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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Blah blah blah......insert Mexican jokes here.

    Now, my next door neighbor had to cut down 3 trees because they were slowly dying. Because of this, our super private, serene, peaceful, secluded back yard NOW HAS A GOD DAMN HOLE IN IT and we can see all our neighbors houses!!!! Literally took away 50% of our privacy. Our wall of green is gone. The HCP is HEATED!

    These were 50+ foot trees I'm talking about.

    Help me get back my tranquil space. Obviously we don't want to plant trees and wait 40 years. Thinking bamboo and something called Horsetail was recommended to us.

    Would love any experts advice.

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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Don't do bamboo. That shit will take over, kill everything else, and your neighbors will hate you.

    If you are willing to pay $$$, and the yard is accessible, you can have fairly large trees installed.

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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Thank goodness...thought you were having trouble shaving
     
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    Ditto on that. I'm no expert, but my wife is an avid gardener and she always talks about the negatives of bamboo as a very evasive plant.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Bamboo = bad

    Can't you just build a fence?
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Sounds like he wants something taller than a fence. But, you can build a pretty big fence.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    You can always do arborvitae. They grow pretty tall. They have to be maintained or they will break.
     
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    100% right. When we lived in Portland our neighbor put some Bamboo - within a year it was full time job to keep that shit out of our yard.
     
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    He will need to run for office for that.
     
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    Plant bamboo. But, plant the bamboo in extra large planter pots. These planter pots can even be buried, but will contain the roots of the bamboo and keep from taking over everything else.
     
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    Why can't you be like Trump and have a wall built and have your neighbor pay for it?
     
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    ...those pots better be made out of cast iron.
     
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    Pretty sure he isn't a trump supporter
     
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    Bamboo is fine, just make sure to plant it in these.

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    Or...

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    Or one like that, but it looks nice.
     
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    But I have heard the bamboo that is in clumps and is non wondering. Shit, you know how much large trees are bro?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I have a very nice fence. But we can still see the neighbors houses. 12 years of complete privacy and then now this. It's brutal.
     
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    TIL HCP likes to sunbathe nude.
     
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    This is what a few friends have told me about.
     
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