Hog Panel Arbor ...Bittersweet has grown!
jeannespines
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Comments (11)Take this with a grain of salt ... my kids are grown now (19 and 20) ... we looked at and rejected (for a safety reasons) a house with a pool when they were 3 and 4. The very next summer (just one year later) I found I could sit at the public pool with a magazine because they were already water-safe. (It wasn't long before we put a pool in.) The point is ... if your children grow up in this environment and you are vigilant, your fence time will be minimal. Put up something that gives you peace of mind and will be easy to take down when the time comes. But, I think you should consider a door alarm system first ... Most parents have a story about a toddler escaping the house!! They will do this in the 18 - 24 month time when their motor skills out pace their verbal and reasoning skills. Both my kids escaped once, as have all my neighbors' kids. We put locks up very high on the doors in an effort to thwart my particularly mobile son. He just moved his Little Tykes car to the door and used it as a ladder ... They will out-think you!! Make sure you get your kids in swimming lessons as early as possible, as well. Good luck, I hope you have many happy times in your new house! J...See MorePantone: Emerald VS Orchid
Comments (171)I always read the comments with glee----there are always those who relegate colors they don't like to either being "Teen age" or "Grandma"----are those the most awful comparisons that they can visualize? Someone said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and that includes color. My life is filled with color and it has been for 84 years so I have experienced the ages of teen and grandma and if I could choose a time, I would definitely choose the grandma age, being a teen is much too hard these days. My preference here is the orchid, perhaps not in exactly that shade, but it has more possibilities in MY eye. I will use the SW purple in my new bedroom, it is exactly the color I have been looking for. Ellen---re: towels. In the early 70's I chose a beautiful Garnet red carpet by Karastan for my living room and stairway to the second floor. I had a small powder room in the entry way which I felt required towels in Garnet red. The color was not to be found anyplace beyond this one carpet manufacturer but I kept asking for it when I went into a store and guess what---within 6 months there were Garnet red towels in every store in Seattle. The same with an antique gold velvet sofa. It took me 8 months to finally find the exact shade of gold I wanted and by the time that special order sofa arrived, there were antique gold chairs and sofas all over the place. It doesn't take a lot of people asking for something, it just takes one person asking in a lot of places! I applaud Pantene for having the courage to promote a color that is so definitely NOT beige, it may give those who are too timid to follow their own taste to at least try something they secretly like, even if it is only on a sofa pillow....See MorePOLL: Separate beverage fridge - Yes or no?
Comments (134)If we had room and budget for an undercounter beverage fridge, I'd get one in a heartbeat. Between the different boxed wines, three kinds of milk, and several types of juices - all in half gallons, and a few bottles of beer, my fridge is overrun by drinks and crowds out the food. We used to keep an extra fridge in the basement but now we don't have a basement in this house. We are trying to figure out what to do - it might be a cheap mini fridge in the laundry room to hold the wines and juices. We'll see....See MoreBackyard landscape advice please!
Comments (34)Roses would have briars and would help discourage the dog as would holly bushes or trees or pyracantha a/k/a firethorn bushes. There are hedge bushes that grow really dense, some that grow rapidly, and, when mature, could serve to fence off your yard. When you choose your shrubbery, avoid climbers because your neighbors might seriously object and many tend to spread and become a nuisance. If appearance matters, however, among my personal favorite bushes for the yard are the aucuba bushes -- aucuba japonica crotonifolia. These bushes keep most of their leaves year round, though they will have some turn yellow and slough off as the seasons change. They'd also hide any utility items in your yard. You can propagate these bushes by covering the lower limb that is touching the ground with dirt and adding a brick or rock to hold it into place until the limb roots, creating a second bush beside the first. http://www.griffithpropagationnursery.com/Aucuba%20Hosoba%20HoshiFu.JPG Would you be permitted to add lattice to your side of the fence? Would you be permitted to add a wood trellis row very near the fence spaced only a few feet apart -- something to which you might add clear fishing line or thin wire just above the fence line? Would you be able to add a single strand of an electric fence wire to the top of your side of the fence? There are dog collars that will shock a dog when it wanders too far from the control box. Though not a huge fan of inflicting pain on a pet, perhaps you could use one long enough to train your dog -- I suggest it only because I hate the idea of a dog on a chain or in a tiny cage even more and understand that keeping your dog in your yard is safer for your dog....See Moredesertrat1
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6 years agoWe made hog panel arbors, but we cemented 4 4x4s, then bent the panel. On each side we built planting beds with landscape timbers. We also predrilled the landscape timbers and drove large metal spiles through them so nothing could move. Both arbors have endured hurricanes Rita and Ike. We also built gates to mount on the 4x4s.
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