"Chris Lewis" wrote in message
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According to Harry K :

Richard J Kinch wrote:
Steve B writes:

You could have more grass.

A lawn is the price of some privacy from the rest of the world. More
lawn
is more privacy, but the area grows as the square of the separation
distance.

Well, sorta. In reality space is the buffer, i.e., more room between
you and the next guy. The undesireable IMO result is lawn as you have
to do -something- with that vast expanse or you have a jungle or a
hayfield.

Plant trees. Less effort in the long run, far more effective
in producing privacy (and sound deadening).

[10 acres, less than 1/4 acre needs to be mowed.]
That is what my retirement house is gonna be- not visible from the the road.
Only lawn will be a small patch up at the road so you can non-blindly pull
into traffic, and a firebreak around the house, so the place gets enough
sunlight to not go moldy on me. (Houses that never see sunlight always reek
like a cabin, in my experience....) But I'll look for a place where the
trees are already there- with my non-green thumb, trying to keep plants
alive is expensive, pointless, and downright depressing....

aem sends...