tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post5342446170302338844..comments2024-01-21T11:55:43.853-08:00Comments on Just a girl with a hammer: Getting that privacy backHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-38632497250079313532014-06-14T20:48:43.549-07:002014-06-14T20:48:43.549-07:00Your tanks look great , mine have huge black stenc...Your tanks look great , mine have huge black stenciled lettering on the front, It doesn't wash off or scrape off , at least not easily and I can't be bothered ,so I've stuck pots in front .Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-26362229905519452382014-06-14T18:23:58.055-07:002014-06-14T18:23:58.055-07:00Once you get privacy established, you end up movin...Once you get privacy established, you end up moving, right? Isn't that the rule of thumb? ;)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-81118550254779941502014-06-14T17:30:56.490-07:002014-06-14T17:30:56.490-07:00We've spent ten + years trying to make this pl...We've spent ten + years trying to make this place feel like there are no neighbors. Not quite there, but gaining on it. You are getting far quicker results.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-47435802099919120812014-06-13T18:53:49.722-07:002014-06-13T18:53:49.722-07:00Privacy? What's that? My fence is see through ...Privacy? What's that? My fence is see through and four feet high. Ya know, white lead chips when mixed with enough powdered sugar and buttah make an excellent frosting. I'd have baked your neighbors a cake. ;)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-7645794873597558412014-06-13T11:49:43.669-07:002014-06-13T11:49:43.669-07:00We all want that for you. Supper and shuffleboard ...We all want that for you. Supper and shuffleboard forever!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-59903399398402738242014-06-13T11:34:56.771-07:002014-06-13T11:34:56.771-07:00I agree...I think it will look fine once it all gr...I agree...I think it will look fine once it all grows in...I think that freshly-planted look drives us all a little crazy...we just want it to be big NOW! Either way, it's worth it to get your privacy back...I dream of the day that a nice, retired couple moves in next door...and across the street...and next to those people. Basically, I want our neighborhood to be a retirement village ;-)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-35644492939569356362014-06-13T11:05:23.211-07:002014-06-13T11:05:23.211-07:00Exactly. I'd test the chip. If it comes back ...Exactly. I'd test the chip. If it comes back positive you have a lot of options.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-56853991091538681832014-06-12T22:37:24.242-07:002014-06-12T22:37:24.242-07:00Your front garden is going to look amazing. I can&...Your front garden is going to look amazing. I can't wait to see it person one day. Are you going to have an open (green)house?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-15669834760466353272014-06-12T22:36:38.229-07:002014-06-12T22:36:38.229-07:00Oh, yappy dogs are the worst. I think my biggest f...Oh, yappy dogs are the worst. I think my biggest fear right now would be smokers. I hate having my peaceful garden time ruined by the smell of an ashtray.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-80283271139422246752014-06-12T22:35:33.791-07:002014-06-12T22:35:33.791-07:00Oh man, I feel for you. Our old neighbors behind u...Oh man, I feel for you. Our old neighbors behind us had three kids who would climb their maple tree and just watch me go about my business. Kids are shameless that way.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-65436948630818581912014-06-12T22:26:43.716-07:002014-06-12T22:26:43.716-07:00That little area in front of the tank? That's ...That little area in front of the tank? That's my entire front garden right now, nothing but blibs and blobs. Keeping my fingers crossed that your new neighbors are tolerable.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-72102188305918840952014-06-12T21:34:50.125-07:002014-06-12T21:34:50.125-07:00We're getting new neighbors too. It's alwa...We're getting new neighbors too. It's always a bit of an anxious moment, wondering what they will be like. My biggest worry is not kids but yappy dogs left outside all the time. Pam/Digging - http://www.penick.net/digging/Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-38855991757086467142014-06-12T21:27:55.251-07:002014-06-12T21:27:55.251-07:00The day we moved in, the next-door neighbor said (...The day we moved in, the next-door neighbor said (twice), "Hope you guys like children!" as a knot developed in my stomach. Three adopted kids, two foster kids and a grandson. But they are good kids, and have been surprisingly quiet. I am not so enthralled with the neighbors behind them, whose kids have a fort up in a douglas fir that looks directly into our backyard. But still better than our last house, where the neighbor behind us had SIX awful, yappy terriers that whipped themselves into a frenzy whenever I was in the garden..