Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Can you grow clump bamboo in that area ?...

Maybe? I am worried it would try to spread to the neighbor's side of the fence though. Hubby is also very wary of bamboo. I know I want to get some going on the property so I can use it for trellises and such, have to figure out a good spot.

 

[SA Farm]

My vote would be for some type of evergreen...only because I know their roots are shallow enough that moving them wouldn’t be too difficult for a number of years.
Forsythia is a pretty shrub that shouldn’t be cost prohibitive if you don’t want evergreens. They do grow rapidly and would need to be cut back every so often, though.
Lilac would be my other top choice. So pretty and the scent is wonderful every spring.
Not much of a gardener, so those are the only ones I can think of. I may also have both of them in my front garden lol

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Mom has sun azaleas in her front yard, they are evergreen and get blooms. Might try that too. It's a long fence so I think I can do several different things. Just going to do them in clumps, not patterned like the last house as they were taking forever to grow together. I think I had two varieties of silver leaf? And strawberry tree.

 

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I'm being bad and putting together a shopping cart on Baker Creek seed company and Arbor Day website. Hubby is going to be surprised.. We have a tractor so tree holes are easy to dig. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Azaleas are deer snacks . Apparently mom's don't get snacked on because they are close to the house and the dog is too active going in/out. We don't have a yard dog so that's not going to work for us. We want to get one, but don't have perimeter fence done yet. Plus we still aren't done training the puppy. Ugh.

 

[Bruce]

Forsythia and lilacs will have no leaves in the winter.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Forsythia and lilacs will have no leaves in the winter.

Yup, that's why I'm aiming for evergreen plants along the fence. I will probably get a forsythia just for yard interest, mom has one and it's a bright cheerful yellow.

Yesterday hubby was working on the area he took the pine tree out using the tractor and the east neighbor came out. He apparently told hubby that they were really looking to get the privacy fence up between our properties. They had talked about it before and we said we'd help with the fence since it's on the property line (supposedly). That way it would be a shared fence. Problem is that wood prices are ridiculously high now. Not sure if they want to pay someone to put up the fence or if they'd be willing to put it up with us. I'm thinking we should write something up and have it on file with the county to clarify what was spent on the fence and responsibilities for maintaining and or replacing. Would that be too much or just protecting everyone's interests?

If the privacy fence does go up, wouldn't need to worry about a hedge. Could just put whatever I want along the fence as long as it has shallow ish roots.

 

[Bruce]

I'm all for covering bases myself, hopefully your neighbors are as well. Make SURE the lot line is properly surveyed and marked before the fence goes up.

I wonder how easy it will be to agree on the design

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Bunnies!

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I don't know why two are darker than the others. @Bunnylady do you know why? Is it just difference in how their baby fur grew? Or something else?

Buck was REW, carries dilute and non extension. The doe has only ever had chinchilla babies with this buck, 3+ litters now so I'm assuming she is double chinchilla.