Well, okay, it was just a tree. That is, part of a tree. And it didn’t hit us, or the house, or the car. But now we can see our neighbours and they can see us. No more naked sunbathing. (Why hello Google Earth satellite! Good, thank you. And you?) No more wandering around the house naked at night. Sniff.
Anyone have any suggestions about fast growing (20′ in six months would be about right), affordable, non-invasive garden solutions?
Nicola Griffith 
Silver leaf maple is the fastest growing I’ve ever seen. Or, wear masks?
Bummer. Bamboo grows really fast, but I don’t imagine it would fit in with Seattle greenery. And, oh yeah, most of it is invasive.And naked bodies?? Hmmm, maybe nature had a little help from the neighbors in regards to that falling tree…..You might just have to go with it.
Eek. At least you weren’t hurt, and it seems your property is okay, too. I’m not very familiar with the northern West Coast flora. I should be by now, but I’m still resisting… The first trees that came to my mind are in the Ficus genus. Fast growing, and will do a good job at creating privacy. But they usually like the tropics.
bamboo; but plant it in a cement-lined trench.
Pampas grass. Are the nieghbors friends of yours?
<>julie<>, a maple sounds nice.<>jennifer d<>, another neighbour has clumping bamboo and it can look rather ratty sometimes. It might work as a last resort.<>karina<>, I used to grow ficus in pots, years ago. I don’t think they’d survive outside, sadly.<>lisa<>, clumping bamboo probably wouldn’t need the trench.<>barbara<>, almost all our neighbours are lovely–except the people whose tree fell to bits. They most emphatically are not our friends.
You might try a mountain ash. I’ve seen them grow 8-12 feet in a year without any trouble. Plus the birds love them.
I agree with all the above. Sadly, I don’t remember any of the PNW tree species, despite having lived there.My inner exhibitionist is giggling…but if they are most definitely not your friends, a bit of bamboo might not be a bad idea.We had clumped bamboo and I remember it spreading like a weed anyway. Perhaps we did it wrong.
My family had a similar situation and my dad planted a row of fast-growing cypress trees in this pattern:x x x x x x x x x They’ve grown quite well (east coast) – and probablty okay for Seattle… -Sarah
ok – the format messed up the pattern…anyway, it didn’t matter(sarah)
I would think simply closing ones curtains would take care of being able to walk naked around the house…
<>magpie<>, we have a mountain ash, aka juniper, at the front. Squashy red berries all over the lawn all autumn…<>janine<>, I’m definitely going off the idea of bamboo.<>sarah<>, we don’t have room for that many plantings, sigh. (Tiny backyard, because of the ravine.)<>natazz<>, well *that’s* no fun…
OMG, can’t wait for your next “what are people searching when they get here” post. lol!
Oh, god, I hadn’t thought of that. Still, I didn’t use ‘naked’ in a tag. Fingers crossed…