Friday, October 28, 2011

"Just a Little"

So I woke up this morning, walked into the kitchen, looked out the window to this...

apparently the neighbor decided to trim back the beautiful orange trumpet vine that we have been growing along the brick wall for about 7 years.  He told my husband he was going to trim his side back "just a little".  Yikes!  Not sure what to do with it now...I don't think a hot glue gun (which seems to save many a project) will work in this situation.  The ironic thing is, the night before I was saying to my husband how much I loved the vine covering up the brick wall.
Good thing I have a nice gray bench on the front porch so I can sit and not look at this.  I guess we'll be going to the dump this weekend.  

Oh, and you will notice that my finger is in the picture, yet again.
Lets hope for a good weekend to come!

19 comments:

  1. Good grief! Apparently the dude next door likes looking at a brick wall - I'll bet if he has a significant other they are, like you (and I'd be too!), upset! Love the comment about the glue gun!

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  2. I'd put some pieces of lattice or several stakes along the wall to give the vine something to hang onto...wire or tie the vines on. Then keep it trimmed along the top so it doesn't cascade onto your neighbors wall. I have an English Ivy that I do this with.

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  3. Yah, that is how the vine started (3 stakes and heavy string) but the weight of it brought that down too. The weird thing is that the neighbor said he wanted the vine to cascade over the other side, his wife loved it. Maybe he was mad at her yesterday.
    Maybe if we invite enough people over we can stake it again and have everyone "lift" at the same time! Thanks for you comment...I will pass along to the husband.
    paula

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  4. Neighbors! This is such a sore subject with us right now....I have a couch and chair in the drive across the street left over from a garage sale two weekends ago.......has gotten rained on 3 times this week....friends comment the minute they hit our door...geez! I hope you find a fix for that beautiful vine

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  5. Sometimes I'm glad we live in the middle of 5 acres.:)So sorry abut your beautiful vine :(

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  6. AAARGHH! Now you can't just give up on this beautiful vine! Maybe just a partial cut back? I feel your pain!!!

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  7. Ooooops! Just a little???? Must have cut the support...
    Sorry! Glue will not work no matter how much you wish!!!! Good thing you do have the grey bench.
    Charlene

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  8. It's too pretty not to fix. I hope you can fix it. That stinks.
    www.shabbytochicqueencreek.blogspot.com

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  9. so sorry for your vine loss! I have a very tall concrete wall in my back yard and got tired of looking at the grey cement block...I picked about a dozen colors i really liked, ones that all went together (ochers, lilac olive, turquoise, russet etc. etc. and took about a week of afternoons painting each one a different color (my daughter was 7 or 8 at the time and we numbered all the paint chips and then she went randomly numbering each block w/ chalk!) so easy, and it looks so arty and fabulous! (we live on a corner and you can see into the back yard- everyone has commented how fun and cool it looks) I used paint from Walmart (exterior satin finish- it wasn't too pricey) and it's been almost ten years and the wall still looks great- i love looking out my kitchen window at it, it makes me smile! just an idea :) best wishes w/ whatever you decide to do! Tamara

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  10. ohhhhh I hope that there is some way to save it. What a bummer. t. xoox

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  11. What a shame! I too would not give up on this lovely vine. Why not try sinking anchors into the cement block wall, like when hanging something on your basement wall, then "wiring" the vine back up?

    I hope this works and you can save the vine. It deserves a chance.

    Good luck to you!

    Cecile

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  12. I feel your pain. We had the same thing happen when the city decided to trim our grape vine on the alley side of our fence last summer. I guess the good news is that your vine should come back next summer.

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  13. AAARGH! another timely reminder that some things are universal the world over. Our big resurface/repaint started yesterday and the neighbours all have an opinion: their consensus is that the original "Meerkat vomit" yellow-beige matched their complex better and our updated classy "Fynbos" grey is not to their taste... the South African references are meant to remind you of us and make you want to come back. In the meanwhile, hope you can save that beautiful vine.

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  14. No.... I hope you can save it!!! It looks beautiful in the left side of the photo! (and I didn't even notice your finger until you pointed it out, LOL!!)

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  15. hope you can salvage it! I would try renting a concrete nailing gun and putting up some pressure treated 2x4's on the concrete, THEN attaching some large hooks to hold the vines up. (you might be able to anchor directly to the wall without the 2x4's, but you'd need less holes in the concrete using the 2x4 method)

    I'd be heartbroken to see that. if you can save all of it consider reed/bamboo fencing to disguise the concrete. we had some for a few years and really liked the look.

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  16. Paula:
    Try to save it. Couldn't some Chicken wire be attached near the top and bending over the top of the wall and the vine tied to the wire until it recovered? I have used a masonry glue on brick to attach clips to train espalier very successfully. Good luck. Wish I had seen a photo in it's glory. Bet the hummingbirds loved it. Joy

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  17. How heart breaking. I hope you can save it. I too have interesting neighbours but nothing this severe yet just loud music and strangely furniture in the opposite driveway left over from aweekend party.

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  18. If I woke up to this, I'd be doing more with my figure than just exposing it in the picture! How annoying.

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