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This is probably just me venting but I would be interested to know what you all would do. A little bit of background... I live next to a farm and that neighbor is one of those "millionaire farmers." I don't really have a problem with him; the farm is usually beautiful and I'm happy to have it next door. He is a bit of a jerk but more on that later.
The other neighbor is a busybody from Pennsylvania. He annoys me on a regular basis but on this particular occasion he had a clash of personalities with the farmer neighbor and it ended up screwing me specifically. Long story short? Months ago when we had so much rain for like a week I lost a few trees in a sudden windstorm. The line of trees is what separates my yard from the farm I was describing. Now I have a big gap...
So first of all I called the farmer on the phone to let him know one of the trees fell in his corn. I chopped it up into logs and stacked them next to my yard (no big deal) and he was completely fine at this point. Unrelated to any of this we had been having some drainage issues with all the rain this year coming off the fields and running through our yard. Somewhat related that's why the PA neighbor is wound up so tight... the people who owned the house before me knocked down a berm in that treeline so they could turn it into some kind of natural sitting area thing that didn't pan out. When these trees fell it changed the course of the water and PA neighbor took the opportunity to "go off" on the farmer neighbor.
Keep in mind all of these issues are mostly on my land. It takes a HUGE rain for the water to run hard enough where anything cuts through PA neighbors yard. I took the wood I chopped up and make a two-foot tall "retaining wall" where those trees fell, and caulked it with mud... I was actually pretty proud with how it turned out. The reason those trees changed the course of the water is because them uprooting destroyed part of a ditch. The retaining wall bridged the gap between those two ditches and the mud I used in the wall came from a new ditch I dug. We had zero drainage problems during the time the wall existed.
Okay that's all background information. Today I'm in bed with a normal cold, no COVID, and I get a text from PA neighbor saying farmer neighbor is going to be here at 11am with his tractor and a blade to push up a new berm like the last people destroyed (he is at the bank and will be home as quickly as possible... doesn't arrive until about 1pm). OKAY FINE. I go outside at about 950am and... the damage is already done. The farmer and his tractor have already pushed up a hasty berm in all the wrong places and destroyed my little wall. Also he knocked down another tree, although it's this Chinese pest called a "tree of heaven," and finally killed this little dogwood that barely survived when the other trees fell. So just to recap, my retaining wall that was working just fine is toast, two more trees are toast, and he pushed up such a massive berm in that one spot its halfway up my brushpile. NOW, if I burn my brushpile or move it? The berm is going to fall over...
Sigh. So this is what I think happened. Farmer guy originally said he was going to do the berm thing at the end of September when they cut the corn and never showed up. I didn't care because I already fixed the problem. PA neighbor got mad and probably pestered farmer neighbor every day for three weeks until he showed up. Farmer neighbor was probably irritated so did a hasty / crappy job. His personality? Eh... months ago when I called him to come look at the problem area he didn't really care... "well what do you want me to do about it?" We were actually having a good conversation about possible solutions when PA guy walked up, red face, waving his arms etc.
I can fix everything on my own it's just a pain in the butt because I already had plans for that area after the trees went. It took me several days to dig that ditch and build the wall... I was extremely sore afterwards too because it was hard work. Now everything else I was going to cut up and all the logs from the wall are covered in mud so my little chainsaw is screwed. Guess ill get an even better workout this time using an axe?
Right now I'm still in that "whatever" mode though because I don't feel great. Free thread, do whatever you want, just don't post pictures of those women with manparts.
Thanks!
The other neighbor is a busybody from Pennsylvania. He annoys me on a regular basis but on this particular occasion he had a clash of personalities with the farmer neighbor and it ended up screwing me specifically. Long story short? Months ago when we had so much rain for like a week I lost a few trees in a sudden windstorm. The line of trees is what separates my yard from the farm I was describing. Now I have a big gap...
So first of all I called the farmer on the phone to let him know one of the trees fell in his corn. I chopped it up into logs and stacked them next to my yard (no big deal) and he was completely fine at this point. Unrelated to any of this we had been having some drainage issues with all the rain this year coming off the fields and running through our yard. Somewhat related that's why the PA neighbor is wound up so tight... the people who owned the house before me knocked down a berm in that treeline so they could turn it into some kind of natural sitting area thing that didn't pan out. When these trees fell it changed the course of the water and PA neighbor took the opportunity to "go off" on the farmer neighbor.
Keep in mind all of these issues are mostly on my land. It takes a HUGE rain for the water to run hard enough where anything cuts through PA neighbors yard. I took the wood I chopped up and make a two-foot tall "retaining wall" where those trees fell, and caulked it with mud... I was actually pretty proud with how it turned out. The reason those trees changed the course of the water is because them uprooting destroyed part of a ditch. The retaining wall bridged the gap between those two ditches and the mud I used in the wall came from a new ditch I dug. We had zero drainage problems during the time the wall existed.
Okay that's all background information. Today I'm in bed with a normal cold, no COVID, and I get a text from PA neighbor saying farmer neighbor is going to be here at 11am with his tractor and a blade to push up a new berm like the last people destroyed (he is at the bank and will be home as quickly as possible... doesn't arrive until about 1pm). OKAY FINE. I go outside at about 950am and... the damage is already done. The farmer and his tractor have already pushed up a hasty berm in all the wrong places and destroyed my little wall. Also he knocked down another tree, although it's this Chinese pest called a "tree of heaven," and finally killed this little dogwood that barely survived when the other trees fell. So just to recap, my retaining wall that was working just fine is toast, two more trees are toast, and he pushed up such a massive berm in that one spot its halfway up my brushpile. NOW, if I burn my brushpile or move it? The berm is going to fall over...
Sigh. So this is what I think happened. Farmer guy originally said he was going to do the berm thing at the end of September when they cut the corn and never showed up. I didn't care because I already fixed the problem. PA neighbor got mad and probably pestered farmer neighbor every day for three weeks until he showed up. Farmer neighbor was probably irritated so did a hasty / crappy job. His personality? Eh... months ago when I called him to come look at the problem area he didn't really care... "well what do you want me to do about it?" We were actually having a good conversation about possible solutions when PA guy walked up, red face, waving his arms etc.
I can fix everything on my own it's just a pain in the butt because I already had plans for that area after the trees went. It took me several days to dig that ditch and build the wall... I was extremely sore afterwards too because it was hard work. Now everything else I was going to cut up and all the logs from the wall are covered in mud so my little chainsaw is screwed. Guess ill get an even better workout this time using an axe?
Right now I'm still in that "whatever" mode though because I don't feel great. Free thread, do whatever you want, just don't post pictures of those women with manparts.
Thanks!
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