landscaping privacy ideas for city dweller can you help ???

Question

I live in a smallish town in So OR and on a city lot in an average tract home area. We have very strict fence building codes,nothing over 3 ft high across the front of the property nor 20 feet back from the sidewalk, and then it can be 5 ft tall.
I have little money, but I am sick to death of neighbors gawking into my yard because they have nothing better to do. I want more privacy just so they won't feel free to judge me ??????? Any good shrubs that grow fast in zone 7, photinia is the fast growing shrub of choice here and also, if I could take cuttings off something I can raise plants well, I have a green thumb. Landscapers, any help ? I don't think the city will bother me with tall shrubs,only fences ?

Answer 1

Until you can figure out a more permanent fence or hedge, go big annuals. Sunflowers, Castor beans, ornamental corn (not the ornamental ear type but the ones with variegated or colored leaves), amaranth and vines. I recently completed a garden at a daycare and I used twine to make a "Spiderman" web. Last week the kids planted "Scarlet Runner beans" under the web, a huge success! RScott

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Certainly. Until I moved to the country five years ago, I was an active amateur astronomer in the two largest cities in Canada, Montreal and Toronto. I observed the Sun (with a filter), the Moon, all the planets, a hundred double stars, and dozens of deep sky objects. Sometimes it was difficult and frustrating, but still I had many happy hours with my telescope. As I told you earlier, observing from a balcony has two major problems. First, it severely limits your view of the sky if there is another balcony overhead. Secondly, you will get all kinds of vibrations and heat plumes from the building. [Edit] You can't get a 6-inch telescope for £60! You need to spend at least £200 to get a 6-inch Dobsonian. Especially observing from the city it's really important to have a reasonably large aperture, at least 6 inches. Most of my city observing was done with 8-inch and 10-inch telescopes.We're not being discouraging here, merely trying to get you to adjust your expectations to a reasonable level.