How to block neighbor smells from coming into your yard
Pungent odors drifting over from both side neighbors make it impossible to enjoy your outdoor living space, forcing you to go back inside. Finding an effective physical or organic barrier to limit these smells is the only way to reclaim your yard.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1installing privacy fences
- 2using outdoor fans to keep air from settling
- 3planting dense hedges or fragrant bushes
- 4going inside
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
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