Ran into one of my territorial neighbor's posts

[RalphVa]

My neighbor to the right side is like me: naked gardener, etc. Neither of us could care less where exactly the property line is, maybe within 10 ft or so.

Neighbor on the left is a horse of a different animal. He had been renting out the property for the last 16-17 years but has moved back. Well, he proceeded to get the place surveyed and had property stakes, big heavy iron fence posts, put about every 75 ft down both sides. I should have done like my neighbor did on the other side of him, e.g. removed all the stakes and stored them under his porch. Territorial guy came asking, and that neighbor says, "Oh, I saved them for you. Here they are."

Instead, I planted shrubs to hide the ones that are RIGHT THERE with nothing around. Well, one of them turned out to be in the miscanthus that I have in the milkweed patch. I decided to bushhog the nasty looking milkweed patch and forgot about that post. The Frontier RC made a pretzel of it (should have taken a picture). The wife took it out, and I went and got it to go with the rest of our recycle metal. Fortunately did not harm the Frontier. It's tough.

The territorial one is gone now. They have a house in Pa where they spend the winter.

Ralph

 

[Industrial Toys]

I got new neighbors on both side of me recently. The one appear OK. the others have not made an appearance. Long closing date, and then no one shows up??? I'm holding my breath.

Not a big fan of gardening naked. Pretty darn close though.

 

[Jstpssng]

Good story yet with all due respect; you are in the wrong. (Also your neighbor, if he took them up as you state.)

Furthermore, most states have laws against disturbing survey monuments.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My parents bought a home in a subdivision in 66. Apparently they sold my parents a few feet of an older existing 1/2 acre property. My dad and the owner got into it (I don't know why, my Father would have been in the wrong) and the man pulled out the (new) stakes on his property. POLICE were called, and I will never forget some mention that the criminal code spoke of "possible hanging" for that offence.

 

[ovrszd]

I was reshaping a roadbank several years ago and dug up a survey marker. Concrete cylinder 12" diameter and 36" long with brass emblem in the top of it with all the pertinent data.

I went to the local Soil Conservation office and reported the situation. They said just leave it laying there......

The land owner built a new fence and the corner post is very near where the marker would have been. I leaned it up against the corner post.

That was 25 years ago and the lynching party has yet to show up.

 

[pennwalk]

At the farm many of the neighbors are casual about the property lines. Of course farm land isn't being used for anything useful. Have you noticed when neighbors are casual about property line it is to their advantage?

Chris

 

[Jstpssng]

I was reshaping a roadbank several years ago and dug up a survey marker. Concrete cylinder 12" diameter and 36" long with brass emblem in the top of it with all the pertinent data.

I went to the local Soil Conservation office and reported the situation. They said just leave it laying there......

The land owner built a new fence and the corner post is very near where the marker would have been. I leaned it up against the corner post.

That was 25 years ago and the lynching party has yet to show up.

Probably they were using Google Earth to find your house... and are out in the Mojave someplace trying to string someone up on a cactus.

 

[Industrial Toys]

When anything isn't fair, the favoured parties are usually OK with it. lol

 

[Jstpssng]

At the farm many of the neighbors are casual about the property lines. Of course farm land isn't being used for anything useful. Have you noticed when neighbors are casual about property line it is to their advantage?

Chris

I've always found that the less land somebody has, the more they think they have a mansion. That goes double when it's covered with junk-
ER, I meant to type used cars and old appliances.

 

[MossRoad]

I got new neighbors on both side of me recently. The one appear OK. the others have not made an appearance. Long closing date, and then no one shows up??? I'm holding my breath.

Not a big fan of gardening naked. Pretty darn close though.

If I was, I wouldn't plant raspberries, that's for sure.