It is highly unlikely a neighbor would hack a shrub and toss the trimmings
wherever he wanted if he was a nice man/woman. I don't waste my time with such
"communication" any more. It never works.


On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:33:54 -0400, "CindyC" opined:

Forgive my butting in. But, before we start deciding that the neighbor is a
jerk (based on such little info) You must first attempt some form of good
communication. (Talk to them!) Perhaps they simply thought they were doing
the right thing. (No, it's not what I, or most of us, would do.) But give it
a chance. Lack of communication is one huge reason why we have "undesirable"
neighbors in the first place.
Sorry for the rant.
Cindy
"escapee" wrote in message
.. .
Your neighbor is a jerk. Pick up the debris and get rid of it. He/she
will
never change and thinking of ways to accomplish that is a huge waste of
effort.
My idiot neighbor was boasting on how his kids can walk barefoot in the
grass
now. He said "...Ah put some uh that fire ant stuff down and now ma kids
kin
walk round barefoot." He showed me the bag. It says, do NOT walk on lawn
after...or pets...etc.

Shook my head, walked away. Nuff said.


On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:26:46 -0500, Dawn opined:

Sigh.

My husband and I spent today cleaning up the yard, clearing dead growth,
mowing, prepping the vegetable garden for spring. I noticed a lot of
branches in the yard on the side of the house with no windows, looks
like our next door neighbor pruned the lilac bush that grows on the
property line and dropped the branches over the fence into our yard.
(Probably sometime last fall or early winter)

I'm tempted to drop our grass clippings in his front lawn, but I really
want it for compost.

Anyway, I think he's perfectly within his right to whack off whatever
part of the plant he feels is invading his yard, but if he's going to do
that he can take care of the debris himself. Has anyone else had to deal
with this sort of problem? How do you approach the neighbor?

FWIW, neither of us is the original homeowner, this lilac was planted a
good 30 years ago and is about 20 feet high.



Dawn