Picked native shrubs over a privacy fence and it worked out better than I expected

Last spring I had to decide between planting a row of arborvitae or putting up a wooden fence along my backyard property line. I went with a mix of ninebark and serviceberry bushes instead, figuring they'd help the bugs and birds more. Two years in, they're already taller than I thought they'd be and I've spotted goldfinches and butterflies I never saw before. The only downside is it took a full season before they started looking good, but my neighbor actually copied the idea for her own yard. Anyone else tried replacing hardscapes with plants and seen a difference?

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spencer_johnson227d ago

People forget nature does privacy better when you give it a minute.

foster.wade7d ago

@spencer_johnson22 I gotta push back a little. A patch of trees isn't gonna stop spam calls or someone scraping your data from a public Wi-Fi. Sitting in the woods is nice and all, but my phone still has a signal up there and that's where the real privacy issues live. Compared to getting doxxed online, a jogger passing your picnic spot is nothing.