On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:14:22 -0700, "Shelly" wrote:

Hi, I hope you can help me, but if I'm in the wrong newsgroup, please
forgive me. My family and I live on almost 2 acres in an older neighborhood
in a small Southern Oregon city. Recently building started on the acreage
abutting ours - a three storey, 96 unit apartment of low income housing!
Now I'm not about to say that low-income people can't live near me,
especially since my husband and I are closer to low-income than we are to
middle-income. But I am uncomfortable with the fact that many of those
apartments will be looking directly into my windows.

So we've decided to plant trees on the border between our property and the
new neighbors. We're leaning toward decidious trees, something attractive,
with seasonal changes. We may want more privacy, but we want it to be a
beautiful change. I just don't know what to plant.

We're hoping for fast growing trees, not especially expensive. The site has
good drainage, but also has a good water source in the form of an irrigation
ditch that flows between our lot and the lot under construction. There are
no power lines to consider, although there is a metal sewer line that is
buried underground within 10 feet of where the trees will be planted. We
are not considering planting the entire 330 ft border with the same tree,
we'd like several kinds to add more interest.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much,
Shelly


If you can dig up some close to a wooded area they will most likely be
native trees--strong and climatized. Dig large holes, dump in some
peat moss, and water water water. Deciduous trees won't offer privacy
during the winter months.