Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[abifae]

Want some rotten lemons to chuck at neighbors? I bet they splat real good. Who needs lemonade when you have projectiles?

 

[dragonlaurel]

Looking through the bottom of the frig for extra ammo. I hate it when people don't check before they mess with your plants/stuff.
Maybe you should go manure part of his lawn for him. It may need some extra fertilizer, you know.

 

[moolie]

thanks Abi. i'm just gonna stand here for a minute. i know he was trying to be helpful but ohmigosh. and yeah. its more fencing for all sides.

or land mines. or a moat. possibly razor wire and a manned gun tower. or alligators.

i keep walking out there to look at it. oh geez.

i need a bartender.

*turns around, Titan! Make momma a "special" *

I think the land mines and the alligator pit would likely do it. I think the manned gun tower would just be a bit overkill, alligators are pretty efficient.

 

[savingdogs]

He probably likes the "look" of a mown field better and just made the decision himself, not cool, not his choice to make.

I'd have TBM go over and have a discussion with him. You should not have to put up a fence or a moat to keep neighbors from mowing your yard. While I've always fantasized about have two fences, about 10 feet apart, circling my property so I'd have a "dog moat", that was a huge presumption on the part of the neighbor with a financial impact, so it isn't cool.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

ha! SD you and i are two peas in a pod - my dream is a double fence and sending the dog crew out to "patrol"!!!! whoooot

and yeah - i think it was bugging him. he said a couple times that he doenst like weeds - but um.. goats eat weeds. and hay. augh!

i'm having popcorn for dinner. grrrr

 

[Bimpnottin]

i'm having popcorn for dinner.

Put some parmesan cheese on it and and then it's grain and dairy! Top it off with some choco mayo cake, and then you've got protein, veggies (chocolate counts, right!) and deliciousness.

p.s. I'd be seriously ticked at the neighbor and would probably send him a bill for either the hay you are going to have to buy, or the new seed you're going to have to put in.

 

[pinkfox]

i agree on billing him for the hay lost or at the very least seeds...

as for moats, im personally a big fan of pirannah...
gators tend to escape their boundries...plus all that thrashing about makes for lots of top ups on a moat...plus they tend to just lounge around all day, unless osmoen gets too close they just spend thier days sunbathing and me...im not a fan of lazy secutiry guards...
prannah however, very efficient always on the move and always hungry

plus you can raise more pirannah per lb of meat fed than you can gators..much more efficient feed to meat ratio...

im only partly joking...ive put much thought into pirannah as seciurity guards primarily after the zombie apocalypse since if zombism is transferable to none human species, id MUCH rather deal with zombie pirannah that cant come on land than zombie gators...

so my vote goes for pirannah moat!

 

[Kala]

We had an older neighbor ride his gator over to our property line, walk over and start picking up sticks that were in the yard. We also hadn't been mowing a patch that borders their property line. We are letting certain parts grow up that we want to let go back into a wooded area and also so we don't have so much to mow. We live in literally the middle of nowhere. Everyone has weedy areas. But apparently ours was not to his liking.

DH walked out and talked to him when we noticed he was in the yard. The first thing he said to DH was, "I just hate in when people don't do like they should...."


DH told him we were growing a green privacy fence

But that didn't cost us a dime. Sorry OFG...hopefully you can get him to recoup some of the costs.

 

[Farmfresh]

I had that talk tonight with my RoundUp spraying - black raspberry killin' neighbors of mine. They actually seemed quite upset that their spray had done damage. The grandma neighbor even offered me some new plants from some she had at her house!

I did decline the offer, but then I spent a bit of time worrying aloud about her using a toxin like RoundUp around her babies play area. She said she was being careful, but since she had just said the same thing about how she had been spraying only the trumpet vine on the fence when the over spray killed my black raspberries - well you could see the cogs moving.

I told them if they wanted the vines dead, then I would make them dead, but please NO MORE spraying. I want to replant my bushes. They seem caring enough at least.

Did your old farmer show any regrets about mowing your hay down??

 

[justusnak]

We had a similar issue with out neighbors...only they mowed down a dozen blue spruce trees we planted for privacy. When I mentioned it to them, she said...I didnt see any trees. Well, she HAD to hear the thumping of the 2x2 stakes we had next to each one that were almost 18 inches tall! So, this time, we planted cedars....free for the digging, and they are already 2 to 3 ft tall! HA! MOW THAT! I would definitely talk to the old guy, and let him know what he had done. What a shame...im so sorry this happened.