Being a Good Neighbor??

 This past week has really been interesting.  

Ya know your not a good neighbor when 

your neighbor comes to the door and tells 

your not a good neighbor.  Then he tells 

your husband that you wrote a letter to them 

and accused me of writing he was trying to 

kill me?  Say what??  What a liar!!  I haven't 

written then any such letter.  Only letter they 

have gotten from us is about their trees that 

dump in our yard, they hang over our yard 

and the root of their trees cause us issues

with our fence.

Let's talk about being a good neighbor, 

if your trees dump into our yard, is that 

being a good neighbor?  Don't you think

it cost your neighbor money to get rid

of the junk, let alone the disease 

material that drops drops in their yard.  

Our neighbor to the north is a trip!!  

You should see the mess in their yard.

Yes, these are the folks that we had to

 turn into SW WA Air Quality for 

burning in their firepit for a full week

solid and the smoke was so thick!!   

Second hand smoke isn't health at all.

In our letter to our neighbors about 

their trees we suggest that they hire

an arborist to educate them on their

tree issues but none of them feel this is 

needed.  We continue to have damage

to our property due to their neglect.  

We have had our fence fixed over a

half dozen times due to these tree issues.   

None of them have paid for any damages!

Let's talk about the mess!!  It is a daily

task to clean up before I can open the 

up the gardens tell me that is right?? 

I spend some where from 4 to 8 hours

cleaning up the yard daily due to 

my neighbor's trees.

Not only on the ground but the mess

on the roof.   

How can I show the gardens when it's

such a mess? This am the whole north side

was covered with leaves.   

I really have to laugh, when this neighbor

offered to rake my yard.   

Thanks for the laugh, he doesn't even 

do his own yard and he thinks he will

do mine??  

Then I would have to wait for him to

show up to do so, I don't think he 

was serious.....he loves to hear himself

talk.   They have been there 5 years 

and it's a mess over there,  Nor have

they offered to pay for our recycle

bin or get one here so it can be taken

away at their cost.

Nope they call the Sheriff and have 

them come talk to us about illegal dumping.  

Sorry but it's not a citation offence, it's a

code violation.  But again we own 6 inches

on the other side of our fence, they are the 

ones that removed their fence.  Ya know 

those smaller yards and folks want more

space??

His own wife was here for a garage sale

 and she stated  she wanted our property. 

 That he will be taking care  of the

trees........5 years later nothing has been 

done.  She also made the statement that 

this was the only property within the 

boundries of the schools they wanted.  She

 also left with one of my business cards

 so she can't  say they didn't know I have

 a business.  She also stated  she wanted

 our property again and the kids play set.  

I'm sure they didn't look into the property 

fromwhat was stated.  There are so many

 trees on this property, one would ask why??  

More can be stated about this property

 but if you don't do the research why 

should one tell you anything.   

One of the statements last week when 

the male made a visit beside lying 

about the letter I supposed to have 

written was all the other neighbors

 pick up their mess in their yard.  

Sorry but they all have paid yard care 

that come in and clean up their messes.   

He also bitched about me being up on 

the roof cleaning off our roofs, 

excuse me.   I wouldn't be on the roof 

cleaning up the mess because it's not 

our mess, it's from your trees.  

Besides nothing from our trees go 

across the fence into our neighbor's yard.  

Who is a good neighbor?

Then also let's talk about their CC&R

 that require that  they have a fence up

 and 2 years ago they removed theirs.  

There is also the fact that we have our 

fence set into our property 6 inches as 

that is what is required.  

So in reality I'm putting the leaves on 

our property over the fence.  He is the 

one that doesn't have a 

fence up so that is his problem.  I can't 

afford to pay for his leaves.   Let it 

compost between the fences,  

 Oh ya......he took his fence down.   Maybe 

he should read his CC&R??  I bet the 

Homeowner's association would love to 

hear about his lack of fence??

As our attorney stated when he visited,

 our yard isn't the normal Clark County

 yard.   It's breath taking and he was 

stunned when he saw the trees that are on

three sides of our property.   He was told

they do not take care of them, no 

watering or pruning that is why 

they are what you see today.   We have

created a 'Little Garden of Eden'  here 

and when we open the gardens we have  

lots of folks that come to enjoy it.  

We also have regular folks that stop and 

want to see what is new and get ideas.  

Our rain barrels are what catches 

most of the comments as we collect rain water.   

I will also state I have a business license 

and that is why we keep our gardens in the 

shape that they are in.

All you have to do is just look at the 

way these trees are and how much 

they hang over our fence.  We have 

done what we can legally in telling them 

their trees are an issue.   If they do come 

down and damage our home we will take 

them to court.

I love the Deputy that showed up today 

due to me returning their leaves.  He stated 

that we can cut the trees at the fence line.  

 According yo WA State 

Supreme Court case Gostina V. Ryland;

"The overhanging  branches of a tree, 

not poisonous or noxious in its nature, 

are not a nuisance per se. to sustain an

 action for damages.  Some real sensible 

damages must be shown to result there

from....One adjoining owner can not 

maintain an action against another 

for the intrusion of roots or branches 

of a tree which is not poisonous or 

noxious in it's nature.  His remedy 

is such case is to chip or top off the 

branches or cut the roots at the line." 

But in reality, we have 6" of property 

on the north side of the fence to put 

the leaves on and it's their problem 

if they removed their fence.  I wanted

to tell the deputy he needs to get the 

County's information on neighboring

 tree issues as they have a flier or it can 

be found on the county's website.

You cut their trees or branches without

a written doc. you could be charged for 

destroying their trees.  If the tree is on 

their property you need to send them a 

written letter stating their is an issue.  

So don't trim their trees!!

Let's take this a step further, if you 

hire a tree service, make sure they 

have an arborist license and can tell 

you that you are dealing with.   Also  

your adjacent neighbors shouldn't 

have tree debris dumped into their  

property either.  Do not expect your

neighbors to allow them to drop your 

trees into their yard.  One reason for 

folks to post their property that it's 

private, no trespassing.  

Our property is posted and we do call 

the police.  I have it also posted our 

gardens are open by appt. only.  

Please make an appt.  

(All my garden friends, these rules 

do not apply, if we are in the

yard ask first.)