Fences Build Good Neighbors - Part 1: Re: Re: GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS

» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS

In response to message posted by Cercis:
I grew up in suburban Detroit where the only fence anyone ever seemed to have heard of was the cyclone fence - except for my next door neighbor who had post and rail - it seemed terribly romantic to me for some reason. Easier to climb, too. ;-)

Here our property is too large for fencing, although we do have a drystone retaining wall running along the front of the property. If I'd saved every rock I've had to dig out of the ground in order to plant something I could probably make a decent fence! However, we have made do with a barrier of pine trees reinforced with old garden roses. There is an apartment complex behind us (developed by the previous owner of our house) and the tenants seemed to think our yard was their park. Since the trees have grown (and the roses) and we now have some privacy again I am beginning to think more charitably of all those apartment dwellers.

I do have fond memories of my grandmother's fence - she actually did have long conversations about her garden over it with the lady who lived behind her. I was only eight when she died, so my recollections of it are hazy, except that it was wooden and had a gate and is what always comes to mind when we talk about backyard fences.

-- posted by Carol Wallace