Should I do this?

[7L Farm]

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I'm not sure how tall to build it yet. I just want to build it tall enough so they can't watch me when I'm enjoying my land. Down in the bottom BBQ"ing, shooting skeet, or whatever. I'm lucky that the rest of that fence line is all trees & blocks off the majority of this so called neighborhood in the country. What a joke!! I've been coming out here all my life I bet my Grandparents are turning over in their grave. I think they paid one hundred & twenty dollars an acre now people are paying twenty five thousand. My aunt sold her half of the property years ago.
It was weird I finally moved up here & it was fabulous I've always had land that I could hunt are just enjoy nature. Three months after settling in I hear the bulldozer's crushing the trees & disturbing the land. I almost had a heart attack.
It sounds like I want revenge not really I just want my privacy.

 

[cameron]

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River cane might work, too, and is readily available. Or a long row of cedars or spruces.

 

[yomama]

When you do build, I highly recommend, as another poster did, do have the property line surveyed. The last thing you want is to go through all that trouble of putting up a hedge or fence, then have to redo it. When I lived in the city, we had a really pretty 1930's home. Bought if from the original owner, who kept everything emaculate. Very cute yard on a 1/4 acre lot. Next door was a horribly run down duplex with about 20 people living in it. It was gross. We decided to put up a hedge of Waxleaf Privet. They grow fast, and tall, and are evergreen, so privacy all year round. The owner of the duplex just happened to come by, just one of two times I ever saw him there the 7 years I lived there. Well, he had a fit, saying we were all in his property (which was a big gravel parking area) Anyway, we double checked the property lines and found we were about 6 inches over on his side. Needless to say, we moved all the plants back in, which was tons of fun. Seeing us do this, he let the matter be, but I was lucky he didn't pull out any legal threats.

We currently live on 3 acres and are surrounded by forest on 2 sides, neighbors on one, and road on the other. I always get nervous that they will develop the forest behind us. I've been told it is too marshy to build, but who knows. When we moved in, I hated how close our neighbors house was. We first tried putting up a row of Doug Firs. The neighbors had a heart attacky, saying that they wouldn't get any sun in their yard. Lucky for them, all but one of the trees died. We put them in when it was too hot out, and I think they were too shocked during the transplant. Anyway, I ended up putting in a row of Pompas grass, and left the one doug fir. The neighbors have a ton of trees in their yard. They want sun, they can cut down their trees. The fenceline between us is made of field fencing, so I put slats of lattice up, extending up about 6 feet. I then planted ivy, to grow on the lattice. I felt bad, because our neighbors are nice, but I just don't want them looking right in my yard. I didn't want any hard feelings, so I told them that it was to keep my dogs from fence fighting with their dog(which they did), but it was mostly just for privacy. I realize you have every right to be mad at this situation, I would be too, but they may end up being really nice people...you never know.

BTW, I love, love, love bamboo as well. I would have it all over my yard, if I had anymore room to plant stuff! So pretty.

 

[yinepu]

you think it's bad now?.. just wait til the rest of the houses go in.. and then the city kids that just HAVE to sneak away onto your land and do whatever it is those little varmints do...

when you build that fence be sure to add some barbed wire to help keep those city varmints over on their side of it

 

[redhen]

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River cane might work, too, and is readily available. Or a long row of cedars or spruces.

The trees are a good idea..
Put a fence in first... and then put some sturdy trees that will grow fast and TALL...

 

[7L Farm]

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[7L Farm]

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River cane might work, too, and is readily available. Or a long row of cedars or spruces.

The trees are a good idea..
Put a fence in first... and then put some sturdy trees that will grow fast and TALL...

Thats what I'm thinking. Fence rots trees are whatever takes the fences place totally agree.

 

[7L Farm]

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Don't worry I will tell em all your dogs come on 7L their dead. I live here full time I will also keep the kids off. I have alot of birds I'm not loosing them to a neighbor's stupidity. Not one . Some people seem to let the dogs kill a few before they react not me. It cost to much & 6 months to get the birds to lay. Plus, hatching time. Not this cowboy!!

 

[Carols Clucks]

Personally, I think any fence you built can not be tall enough and will probably blow over the first heavy wind, looks like they are on a rise and frankly I would rather them look at my pecans than my house.

I would:

Make sure you have an out-house on that side of the pecans. Bet you have some good OLD barn siding that would make a nice one. Also gives you a good place to head while the realtor is busy showing the property.

I would think about moving a chicken tractor to that side of the property, one housing a rooster so that there was no way the new owners could have missed that you have chickens.

I would plant a nice wind row of some kind of local tree that is fast growing and hardy but not invasive and plant it several yards in side your property line.

I would add a BUNCH of no trespassing signs to your fence so your new neighbors do not come help themselves to your pecans! If you keep packing boxes-equipment out in the open, I would consider moving some of it to that side of the property.

Maybe they will decide they need to build and maintain their own fences

 

[LoveNewChicks]

40 yard tall fence? wow!