Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Sadly, we found out that we are going to loose a good long time neighbor. He recently put his house up for sale after some major life changing events. With the inevitable sale of the house next door we found ourselves with decisions to make, not the least being whether or not to install a fence along our connecting property. Fences are often an essential part of the urban as well as rural landscape. Over the last ten years there have been times when a fence would have been a godsend; even the best of neighbors don’t like feeling obligated to wave hello every time they step out the door. After much consideration the choice was made to go ahead and put up a fence before the arrival of new neighbors; an existing fence would be much easier for them to adjust to rather than one put up after introductions. We’ve decided to go with a living hedge wall that will offer the privacy we seek, plus a living fence will add natural beauty, enhancing our landscape and offering shelter to the native quail that frequent our yard. I concur with Robert Frost and will quote his famous poem when I say that yes indeed, “Good fences make good neighbors.”