I found this very lovely blog on gardening entitled Annie's Kitchen Garden. Below is a photo of her neighbor's hedges invading her property.
This is the comment under this photo on this lovely blog: My son Scott and I did cut back her hedge, but only where it came onto our property. It had grown so huge and wide, we could no longer get our lawnmower into the back yard! This narrow strip is the only path for the riding mower. Oh, how I miss my old neighbor Pat. she had the hedge professionally trimmed three times a year.
Oh, well. I'll just have to learn to live with it :-(
Why should she have to live with it?
I think that it is shameful that a neighbor would take advantage of another neighbor in such a manner. This woman obviously takes care of her property and wants it to have ascetic value. Every property owner pays taxes on each inch of their land. There is no reason why any resident of that property should be denied access to one single inch of that property because of the negligence of a neighbor. I am sure that if she checks out the municipal codes the neighbor is in violation and it is most likely legal to cut back over growth onto your own property. In some communities the negligent party is ordered to clean up the overgrowth and if it is not completed in a timely manner the community hires a professional service to clean it up and the negligent property owner is billed, and often fined.
What makes a Neighborhood? As per Wikipedia: A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition. Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur – the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control."
What makes a neighbor: As per Dictionary.com:
This is the comment under this photo on this lovely blog: My son Scott and I did cut back her hedge, but only where it came onto our property. It had grown so huge and wide, we could no longer get our lawnmower into the back yard! This narrow strip is the only path for the riding mower. Oh, how I miss my old neighbor Pat. she had the hedge professionally trimmed three times a year.
Oh, well. I'll just have to learn to live with it :-(
Why should she have to live with it?
I think that it is shameful that a neighbor would take advantage of another neighbor in such a manner. This woman obviously takes care of her property and wants it to have ascetic value. Every property owner pays taxes on each inch of their land. There is no reason why any resident of that property should be denied access to one single inch of that property because of the negligence of a neighbor. I am sure that if she checks out the municipal codes the neighbor is in violation and it is most likely legal to cut back over growth onto your own property. In some communities the negligent party is ordered to clean up the overgrowth and if it is not completed in a timely manner the community hires a professional service to clean it up and the negligent property owner is billed, and often fined.
What makes a Neighborhood? As per Wikipedia: A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition. Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur – the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control."
What makes a neighbor: As per Dictionary.com:
neigh·bor
[ney-ber] Show IPA
noun
It is very sad that Annie cannot enjoy her garden as she should be allowed to enjoy it. Some neighbors need to learn what it means to be a good neighbor.
1.
a person who lives near another.
2.
a person or thing that is near another.
3.
one's fellow human being: to be generous toward one's less fortunate neighbors.
4.
a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans: to be a neighbor to someone in distress.
5.
(used as a term of address, especially as a friendly greeting to a stranger): Tell me, neighbor, which way to town?
I really love the #3 definition: A person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans.
What makes a bad neighbor?
It is my opinion Annie's neighbor is a bad neighbor. Her blatant disregard for her neighbor's property is a form of harassment. To knowingly allow this mess to invade a neighbor's private property. To disturb persistently!
ha·rass
[huh-ras, har-uhs] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
2.
to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid.
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