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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Hedging Our Bets

Note: I have lifted this out of a post on my other blog, Our Argenta Craftsman Home:  http://argentacraftsman.blogspot.com/
Here is the first official document of: WEST FRONT PROPERTY LINE HEDGE
Becky and I plan to put a hedge of Youpan Holly bushes along the property line to the right, centered between the open gate and the corner of the fence. The planting line will extend to this side of the tree, maybe as far as the side walk which is just behind and to the right of the camera position. I'm going to take a print of this picture and a measuring tape and mark where each shrub will go. That will give us a quantity and a basis for cost estimates. We can take the drawing to experts to find the exact right kind of shrub to plant for our wants. It's an empty lot next door for right now. This hedge is in anticipation of a house being built there in the future. The top of the brick on our house to the left is about twelve feet, so we are thinking of a hedge that will grow about that high to suffice. Here is where consults with various experts will pay. But this is talk. The next act is to draw up the plan and create the frame work for finance that we can carry to shop.

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