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How to kill plants in a narrow space?
"MiamiCuse" wrote:
"brooklyn1" wrote: I hope when you erected your fence you placed it like 6"-8" off the ground so you could reach under, placing stockade slats directly on the ground will also cause them to rot.... you would have had a taller fence too.... you can still raise the sections. No I did not do them 6-8" off the ground the planks were almost at the ground in some cases touching the ground. I did not want them off the ground and they may rot faster but I am willing to replace the planks sooner in exchange for a fence that blocks out from below with stray dogs, possums, raccoons etc... Possums and racoons can easily climb any fence, may as well try to fence out squirrels... dogs want in they will quickly dig under and larger dogs will dig and chew through wooden slats within a few minutes... for dogs one really needs chainlink or some kind of iron picket fence such as used around graveyards. And still dogs will dig under chainlink and iron fencing... to keep dogs from digging one really needs to place the fence upon a paved area or do the typical concrete block wall thingie one usually constructs in southern climes where the ground doesn't heave from freezing weather. From your first post it was evident that your concern was to block the view of your neighbor's ugly fence, but now with your subsequent posts you're tossing in all sorts of other conditions. I think for you the only solution is to move onto large acreage with a forest buffer... I gather from your descriptions you are on a relatively small surburban lot, perhaps 1/4 acre... it's not possible to find any real privacy on so small a lot where neighbors can hear each other's toilets flush. I lived in a similar situation, I learned to tolerate my neighbor's eyesores and peering eyes and I planted shrubery as needed... you will never be able to hem yourself into so small a lot where you will have privacy in all areas, the best you can do is to create a small secluded island for yourself such as a well planted patio. Privacy fencing your entire perimeter is an exercise in futility... and often it's better to be able to see across property lines... if you put up too nice a fence next thing you know your neighbors will remove and/or not maintain theirs, and then they will attach stuff to your fence and/or decorate your fence with what you may think is graffiti. And soon as they learn what bothers you those are exactly the actions they will perform, like making loud noise, cooking stinky foods, and even tossing their discards over. And same as you moved there neighbors move away and new neighbors move in, and they may redecorate their property in ways that interfere with your goals. By fencing yourself into a stockade you are telegraphing your disdain towards neighbors. Good fences make good neighbors, but only if they're good [neighborly] fences. |
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