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Thread: My Worst Garden Pest Ever--A Retired Neighbor

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    I have a childless retired couple living across the street at an angle from me. He used to mow the lot next door to me which he doesn't any more. In fact, he has lost several of his side job mowing gigs in the last year or so for various reasons. I have progressively landscaped my previously much neglected property since moving in, acquired some adjoining property, battled down some wooded lots into wooded yard, etc etc. I have also progressively added more and more vegetable/permaculture, so basically I am always doing something new. I have periodically given the old guy and his wife mini-tours of what I have been done, discussed what I plan to do and so forth. I told them if they wanted anything from the garden just to come get it. I didn't really care.

    Old guy (who is also a busy-body gossip type) is now just randomly all over my property like it is his. I go out in the morning and he is walking around with his cup of coffee like he owns the place. Came home yesterday and he had tools out fooling with my mower (nothing is wrong with my mower really). He was just "checking things". He sprayed all the bee nests around my house. He weeds my vegetable beds at time. In short, he is actually being constructive BUT he is freaking me the hell out just randomly doing all this stuff. I feel almost as if there is another shoe about to drop, or he is just trying to find something he could run his mouth about, or whatever, and I am not sure what to do about it. I mean he has his own property that could use quite a bit of maintenance so not sure why he is always at mine. Guy pruned my freaking hedges for God's sake while I was at work.

    So, should I just ignore this guy knowing he will probably be dead or in a home in 5 years or what? How do you politely tell someone being helpful to stay the hell away from your property?
    High voltage electric fence would work........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    High voltage electric fence would work........
    Tom says our grid can't handle it.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    High voltage electric fence would work........
    Unfortunately electric fences are illegal in my city

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Robbersson View Post
    It's easier to get away with killing humans than cats. I suggest you stick with killing humans.
    Sadly, that is quite possibly true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    Sadly, that is quite possibly true.
    It's not sad to me. Cats have better morals than a lot of humans.
    ​sounds of silence!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post



    Just a suggestion
    Gritty.
    ​sounds of silence!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    Tom says our grid can't handle it.......
    Tom lies.
    ​sounds of silence!

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