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BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:21 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee So are you at least willing to consider a vine? I think it would be the best plant to camaflauge your BBQ. Put a trellis there, you mean? They're not cheap either. Especially the length and height I'd need there. More money! Waaaaaaaaa! Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:22 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee So are you at least willing to consider a vine? I think it would be the best plant to [COLOR="Red"][B]camaflauge[/B][/COLOR] your BBQ. ............. ............... Quote \| Reply \| Report

sweetlebee Joined: 5/09/2005 Location: Posts: 19587	Posted: May/25/2006 5:28 PM PST [quote=Blue Belle]Put a trellis there, you mean? They're not cheap either. Especially the length and height I'd need there. More money! Waaaaaaaaa![/QUOTE Why not just extend the railing to the front of the deck and plant a vine? (You still haven't explained that crooked railing.) Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:30 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by IR2agardner Any possiblility of moving the composters to that side yard area? I see the hose hook up so not sure if they'd fit over there. That would alieviate some of you problem of hiding them from view. You could also try Plume poppies, they get very tall. If you cannot afford everything at once, the castor bean plant gets very tall too and I know there are GG folks who have seeds, 'cuz I got some. :-) I am using them to hide the alley behind my house from view from the patio. I grow alot of stuff on a chain link fence, it's just not dense enough. It's shade under a tree and faces east too. That side yard is pretty pathetic. No room at all. That's not a hose hookup, it's an ugly constructions of pieces of wood made to hold a canoe (that left with the canoe's owner). The fireplace rough in is under it. I can afford plants and seeds, by the way, just not expensive labour and trellises. Quote \| Reply \| Report

sweetlebee Joined: 5/09/2005 Location: Posts: 19587	Posted: May/25/2006 5:33 PM PST Can you put your bins on the fireplace rough? Build a platform over it to put them on? Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:33 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee Why not just extend the railing to the front of the deck and plant a vine? (You still haven't explained that crooked railing.) That one piece of wood, you mean? "Someone" nailed it in that way. Beats me why. But it won't extend to the end of the deck, if I'm understanding you correctly. I do have the full railing and woodwork that used to be there. I could nail that back up maybe, and have the vine climb that. Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:35 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee Can you put your bins on the fireplace rough? Build a platform over it to put them on? Well, it's on a slant. And the bins would be too high up then. It would also be a job to move them, they're heavy. Remember... no handy man available. Quote \| Reply \| Report

sweetlebee Joined: 5/09/2005 Location: Posts: 19587	Posted: May/25/2006 5:37 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by Blue Belle That one piece of wood, you mean? "Someone" nailed it in that way. Beats me why. But it won't extend to the end of the deck, if I'm understanding you correctly. I do have the full railing and woodwork that used to be there. I could nail that back up maybe, and have the vine climb that. Phew! Glad we got through that! So do you like the idea of a vine? Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: May/25/2006 5:41 PM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee Phew! Glad we got through that! So do you like the idea of a vine? I do. Except the railing/woodwork isn't as high as the top of the BBQ, so it wouldn't hide it all. But it would camouflage (note spelling ) most of it and the stuff under it. Quote \| Reply \| Report

sweetlebee Joined: 5/09/2005 Location: Posts: 19587	Posted: May/25/2006 5:44 PM PST If you planted anything high enough to camaflauge the entire BBQ, it would look off-balance. See post #2, Dinkle. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:21 PM PST

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Originally posted by sweetlebee

So are you at least willing to consider a vine? I think it would be the best plant to camaflauge your BBQ.

Put a trellis there, you mean? They're not cheap either. Especially the length and height I'd need there. More money! Waaaaaaaaa!

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:22 PM PST

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Originally posted by sweetlebee

So are you at least willing to consider a vine? I think it would be the best plant to [COLOR="Red"][B]camaflauge[/B][/COLOR] your BBQ.

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Posted: May/25/2006 5:28 PM PST

[quote=Blue Belle]Put a trellis there, you mean? They're not cheap either. Especially the length and height I'd need there. More money! Waaaaaaaaa![/QUOTE

Why not just extend the railing to the front of the deck and plant a vine? (You still haven't explained that crooked railing.)

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:30 PM PST

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Originally posted by IR2agardner

Any possiblility of moving the composters to that side yard area? I see the hose hook up so not sure if they'd fit over there. That would alieviate some of you problem of hiding them from view. You could also try Plume poppies, they get very tall. If you cannot afford everything at once, the castor bean plant gets very tall too and I know there are GG folks who have seeds, 'cuz I got some. :-)

I am using them to hide the alley behind my house from view from the patio. I grow alot of stuff on a chain link fence, it's just not dense enough. It's shade under a tree and faces east too.

That side yard is pretty pathetic. No room at all. That's not a hose hookup, it's an ugly constructions of pieces of wood made to hold a canoe (that left with the canoe's owner). The fireplace rough in is under it.

I can afford plants and seeds, by the way, just not expensive labour and trellises.

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Posted: May/25/2006 5:33 PM PST

Can you put your bins on the fireplace rough? Build a platform over it to put them on?

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:33 PM PST

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Originally posted by sweetlebee

Why not just extend the railing to the front of the deck and plant a vine? (You still haven't explained that crooked railing.)

That one piece of wood, you mean? "Someone" nailed it in that way. Beats me why.

But it won't extend to the end of the deck, if I'm understanding you correctly. I do have the full railing and woodwork that used to be there. I could nail that back up maybe, and have the vine climb that.

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:35 PM PST

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Originally posted by sweetlebee

Can you put your bins on the fireplace rough? Build a platform over it to put them on?

Well, it's on a slant. And the bins would be too high up then. It would also be a job to move them, they're heavy. Remember... no handy man available.

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Posted: May/25/2006 5:37 PM PST

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Originally posted by Blue Belle

That one piece of wood, you mean? "Someone" nailed it in that way. Beats me why.

Phew! Glad we got through that! So do you like the idea of a vine?

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BlueBelle
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Posted: May/25/2006 5:41 PM PST

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Originally posted by sweetlebee

Phew! Glad we got through that! So do you like the idea of a vine?

I do. Except the railing/woodwork isn't as high as the top of the BBQ, so it wouldn't hide it all. But it would camouflage (note spelling

) most of it and the stuff under it.

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Posted: May/25/2006 5:44 PM PST

If you planted anything high enough to camaflauge the entire BBQ, it would look off-balance. See post #2, Dinkle.

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