Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Worst Mistakes?, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:

Nothing too bad just missed opportunity and a bit of an eyesore. There is an acre of land behind us and my garden is just aching to go there. The back of the property goes into woodland and I can see a beautiful woodland garden at the back edge. Last year with permission we planted a row of Leland Cypress down the one side to give some extra privacy and block the view of the other neighbor’s garage. But I can see some beautiful flowering shrubs planted in front of those Cypress. My flower beds along my back property line really want to expand. I can just see the small grove of old dying trees he has, coming to new life with a few new additions.
Shortly after I bought this property and moved here in 1975 the piece behind us went up for sale. There was no way I could buy it. It sold for back taxes and even that was something I just couldn't do. After all I was a young stay at home mother with 3 children and a house to build.
Here is one of the views from my patio. That is the neighbors garage to the right and the Leland Cypresses are planted along that side. Not quite big enough yet but they will be in a few years. That's Ric out there getting the canoe ready to take out fishing tonight and you can see a couple of my son's boats sitting out there as well. You can see the woods starting at the back of the property. My property line ends about 10ft behind the gazebo. The old trailer sits sideways to our back yard and his shed blocks it somewhat. I live in an interesting area of old and new. The house on the other side of us is huge and expensive.
He is a good neighbor, the son of the man that bought the property back 30 years ago, Jerry. That's the same mobile home that was there then. Ric mows the back section of his property and he lets us use it to park the boats on.



This message was edited Aug 9, 2008 8:43 PM