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Reply to: Thorn bushes for fencing Posted May 3, 2021

I should, but I don’t. I know. My husband is always rolling his eyes at me because I sometimes get stabbed but enough practice that it’s not awful. Most often because I’ll just be walking by there & spy a patch of red in between all the thorns & decide to pick it right then and there.

Reply to: Thorn bushes for fencing Posted May 3, 2021

We have this! Not your exact kind but the people who lived here before us basically did this. One of the plants they used, which serves as a 2 in 1, was big thorny raspberry bushes. So…food, but also very thorny types. I know where to look and how to get the fruit from living here for a while but the thorns will prevent others from getting in. Unless desperation of course.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Exactly this. I get having a panic or anxiety attack and certainly COVID is not helping with the situation because people are feeling out of control and well, unprepared so I understand that she wanted something for security. But this went overboard. You’re not alone.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

It’s so strange. I feel like she may have had a panic attack or something and in that moment she had to have solar, she started the process without thinking realistically because there’s been…nothing. After that first rash of texts, just now back to normal texts about her cat. But unfortunately it kind of put me off because now, as much as I’m trying to be understanding about this, what’s going to happen next time?

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Agree with everything you said.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

If she brings it up again I will suggest that. And everything you said, yes, exactly all of that.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Exactly this. The whole thing was so weird and unlike her which is why I was so…put off. And yes, there is, their front yard but I suppose that wouldn’t exactly look awesome.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

We can’t do the gas but the generator thing is feasible. I honestly don’t know why she became so fixated on solar all of a sudden.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

Well, yeah. Basically she told me that the solar company told her that she wouldn’t get any use out of the panels unless those trees went. She sent me the picture they gave her with all the trees outlined and it was every single freaking tree on our property that separates our two properties. Her backyard is all woods too. We were told the same thing by a solar company when we looked into it. It can’t happen on any grand scale unless all the trees are cut down.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

We get along but it’s like with everyone else on the street, we watch out for each other but we all keep to ourselves. It works out really well. I think I was just surprised by her request because one of the things she told me was that she bought that house specifically because of the privacy.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

For sure! We’re pretty lucky here because while we live in a neighborhood I’ve had parents of my kids friends say, “I had no idea there were houses all the way down here!” We also have some cameras set up due to the livestock with light alerts because yes, being enclosed like that does give issue to the situations you posed.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Oh, I totally understand that. When we looked into it years ago we had to decide if losing all the trees and thus the privacy was worth it and we decided it wasn’t. And you’re right, that would be a good compromise. I don’t think she was really thinking clearly at the time and I was just, quite frankly, shocked that she asked me if I would remove our trees for her benefit.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Thank you! Yeah, those are my thoughts too. I do have all the texts saved so…we’ll see. Honestly I think the reason she even is considering it is out of concern for power outage situations etc because just last year she was telling me how much she loved the privacy. If it were her trees and stuff, fine, she can do what she wants. It just seemed to come out of the blue.

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Reply to: Thorn bushes for fencing Posted May 3, 2021

I should, but I don’t. I know. My husband is always rolling his eyes at me because I sometimes get stabbed but enough practice that it’s not awful. Most often because I’ll just be walking by there & spy a patch of red in between all the thorns & decide to pick it right then and there.

Reply to: Thorn bushes for fencing Posted May 3, 2021

We have this! Not your exact kind but the people who lived here before us basically did this. One of the plants they used, which serves as a 2 in 1, was big thorny raspberry bushes. So…food, but also very thorny types. I know where to look and how to get the fruit from living here for a while but the thorns will prevent others from getting in. Unless desperation of course.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Exactly this. I get having a panic or anxiety attack and certainly COVID is not helping with the situation because people are feeling out of control and well, unprepared so I understand that she wanted something for security. But this went overboard. You’re not alone.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

It’s so strange. I feel like she may have had a panic attack or something and in that moment she had to have solar, she started the process without thinking realistically because there’s been…nothing. After that first rash of texts, just now back to normal texts about her cat. But unfortunately it kind of put me off because now, as much as I’m trying to be understanding about this, what’s going to happen next time?

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Agree with everything you said.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

If she brings it up again I will suggest that. And everything you said, yes, exactly all of that.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 9, 2021

Exactly this. The whole thing was so weird and unlike her which is why I was so…put off. And yes, there is, their front yard but I suppose that wouldn’t exactly look awesome.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

We can’t do the gas but the generator thing is feasible. I honestly don’t know why she became so fixated on solar all of a sudden.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

Well, yeah. Basically she told me that the solar company told her that she wouldn’t get any use out of the panels unless those trees went. She sent me the picture they gave her with all the trees outlined and it was every single freaking tree on our property that separates our two properties. Her backyard is all woods too. We were told the same thing by a solar company when we looked into it. It can’t happen on any grand scale unless all the trees are cut down.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 3, 2021

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

We get along but it’s like with everyone else on the street, we watch out for each other but we all keep to ourselves. It works out really well. I think I was just surprised by her request because one of the things she told me was that she bought that house specifically because of the privacy.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

For sure! We’re pretty lucky here because while we live in a neighborhood I’ve had parents of my kids friends say, “I had no idea there were houses all the way down here!” We also have some cameras set up due to the livestock with light alerts because yes, being enclosed like that does give issue to the situations you posed.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Oh, I totally understand that. When we looked into it years ago we had to decide if losing all the trees and thus the privacy was worth it and we decided it wasn’t. And you’re right, that would be a good compromise. I don’t think she was really thinking clearly at the time and I was just, quite frankly, shocked that she asked me if I would remove our trees for her benefit.

Reply to: Neighbor wants us to cut down our privacy trees so they can install solar – what would you do? Posted April 2, 2021

Thank you! Yeah, those are my thoughts too. I do have all the texts saved so…we’ll see. Honestly I think the reason she even is considering it is out of concern for power outage situations etc because just last year she was telling me how much she loved the privacy. If it were her trees and stuff, fine, she can do what she wants. It just seemed to come out of the blue.