I just bought my first house and I'm planning on fencing the front and backyard in the fall of this year. My problem is I want to plant some large/fast growing trees in my backyard near the property line in the next month or so. There is an unsightly apartment building behind my house that faces a different street that I'm dying to block my view of. Here is my problem, I want to plant the trees now so I can block my view of the building quickly but I won't have the resources to fence the yard until later this year. I don't want to plant the trees and then have them be in the way of my future fence, especially since I am looking at particularly fast growing trees and I'm afraid that even if they are not close initially, they may grow into the fence in a few years. Is there a way to plan for both without them getting in the way of each other? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

My husband I just bought a home that has a crawl space. I want to plant flower beds and he says that it isn't a good idea because moisture and water will stand and effect the foundation. I find this hard to believe since everyone has flowerbeds. I do realize that we would have to make some sort of brick/stone barrier to allow air flow but is this a safe and acceptable thing to do? What are your ideas? Thanks. tp