We live in a rowhouse and because of that I have two nextdoor neighbours. The other one who helped me with the front yard lives on the left next to us. Between our back yards are thuja trees and a flower bed on our side. The neighbour on our right has a back yard behind the corner of our house. And on that corner I have two compost frames. I wonder if they have enjoyed that view. I did ask them if I can place the composts there and they say they did not mind them, but I somehow doubt it.
After two years the other compost frame was all lopsided and ugly even
to my eyes. So in the name of good neighbour relationship I straightened
the compost frame and created a flower bed next to the frame to cover
the view for them. I was a super lazy blogger and did not take any
before pictures, but I'm sure you have good imagination. Here is a picture of the frames back in 2011.
The wicker compost frame was a bit flimsy so I added a wooden pole on
one of the corners of the frame and supported the two sides to that. Then I dug off dirt from the side of the compost and took out all roots and weeds.
I added an egde from paving stones on the neighbours side of the flower bed and just a piece of timber on our side. Then I first planted some hosta there, which I divided from a big bush of hosta elsewhere in our backyard. I bought a hydrangea bush which I planted in the middle and windflower next to the maple tree.
If I was my neighbour I would enjoy my new view on plants instead of a compost bin. Some grass seeds could be planted in front of the flower bed. It's still bare from the pipe renovation we had earlier.
Your such a good neighbor for thinking about your neighbors view. They will surely appreciate the flowers!
ReplyDeleteI hope so, they are not very talkative, so it's sometimes hard to know what they think.
DeleteFlowers make everything more beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTrue.
DeleteI agree with Nina. They are going to love it, especially when the hydrangeas bloom, those are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis one has white flowers, I love hydrangeas too, they bloom for so long
DeleteBe sure to post pictures when it blooms! When I was a child, I called the white ones "Snowball bushes."
DeleteApparently they are fairly easy to propogate too...http://chasinghailey.blogspot.com/2012/07/hydrangeas-for-free.html
Nice! the hydrangea in your link is not winter hardy in Finland (I assosiate that one with England :D ), but the propagation should work with any hydrangea I guess.
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