Madmartigan
New Member
Hello everyone,
My wife and I bought our first home a few months ago and the back yard is completely unlandscaped. That is a downer, but at least we get to create it just how we want. Our lot is .29 acres if I remember right so the back yard is decent sized (at least as lots go around here). We love the lot, but one of the things we had to sacrifice on was the fact that the house neighboring our backyard fence immediately to the rear of the house is on a raised hill and very close to the fence. So when I'm in my back yard I feel like I'm on stage to this other house.
Well, what I would like to do is build a "tree wall" of sorts against the back fence so that when we have BBQ's or whatever, we have some element of privacy. My question for you all is what suggestions do you have for trees?
Before doing this, I plan on consulting with my neighbor to make sure they are okay with the idea (I really don't expect much push-back because they are never in their back yard [partially because they don't have much of one] and because my house is two-stories, the only view out their back window is the back of my house). If anything I'm betting they'll be happy about having some trees to look at instead of my ugly dirt plot.
Anyway, I want some trees that won't explode in size and then crowd in to their yard. I also don't want anything super tall that will one day fall over and crush our shared fence or, heaven forbid, their house.
So what species of trees should I get, how close should I put them together, how far from the fence should I plant them?
Any thoughts, advice, suggestions are appreciated. Sorry for the winded explanation, but I wanted to provide the whole picture.
Thanks All!
My wife and I bought our first home a few months ago and the back yard is completely unlandscaped. That is a downer, but at least we get to create it just how we want. Our lot is .29 acres if I remember right so the back yard is decent sized (at least as lots go around here). We love the lot, but one of the things we had to sacrifice on was the fact that the house neighboring our backyard fence immediately to the rear of the house is on a raised hill and very close to the fence. So when I'm in my back yard I feel like I'm on stage to this other house.
Well, what I would like to do is build a "tree wall" of sorts against the back fence so that when we have BBQ's or whatever, we have some element of privacy. My question for you all is what suggestions do you have for trees?
Before doing this, I plan on consulting with my neighbor to make sure they are okay with the idea (I really don't expect much push-back because they are never in their back yard [partially because they don't have much of one] and because my house is two-stories, the only view out their back window is the back of my house). If anything I'm betting they'll be happy about having some trees to look at instead of my ugly dirt plot.
Anyway, I want some trees that won't explode in size and then crowd in to their yard. I also don't want anything super tall that will one day fall over and crush our shared fence or, heaven forbid, their house.
So what species of trees should I get, how close should I put them together, how far from the fence should I plant them?
Any thoughts, advice, suggestions are appreciated. Sorry for the winded explanation, but I wanted to provide the whole picture.
Thanks All!