<br />Wishing you will have a charming, childless gay couple move in next door who have impeccable taste in landscaping and throw fabulous dinner parties...Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-69349015612465587032014-06-12T19:39:24.071-07:002014-06-12T19:39:24.071-07:00I'm with bittenbyknitten, I like the look of t...I'm with bittenbyknitten, I like the look of the galvanized tub. <br /><br />I wish my neighbors -- any of them -- would plant some privacy hedges. It's amazing to me how many older properties you seem around Nashville that have had decades to improve their landscaping but still are surrounded mostly by lawn with perhaps a couple of mature trees plunked in the middle and some boxwoods and hollies around the foundation. Easy, I guess (as long as you don't mind lots of mowing and watering in the summer) but dull, dull, dull (and hella bad from a biodiversity standpoint).Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-50087234126818954102014-06-12T19:29:52.550-07:002014-06-12T19:29:52.550-07:00I know I wouldn't want to stare at my plumber&...I know I wouldn't want to stare at my plumber's crack while I was on my back deck. I think I can convince them to plant a hedgerow just by being my sweaty, dirty self in the backyard. :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-13866975711839196932014-06-12T19:28:40.159-07:002014-06-12T19:28:40.159-07:00I don't know if that would obstruct the bamboo...I don't know if that would obstruct the bamboo growth but I like that idea a lot . . .Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-63620020113722884842014-06-12T19:28:03.230-07:002014-06-12T19:28:03.230-07:00Ooh, I love pot shopping. :)Ooh, I love pot shopping. :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-57632399178221374992014-06-12T19:27:46.254-07:002014-06-12T19:27:46.254-07:00Thank you for the advice! I have held off on calli...Thank you for the advice! I have held off on calling anything in on them until I lead-test one of the paint chips that ended up in my herb garden. My main concern is if someone with a small child moves in there. There are still paint chips under the mulch they spread all over.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-30347083461982548212014-06-12T19:25:20.512-07:002014-06-12T19:25:20.512-07:00I wish neighbors would let you vet the replacement...I wish neighbors would let you vet the replacements!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-91421526185989066572014-06-12T16:35:03.162-07:002014-06-12T16:35:03.162-07:00I don't know - I kinda like the galvanized tub...I don't know - I kinda like the galvanized tub. My neighbors are fairly tolerable, but the ones to the south of me have plans to move in a year or two. Maybe they will let me vet the new owners?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-47231447251659468052014-06-12T14:02:16.547-07:002014-06-12T14:02:16.547-07:00Glad to see you've regained some of your priva...Glad to see you've regained some of your privacy back. More likely than not you'll have nice new neighbours, and perhaps with the bonus that they'd want a new hedge too!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-77460312153874919452014-06-12T12:30:33.434-07:002014-06-12T12:30:33.434-07:00I feel your paint pain. I can offer a few suggest...I feel your paint pain. I can offer a few suggestions? Lead paint contamination is a huge issue for buyers, even the suggestion of soil contamination can stop sales. You can also call the EPA, they can do a site visit and rattle some cages. I know of one flipper that used a grinder on lead paint (no tarps, mess everywhere) the neighbor called the listing agent to notify them of the contamination and it made for a HUGE problem when the flipper tried to sell. Good Luck!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-81121284434300567772014-06-12T12:07:01.034-07:002014-06-12T12:07:01.034-07:00The area in front of your tub will definitely fill...The area in front of your tub will definitely fill in. Can you put some pots with annuals in front of it in the mean time? Hoping you have awesome new neighbors!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-69617016388450482742014-06-12T10:46:14.269-07:002014-06-12T10:46:14.269-07:00I hope your new neighbors turn out to be gardeners...I hope your new neighbors turn out to be gardeners or, at very least, quiet people with no children who appreciate your privacy. I think the bamboo in the tub was a good solution. Could you plant grasses or other trailing plants in the tub, or would that interfere with the health of the bamboo?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-80133955136051840712014-06-12T09:54:29.036-07:002014-06-12T09:54:29.036-07:00You make me laugh :)You make me laugh :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.com