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So... I fastened some heavy duty lattice to the fence with wire and bought a fake Christmas tree (1) from the thrift store ($12) and hung the fake branches on the lattice. Depending on spacing you can make it more or less dense and totally block the view if you want, or only somewhat blocked for more breeze.
. . You can use the 4x8 sheets vertical (8'), or cut them to 4x6 (6' Hi). or simply hang the branches on the fence itself (4').
Simply bend the metal end of the fake branches to form a hook, and hang them on the lattice.... needs no further fastening.
Some other areas of the fence.
It looks like a fence of green toilet bowl brushes.
ReplyDeletePets - Great idea, why not decorate the house with a Christmas tree made out of Green toilet bowl brushes ? Would look almost as good as a fake tree in the house at Christmas. Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteI suppose if only ONE fake branch was hanging there, it would look a bit out of place.
will look nice in the winter -- my stop here, add some more cheap ornaments... could be fun
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ReplyDeleteGoods - Yes, especially in the winter, when the leaves are gone from everything else.... a bit of green.
If it gives you privacy (which to me is very important) then I love it. Very innovative indeed. Personally, I think I would add more to fill in the spaces. Great cheap idea Bert or should I call you Eloise?
ReplyDeletesweet - Yes, the privacy is important to me too, especially since this area is where our fire pit and picnic table are... where we pretend we're in the deep woods camping (Kinda has the atmosphere). The removal of the trees and brush made it clear that we were really right in town. BUT not anymore (fake pine trees).
ReplyDeleteWell I am not a fan of fake Christmas trees but I do understand the privacy issue . I think I would go with the lattice and see if I could find some vines that would like to climb it . Don't know how much room you have to plant in , unfortunately I think weather is not gone to be good for the fake stuff . Might last one season but if it fades , heavens knows what color its app to turn , not to mention rust
ReplyDeleteRanky - Lattice by itself looks too much like a wall to me... too harsh, cold, unfriendly. I like the natural deep woods feeling of this picnic area, like we're camping there. Vines on lattice works good in summer, I use them extensively at the other end of the fence (sunny)...but it takes a year or two +... and they only work good for privacy when they have leaves, I want year round. There are Huge pine trees so nothing grows underneath (where the picnic table is), not even grass, I've tried and tried. Acidity and total shade and no room for vegetation (brush, bushes, etc) along the fence anyway.
ReplyDeleteActually this is the very Christmas tree I bought 5 years ago and the branches have been in continuous use elsewhere outside and I detect no change in color, they are holding up excellent (see photos). At one point I had the entire fake tree at the edge of the yard for privacy, lilacs replaced it eventually. Now in this fence location, they will have total shade year round so should last for ?10 years?. If they should deteriorate... I'll simply buy another tree... so easy and cheap to replace. It took me less than 1/2 hour for the entire project. There is no chance for anything "natural" to give privacy, so...this appears natural except that it's unnaturally flat. I do not like looking at fences or lattice "in the woods". This is an "instant" solution that may as well be permanent. Nearly anything is better than seeing a house in our camping area...lol
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ReplyDeleteI have the same thing going on in my backyard.
But the house behind us is up a bit of a slope and is a two story house with the main living area on the second floor.
So they look down into our back yard.
They have tall Cedars growing along our shared fence line ... but have trimmed some of the lower branches which has opened up a perfect view between our back yard and their main floor windows.
I wasn't either ... until now ... lol
ReplyDeleteI now see an excellent use for them !!!
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humm I may have to rethink this , maybe they have new improved plastic , Last time I left one of these out in the weather it turned a strange orange
ReplyDeleteitsallina - (I pronounce that Itsa - lina, I like the sound of that). Kids are gone, we don't often have Christmas at our house... a tiny fiber optic cheesy tree does it for us. I put a tiny musical dancing Christmas tree in the Aviary for the Doves. Its sound activated so they play it a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe house behind us is a 2 story also... as long as we have privacy near the fence in our firepit area, that's all that matters to me.... there are more trees/shrubs so that they cannot see the rest of our yard.
ranky - This seemed to be one of the more expensive ? trees. I'm sure there is a vast variation in manufactures and quality. This one is Heavy Duty. I plan to buy more whenever I can, to finish filling it in a bit, farther down the line.
My back neighbour did the same except the trees that were cut bare by them, were on my property. I was so upset to lose privacy and beautiful green. You have come up with a great instant cover. I went for natural but it was less effective. I spent way too much on 5 tall sparse camelia plants and lattice also. Only two camelias survived.I was hoping they would become like a tall hedge. I put dark shade cloth between two high lattice that did the job as well as could be until more foilage grows.
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