Our garden backs onto a field - private land, where, once a year only, sheep graze. We have a wire fence here as our boundary that allows lovely views of the field and hills beyond and the view was one of the main reasons for buying the house.
Unfortunately, local people use the field more and more as their general recreation ground and in spring/ summer/autumn and sometimes winter too, it's like living adjacent to a public park, with people peering in to our garden, back windows of the house, children trying to 'climb' our wire fence (and pulling it down) and no privacy at all.
Whilst the field owner recently decreed that no one should trespass on their land and this has reduced the influx in winter months, there's no guarantee that we won't be inundated again over the summer. The owner doesn't live nearby and the field boundaries are wire fences easily accessible to people and dogs.
I am torn between wanting to preserve our lovely view and yet needing more privacy for the family. I came up with the idea of a 'temporary fence' that could go up on 'busy' days in the field and come down at other times and when the weather's too bad for people to be out.
I've heard of birch or willow screening but am not sure how feasible it would be to have several panels of this stored in the garden and how easy or not it would be to erect it on a temporary basis.
Also, I don't know if it's a silly idea and we should just give up our view and erect a proper fence to preserve privacy at all times. The thought of dragging out the fence ona 'busy field day' makes me that those watching would sneer and snigger and of course we never know in advance when people will decide to go into the field.
Planting a hedge is an option too, I suppose but this would neither provide full privacy nor allow our view.
What do you think?