"Toni" wrote in message
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[whining mode] New neighbors next door- to the west.
Their first week in they've cut down a *beautiful* 30 year old Black Olive
tree that shaded my entire front garden- full of shade plants. Anthuriums,
calatheas, ferns, teeny little gems that I had cherished for years in
containers before putting them in the ground.
That garden is only one year old- and now I am having to reorganize the
whole darn thing. Plants are wilting faster than I can transplant them.


Aren't neighbors grand! I had an elderly couple living next door for years.
They took great care of the place, were friendly, and made an effort to do
some gardening. They moved last July and some trashy woman moved in along
with her nephew and son. They have three cars, a truck, and two
motorcycles. Rather than shift the cars, they space them out in the
driveway so they can weave around the vehicles when they need to go
somewhere. The driveway is rather short, so they have to park across the
sidewalk and one car is parked so the rear half of the car in the street.

Last year they cut the grass three times. This year they set the mower deck
so low that it scalps the grass, presumably so they won't have to mow very
often. On Mother's Day weekend, the woman bought a flat of petunias. She
planted a couple of cell pack, distributed a few more around her beds, and
left a half-full flat in the bed next to the garage. She hasn't touched the
plants since, so now there are half-dead annuals, still in the cell packs,
sprinkled around the yard. Unfortunately, she hasn't trimmed, edged, or
weeded since she moved in and there are huge weeds and saplings growing all
over. Two weeks ago she decided to clean-up a bit, but after a few minutes
she abandoned the job leaving her tools and a black plastic drum liner in
the yard next to a couple gallon nursery liners with dead plants she bought
last fall but never planted. There are soda cans, cigarette butts, dog
toys, and assorted lawn furniture strewn around the yard. One would think
that between her fat ass and the two "study" bubbas and their illegitimate
children they could manage to clean-up the place but they seldom leave the
house, choosing to stay sealed inside with the AC running when the
temperatures are in the 60s! When they do come outside they give us a cold
glare or pretend we don't exist. I see some tall shrubs in my future!