>>507445131> Build vine trellises or removable sun shades over much of your property to block out the heat of the sun. The temperature differential will slightly diminish sounds. Shorter trees (about 25 to 30 feet) work as well, but take years to grow. Don't put them within 1 or 2 feet of your walls unless you want a bug/rat highway into your house. Don't plant anything that will set your house on fire. > Paint the exterior of your house white. It's often wise to use a lime wash as that doesn't allow moisture to accumulate. The temperature differential between your house and the outside muffles sounds.> Put heavy wooden furniture and site closets/storage against outside walls.> Put heavy concrete planters around the outside of your house, with a small gap between them and the house. Large boulders work as well, so long as the flat part is facing inwards. This also can give you some protection from gunfire. Don't plant anything in them that will set your house on fire.> Build a water storage tank fed by your gutters around the outside of your house.> Get an above ground pool and build a wooden shed over it, but put semi-translucent white corrugated plastic tiles over it. This gives you considerable privacy in your pool, and the difference in temperature and humidity alters noise transmission properties.> Make your windows smaller, either long nanrrow head height ones for letting in light or tall narrow ones for seeing (read: shooting) out.Note that thicker lime, expanded clay aggregate, and wool insulation provides additional protection against stray gunfire. So does using exterior doors everywhere, adding additional doors at entrances (think coat room), and putting heavy wooden furniture and storage rooms against exterior walls.
