard about 8 feet. I cut it back to the alley.
Your bambos is a monster. I was at John Nelson's place and he said he was getting rid of all his really tropical boo. I asked him what he had left, and he said just some ugly stuff like bambos. I let him keep it.
Re: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:56 pm
by foxd
mantis wrote:I guess I also need to move my satellite dish to some place that isn't such an eyesore.
This might be just the thing for your yard:
http://www.dish-rock.com/
Re: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:12 pm
by mantis
Neat idea, but spendy... $300 for "rock" + $100 shipping.
Re: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:38 pm
by Roy
mantis wrote:
Neat idea, but spendy... $300 for "rock" + $100 shipping.
I can't quite figure out if these "rocks" are hurricane proof?
RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:48 am
by Jeff: Igor's Apprentice
I've been studying Feng Shui and what you'll need to win this war is a full scale cannon pointed directly at them. Of course, you'll need to stick it on your roof so that they can see it. That should do them in.
Re: RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:14 pm
by mantis
Jeff: Boo Shroom wrote:I've been studying Feng Shui and what you'll need to win this war is a full scale cannon pointed directly at them. Of course, you'll need to stick it on your roof so that they can see it. That should do them in.
Of course! I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. Thanks
The stakes have been raised... I have come to find out that their dog is the source behind the lovely "dog piles" that have been appearing in my lawn recently. Oh, did I mention that they also got 2 puppies in the last month?
I think I just need to napalm their yard.
RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:09 am
by needmore
Find your favorite form of Phy. bambusoides, plant it about 2 feet in front of the fence, barrier on your side. I think the Bambusoides might take your mild winters O.K. and there are some very handsome forms. In a couple of years you can enjoy their bamboo privacy screen and watch them move the yard toys back from the fence.
Re: RE: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:19 pm
by mantis
needmore wrote:Find your favorite form of Phy. bambusoides, plant it about 2 feet in front of the fence, barrier on your side. I think the Bambusoides might take your mild winters O.K. and there are some very handsome forms. In a couple of years you can enjoy their bamboo privacy screen and watch them move the yard toys back from the fence.
I have a few ground covers that I was wondering what I should do with, and I think that you are on to something with this idea...
Re: Declaring war on the neighbors...
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:06 pm
by mantis
Two years later, and they are almost gone...
