{"id":61237,"date":"2014-10-27T13:16:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=61237"},"modified":"2014-10-27T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T17:45:15","slug":"blue-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=61237","title":{"rendered":"blue fence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Double-sided, dog-eared redwood fence, you win.  Smug, aren&#8217;t you?  You know I can&#8217;t afford to replace you.<br \/>\nOver the years I&#8217;ve stained you blue (twice), stenciled you in scrolls, but to no avail.<br \/>\nThere you stand, a blue, stenciled, dog-eared redwood reminder of the stark boundaries of my garden.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011751.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011751.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Granted, you make a dramatic backdrop for chartreuse, a theme I work pretty hard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011774.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011774.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And sturdy support for Potted&#8217;s City Planter too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011802.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011802.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In some light you&#8217;re almost black.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011805.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011805.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d want to replace your insistent vertical lines with horizontal lines though.<br \/>\nLast year I was certain that the answer was to affix smooth Hardiebacker cement board to you and paint that an exciting color.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure I had that plan in fall, which is when the energy for projects usually arrives &#8212; in a narrow sliver of a window before the holidays devour all that excess energy.<br \/>\nBut the weight of the cement board might cause sag, which would only be exchanging one irritation for another.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011803.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011803.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This eastern boundary is all hardscape until we get to the row of lemon cypresses.<br \/>\nWhich is why I&#8217;m always on the lookout for some huge Euphorbia ammak or fence post cactus to grow in large pots along your exposed fenceline.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011792.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011792.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghostly remnants of the stenciling project.  I didn&#8217;t exactly stencil your <em>whole<\/em> length but kinda ran out of steam after 5 feet or so.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll blame that on the holidays too.<br \/>\n(Pots hold two newish members of my ever-expanding cussonia collection.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011779.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011779.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will say that your homespun rusticity doesn&#8217;t mind sharing space with a little industrial chic.<br \/>\nA sleek new fence might strenuously object.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011801.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011801.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/october2014\/P1011757.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1011757.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blue fence, you win fair and square.  (Until I nail some Hardiebacker board on your ass, that is.)<\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double-sided, dog-eared redwood fence, you win. Smug, aren&#8217;t you? You know I can&#8217;t afford to replace you. Over the years I&#8217;ve stained you blue (twice), stenciled you in scrolls, but to no avail. 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