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Tell her "do not (don't add 'please') mow the lawn. My husband needs to mow the lawn as part of an exercise plan for health reasons. This is very important to his health." You might go to her home like a specific cut off point in time, with an end-of-mowing-our-lawn (no thank you since she seems to not understand that) muffin. A quick have a nice day.
There's obviously something going on with that neighbor. If not some type of dementia, then something very adversarial and egotistic or angry.
Here's what I had to do. My neighbor's son has a riding mower. The dad is elderly now. The dad always kept a beautiful lawn on the one larger side of his property. On the side by us, his lawn is only a strip maybe 2' wide if that. And his son will not run a walk behind lawn mower one quick run down, maybe one back. He wants to attack that 1-2' with that r-r big guy riding mower. So he rides down my lawn with the big mower cutting it way too short, but the kicker is he then swings the thing way out in a biiig circle - his dad doesn't let him do wheelies in his own lawn - and makes a big odd mess way into my lawn. He continued no matter what we said. So I came up with an idea and even contacted the county manager who said it was okay. That is to gently trench...but a foot or two inside the property line...so as not to be too adversarial don't you know...and put a foot wide of mulch on our side of the property beside the shallow trench.
Yes, we did try mowing the neighbor's narrow strip when we did our own but the son was adamant about doing it again whenever he came out with his riding mower and making those odd circles in our lawn.
Ask her if you could raise the mower. And I would offer to pay for gas.
I wish I had this neighbor.
Jeepers it's just a lawn..
To you and me and the OP, yes, it's just a lawn.
To the OP's neighbor, it's a crusade. Everyone's lawn must be taken care of to meet her standards. And unfortunately, the neighbor is not alone. As the post below illustrates.
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Originally Posted by petsandgardens
He continued no matter what we said. So I came up with an idea and even contacted the county manager who said it was okay. That is to gently trench...but a foot or two inside the property line...so as not to be too adversarial don't you know...and put a foot wide of mulch on our side of the property beside the shallow trench.
You could start telling her to mow your lawn. Tell her what day works best for YOU. Maybe it would peeve her that you're making demands, and then she'll stop. lol
Give her even more work. Ask her if she can plow your snow, trim your shrubs. Edge your lawn. Work on pavers. If you give her too much maybe she will run in the opposite direction to never be seen again!
LOL! Right down to above the graft union. When she complains, act surprised and innocent, and just tell her you are helping her out because she helps you out and you are returning the favor. The roses will grow back, after all...
Not that I'd actually recommend you do that - but it is pretty funny to imagine it!
Ask her if you could raise the mower. And I would offer to pay for gas.
I wish I had this neighbor.
Jeepers it's just a lawn..
haha, it is just a lawn but it is my lawn and i do care how it looks. i pay money to several different service providers in addition to putting hours of my own time making my yard look the way i want it to. so while its not going to drive me crazy or anything; im not about to let someone do something to it that im not sanctioning.
A neighbor three houses down befriended me when I moved here, and she cuts my lawn often. She is retired and I still work. I tell her all the time not to. I told her I enjoy doing it. I told her everything I could think of to be nice about it. She has shredded a door mat with the mower, chopped up a drain pop-up, and shaved off new grass until it died. Still, I come home to it being mowed. I have tried getting to it before she can, and that just makes her do it more often. I cannot be ugly to her. She is a very kindhearted person and clearly has no clue that it's a problem. So I just consider it my "good deed for the day" and say thank you.
There is a difference between being nice and getting walked all over. There is nothing wrong with saying to her "Please stop cutting my lawn. I know you have good intentions, but you have actually damaged a few things. So from now on, please don't."
"We appreciate the thought, but my husband needs the exercise."
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