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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 7/30/2008 1:32:02 PM
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zmanfan38
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Bethany, your property is beautiful now! Nice job!
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 7/30/2008 1:51:37 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Mrs. Tracy,
You sound like such a NICE neighbor! Please come and live next to ME!!!! I'm glad you have politely stood your ground. It sounds like your neighbor lady is starting to get what your boundaries are, and that's a good thing!
I'm so impressed with all you have done OUTSIDE your house since moving in just one month ago. You should be really proud of yourself for that.
There is a woman on the forums, Bethany, who she and her husband bought a corner lot and did AMAZING things to clean it and clear it. So beautiful what they have done with it and you're right, it makes a difference to more than one block. I'll have to send her over to this thread so she can encourage you because what she and her husband did makes a big difference to their block and I'm quite sure their neighbors were also very impressed!
Hopefully the trimmed trees (which is no small expense for you) will show your neighbor that:
A) You care about your property and,
B) You have your own plans on what you will and won't be doing with your yard.
Good for you!
Jeanie
Thank you!!!! We knew the trimming needed to be done when we bought the house becaues EVERYTHING in the yard was overgrown. But when we got the price we got (475) for 6 very unruly trees, we jumped. It was in the budget for next year but I had 1000 budgeted for the trees.
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Oh, I can so relate to this!! When we bought our house, the fence was completely rotted and was barely held in place with ropes lashed to trees in the backyard. It was terrible. We had the fence replaced a few months after moving in and many neighbors have made a point to thank us. Our neighborhood is cute and well-maintained, so the collapsing fence was a huge eyesore for the whole area. We also had sod put in the backyard and a bunch of diseased bushes hauled off.
We are on a corner lot. Thankfully, the one neighbor couple with whom we share a property line is very nice and pleasant.
Fence Before
Fence After
Side Before
Side After
Backyard Before - YES, there is an ugly tire around the tree!
Backyard After
Oh I wish I would have taken before and after pics. But I can take some now and will. Our deck was in very poor condition and so far I have pressure washed and sanded it. We are going to fix the backing of it and then stain and seal it. I have also ripped out all of the weeds in the front and on the side but it still looks horrible. So I am going to take pics and hopefully by the end of summer, I can post before and after. I LOVE what you did to your back yard. Hopefully mine will turn out just as great. But we are being realistic and know that it may take a year or two for things to come full circle.
Today I talked with the neighbors SIL and he confirmed to me that the reason they wanted the tree down was because of the mess it makes in the spring. I told him that we were going to trim and hopefully there would be less of a mess and that if the tree doesn't do well, we will take it down when we need to. It is big and old and may one day need to come down, but until it is unsafe or sick, it stays. I am going outside to take pics now.
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 7/30/2008 1:57:26 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Ok, before pics all taken. Now I just need to wait for after pics and learn how to post links to them. But next week the trees get done so I will be able to post those for sure. YAY!!!!
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 7/30/2008 5:12:58 PM
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laughinggirl
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Thanks!
I'm so glad you took some pictures. It will be so encouraging to look back and see the progress you've made! I just made a photo album of our progress on the house (both inside and out) since we bought it so that I can take it to show my grandparents when we visit them next month. It was gratifying to see how much improved our lot looks now. It made me feel good about the money and effort we spent doing all of that. I get that same feeling when our neighbors make comments - I can't wait until that happens for you, too.
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 7/30/2008 11:41:49 PM
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MrsTracy72
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I can't wait either because while we just moved in and then took a two week vacation a week after closing, it feels like it is going to be endless. But I also realise that we have done a whole lot and by the end of next week, a whole lot more will be done. We will be able to scratch the deck and trees off of our list. My basement has tile that needs to be pulled up and I am going to start that when the kids go back to school. Just a little bit every day because it is a large basement and very dusty. I have asthma. So after the trees are done, I will try to post those before and after pics. I can't wait!!!!!!!!
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 8/1/2008 10:32:39 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Thanks, I am glad she is coming around too. But it is hard when her kids are over because they literally attack me. Yesterday she said that we killed her roses with all the water that drained out into her garden (right on the property line) when we washed our deck with the pressure washer. We were careful not to push the water in her direction and I am sure that some got in there, but not enough to kill them.
But then my FIL was over and he told her that they weren't dead, but that what she was seeing was new stems on the plants and he told her what to do with them. He said that they can't be overwatered, especially since they made it throught the floods we had early in June. We are in a FEMA area and that specific neighbor got so much water that her basement had 6 inches. So it wasn't our water that did that, but they are growing very nicely.
She told my husband that I was a good choice in a wife and while she doesn't know me well enough to say something that bold, it was nice that she tried to make that compliment. I know that when baking time comes around with the holidays, I will make sure they get a plate of cookies. Maybe that will help her have nice thoughts in spring when the tree makes the mess she is always complaining about.
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 8/5/2008 11:14:10 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Ok, so we went to visit with my husband's son overnight and when we got home tonight, our trees were trimmed. I think they look nice but it was dark when we got home so I will have to have a look tomorrow. AND take pics because I do have before pics. YAY!!!!!
But my neigbor seems to have resolved herself to the fact that the tree is staying because she was even joking that she was going to tell them to take it down while I was gone. At least she said it like she was joking. Either way, my trees look taller. How weird is that?
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 8/5/2008 11:26:11 PM
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MrsTracy72
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I have to learn how to link the pictures in here. But I would love to share them.
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RE: Tree/neighbor advice needed - 8/7/2008 10:12:02 PM
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Just wanted to let you know that I think you make a wonderful neighbor and the kind Jesus would be proud to wear His name. Sounds like He knew what He was doing when He put you in this woman's neighborhood. Blessings fluttering your way (no helicopters)  , LL
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