So one thing about the replanting in the front is that now anyone can walk up to our front windows. I had not anticipated how much this would bother me. This is the front before and after:
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It looks much nicer (it’ll look even better when we get an actual lawn to grow), but you can now see right into the living room on nice nights, when the window is open and the fan is on. I do not like that. It’s compounded by the fact that my neighbors put a camera on their roof that moves. I don’t know that it can look in our window, but the thought of it creeps me out. Maybe I’m just paranoid.
So what to do? We’re thinking of trying to grow some kind of climbing vine plant (something not too aggressive) on a trellis outside the window. This way, we can pull it out later if we want to without too much trouble, and if we keep it trimmed it should not be too much of a problem. If we make it, say, half the height of the window we can still get plenty of light during the day. I wonder if it will look funny, though. Once it’s warm out, we’ll have the AC on and the windows shut.