Solar Garden Ornaments
Culture Poll: Do you live in a highly restricted neighborhood or one where anything goes?
Some neighborhoods ban clotheslines, working on the car in the driveway, & maybe even supposedly unsightly solar panels that someone has to view from a house above. What does yours ban? Fortunately, in mine, with a few artists in residence, just about anything goes, including a big veggie garden & 2 hens residing in the yard next door. (but so far, no pigs.) Some might have year-round Christmas lights or neon lights as porch ornaments, while many might think as I do that a pink flamingo would be a retro sight to behold & a hoot besides.
Still, I'll consider anybody's point of view just as long as it's both courteous & well-stated, perhaps with a little reading entertainment thrown in. Just exactly what's tacky to you?
Does the amount of noise going on make a difference when it comes to what's acceptable?
Looks like all good answers to me. Thanks very much to all.
My neighborhood is rather....odd. It's a mixed income neighborhood with everything from small, inexpensive homes closer to the main roads (considered less desirable) all the way up to scattered McMansions deep in the center near a large, wooded park. The vast majority of the homes are solidly middle income houses in the $300,000 range. Those people complained about the smaller homes being built when larger lots were split ("I don't want one of those houses next to mine! Our property values will go down!") and then complained about the McMansions being built ("Those are unsightly monstrosities that take up four lots! I don't want that by my house!") and they REALLY complained when my household moved in ("I don't care how many rooms that unsightly monstrosity has, 11 people should not live in one house!").
Clotheslines and solar panels have never been an issue. LOL!
It's turned out to be a fun neighborhood as a lot of those middle income houses were foreclosed on and new people moved in who didn't remember the neighborhood before all of the changes. They just kind of accepted that we had the "poor" people in the front, those who are insanely unafraid to buy big or have slightly more money or resources in the back. They also get on with my household quite well as WE are the creative ones in the neighborhood and we throw frequent neighborhood parties. No one even complains about my pet pygmy goat anymore, either. So it all worked out. It was just a bit tense the first couple of years.
What is tacky to me? Junker cars and broken appliances in the yard and dead grass. If you can't afford to water your grass, then please rip it out and replace it with gravel or astroturf. There's no law or policy against that in my area. The fun, funky stuff does exist in my neighborhood and I love those houses. One lady has an entire platoon of garden gnomes in the front of her house, engaged in various activities. We got a bit tipsy one night and made a sign that said "Free the Gnomes!" and planted it in her yard. She obviously got a kick out of it because she moved it closer to her house - still in the front yard for all to see. I hope I never have to move. 
Edit: No, noise isn't an issue here. We have a very long driveway and the house is right in the middle of our property, so we can't hear too much. We did hear someone playing bagpipes (!!!) the other day, but that's because we were by the back fence near the park having a household meeting/garden party. Otherwise, we wouldn't have heard it at all.
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Ornament Lawn Gnome Solar Powered Garden Path Lighting $13.08 |
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Ornament Lawn Gnome Solar Powered Garden Path Lighting $15.00 |
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New Light-Up Solar Powered Frog on Lily Pad Garden Lawn Ornament Light $16.49 |
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New Decorative Tawny Owl Lawn & Garden Ornament with Solar Powered LED Light $18.33 |
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MEERKAT MEERCAT SOLAR GARDEN LIGHTS ORNAMENT.MEERKATS MEERCATS,GARDEN LIGHTING $20.53 |
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Solar Dragon & Butterfly IN STOCK Hanging Yard Tree Ornament Garden Decor Statue $34.99 |
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MEERKAT MEERCAT & PUP SOLAR GARDEN LIGHT LIGHTS ORNAMENT.MEERKATS MEERCATS $22.11 |
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New Light-Up Solar Powered Frog on Lily Pad Garden Lawn Ornament Light $29.48 |
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4 Solar Powered Colorful Glass Mosaic Gazing Balls Ornaments Garden Yard Stakes $49.50 |
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SOLAR POWER FIBRE OPTIC 10 IN.GARDEN STONE WITH LIZARD ANIMATION YARD ORNAMENT $24.99 |
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SOLAR POWER FIBRE OPTIC 10 IN.GARDEN STONE WITH DOG ANIMATION YARD ORNAMENT $24.99 |
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New Decorative Tawny Owl Lawn & Garden Ornament with Solar Powered LED Light $35.98 |
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Ornament Lawn Gnome Solar Powered Garden Path Lighting $29.98 |
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Ornament Lawn Gnome Solar Powered Garden Path Lighting $30.98 |
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Solar Crackle Glass Ball Lights, a Pack of 3 pcs in a set. $19.99 These garden lights are good decorations for the garden, patio and deck. One of the most exciting lighting concepts in years, these lights have about 4 diameter glass ball with a spectacular crackled imitated finish and super bright LED technology that changes color from red to blue to green. Also features solar panel that harnesses the sun's energy, on-board rechargeable battery, super bright LED... |
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Hummingbird, Butterfly & Dragonfly Solar Garden Stake Lights, 3 in a Set. $23.59 Create interest and atmosphere this year in your garden! Perfect for accenting decking, pathways, lawns and borders at night. Color changing LED makes the flying animals coming to life in the evenings.... |
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Easy Gardener 8021 Garden Defense Electronic Sensor Owl $29.49 Electronic Scarecrow Garden Defense Owl Has Head Motion Via An Electronic Mechanical System and The Digitally Recreated Sounds Of The Fearsome Predator The Great Horned Owl Head and Sound Movements Are Triggered By Motion Sensors... |