Using Landscape to Privatize Your Home
Thanks to Molly Bloom for the guest entry.
A few summers ago, I worked in Beverly Hills, California. I was a nanny to a very prestigious family and watched the kids everyday, after the parents went to work. When I first got this job, I remember being surprised by the large bushes surrounding the home. At first, I could not even find the right address to the home since it was tucked away so far behind large bushes. In this article, I recommend landscaping as strategy to build a home security alarm system within your own home.
Large bushes are a great way to protect your home, I have learned. They can securely tuck away your home so that no one can even see it. For high-profile people, large bushes can protect homes from people like the paparazzi. The family I worked for in Beverly Hills used large bushes to refrain the paparazzi from taking unnecessary pictures of their home. Along with that, they also had a fancy ADT Security system complete with video cameras and the whole nine yards.
While I am not famous, I have chosen to surround my own home with large bushes. I live on a busy freeway, and I simply enjoy the privacy that smart landscaping has brought to my home. I am glad that people driving by my home can not see an inch of my private space. Landscaping makes my own life feel more secure and my home feel safe.
Now THAT’S entertainment!
If I had the chance to see these guys perform, I would totally go and see them! What a riot!
Teaching kids about gardening
Some of my fondest memories of my childhood revolves around visiting my grandparents. It was such a treat to spend a month with them every summer! I’m sure my parents enjoyed the break too!
We helped Gramps with the livestock. It wasn’t work when it was with Grandpa – it was an adventure! He let me ride with him on his tractor from time to time, which made me feel really special! We helped to feed the chickens, and get the eggs out of the nests. We got to play with the kittens and puppies, and feed the ducks.
I can remember the time when Grandma had us help her to repaint her window boxes. She liked to give them a fresh coat of paint every few years. After we painted them all, we were each “given” a window box of our own to plant and tend. She took us to the farmer’s market where she let out pick out the seedlings that we wanted for our gardens. She showed us how to fill the bottoms with broken flower pots and gravel, then planting soil, and then put in the seedlings. Then more soil, some decorative gravel, and some little figures of elves for an extra special touch. She let me put my GI Joes in my window box, and let me pretend that they were on a jungle mission.
Every time I see a window box now, I get a melancholy feeling for the old days back at the grandparent’s farm. Those were the simple, good old days!
An Irish Prayer
Since today is St. Patrick’s Day I thought that I’d post one of the better Irish Prayers that I’ve heard through out the years.
May God give you…
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share,
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer.
Green thumbs
I find it very interesting that almost all of my friends enjoy gardening in some shape or form. Those that have houses of their own have flower gardens; many have vegetable patches as well. Because of their limited time, however, I find that many of them try to do a lot of their gardening in containers. They say that it reduces the amount of time that they need to weed. I do know that it makes it a lot easier for me to pick out a gift for them if I need to come up with one – all I have to do is buy them a planter or two.
Most of them have patios or decks, and it does not take a lot of effort on my part to pick up some outdoor planters and plant a few nice plants in them. Garden planters come in a lot of different sizes, styles and colors so it is not difficult to find some that look nice in any setting.
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