Tyrannical gardening-obsessed shaming neighbors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

If you used the time it takes you to start a thread, make snarky comments, and peruse through dcum on to your yard, then it wouldn’t be a mess.
You are the one who used your small children as an excuse, but seemingly can be on dcum.

Go away jerk.

Not OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it a Bradley pear tree? Those things are crazy bad and invasive. They definitely need to be burned to the ground. That said, they are everywhere. Your one tree won't make an iota of a difference.

Bradford pears. You are right, they are a menace. I moved to my house 6 years ago and loved the woods that border our back yard. In the six years I've lived here, Bradford pears have taken over as far as I can see. In one 20' section there are at least 8 of them now. It isn't my land and I'm not certain what I should do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

If you used the time it takes you to start a thread, make snarky comments, and peruse through dcum on to your yard, then it wouldn’t be a mess.
You are the one who used your small children as an excuse, but seemingly can be on dcum.

Go away jerk.

Not OP

No.

Not OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

If you used the time it takes you to start a thread, make snarky comments, and peruse through dcum on to your yard, then it wouldn’t be a mess.
You are the one who used your small children as an excuse, but seemingly can be on dcum.

Go away jerk.

Not OP

Hello OP. I see you are still on dcum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. A classic phone conversation with her went like this: (I swear to god I’m not making this up)

Obsessed neighbor: I’m just calling to discuss your grass experience with you.
Me: (desperately wondering whether she’s for real) What is it you would like to know, Margaret?

One of my neighbors had her entire lawn, front and back, removed so she could start over with the right grass. Her yard was not weed filled. It looked like well maintained lawn but her husband was incensed by some crab grass that was showing up here and there. Insane!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sounds like you are using your kids as an excuse for not doing basic upkeep.

Look! The deranged neighbor is here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

If you used the time it takes you to start a thread, make snarky comments, and peruse through dcum on to your yard, then it wouldn’t be a mess.
You are the one who used your small children as an excuse, but seemingly can be on dcum.

Are some sheep to slavishly follow whatever nonsense a neighbor spouts? LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

If you used the time it takes you to start a thread, make snarky comments, and peruse through dcum on to your yard, then it wouldn’t be a mess.
You are the one who used your small children as an excuse, but seemingly can be on dcum.

Are some sheep to slavishly follow whatever nonsense a neighbor spouts? LOL

Looks like the OP found her sheep. On second thought, you are the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:sounds like you are using your kids as an excuse for not doing basic upkeep.

Look! The deranged neighbor is here!

Man, the OP rages when she doesn’t get someone to validate her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

OP you never answered what specific "junk trees" and "weeds" in your yard are at issue here.

If it's dandelions and a red mulberry tree (which may be messy but is native BTW), keep on going.

If we're talking, say, Japanese knotweed, Japanese honeysuckle, lesser celandine, for example...well those are problematic and it would be hard to contain the damage to your yard.

[Anonymous]

...so anyone doing no mow may?

[Anonymous]

I have young kids and love doing yard work and gardening. It's my stress reliever and I like seeing the work pay off over time. Keeping the yard nice means we use it way more and spend time together outside. It's not mutually exclusive to have small kids and a nice yard.

Our neighbors are weed central and we have spent a lot of time and money keeping their invasive weeds (lesser celandine) out. Sucks but they are really nice people who look out for us and vice versa. It's possible to have this divide and still get along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you are being disingenuous because you know perfectly well there is a population of old people who expect everyone's yard to look like a golf course. And many younger people don't care about things like dandelions. My pet peeves are giant yew shrubs tall enough to hide the windows, foot high grass, yellow grass from the three large dogs you have living in 1000 square feet of yard, and basically not caring at all. I have three neighbors like this and I never see any of them outdoors and these are people my age. I do have weeds but my yard is pleasant enough to enjoy most of the year and I'm always out there.

<sigh> This is not an age specific issue. I'm in my 50s, have replaced the turf in my front yard with pollinator friendly plants. The neighbors on 3 sides are young couples who pay for lawn service and have monoculture grass. This is a 'person' issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have young kids and love doing yard work and gardening. It's my stress reliever and I like seeing the work pay off over time. Keeping the yard nice means we use it way more and spend time together outside. It's not mutually exclusive to have small kids and a nice yard.

Our neighbors are weed central and we have spent a lot of time and money keeping their invasive weeds (lesser celandine) out. Sucks but they are really nice people who look out for us and vice versa. It's possible to have this divide and still get along.

Your comments are one of a rational and neighborly person. If you read the comments from the OP, you would know she is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. You caught me. In fact, I posted here out of sheer guilt from my "volunteer" trees...whatever that could be. I only have a weekly lawn service and obviously should be spending night and day in my yard. Some of you people are insane.

OP you never answered what specific "junk trees" and "weeds" in your yard are at issue here.

If it's dandelions and a red mulberry tree (which may be messy but is native BTW), keep on going.

If we're talking, say, Japanese knotweed, Japanese honeysuckle, lesser celandine, for example...well those are problematic and it would be hard to contain the damage to your yard.

I said on the 1st page it’s a huckleberry. As for what type of weeds how would I know?