Marion(57 Loboy) wrote:
I did that for years at a home we owned a while ago. I had a small lot that backed up to an unused field. I mowed and mowed and mowed until "my" lot was about 100 feet deeper than it really was, just to have the view, a spot for playing ball, badminton, horseshoes and crap like that. I never did know who owned it...and I NEVER, EVER thought by mowing it for my own enjoyment that I'd EVER have ANY say so in the property!
Marion,
You've described exactly the problem we've had with several of our properties. Neighbors mow to keep the weeds down, which we appreciate, but then they move their burn barrel to the extreme of whatever they mow and then store their whatever stuff on the staked out area. Since the friend who farms the land as a partnership doesn't want to get tangled with the junk, campers, firewood, or boats or run any of it through his chisel plow or IH rotary combine, he keeps a safe distance and the line keeps moving.
In the past, I've politely used my dozer to shove stuff back where it came from, but I no longer have a dozer.
Owning farm land adjacent to four subdivisions isn't a picnic, and it's really hard to avoid becoming an a$$hole.
I've NEVER had anyone ask permission. One even planted a garden and fenced it off! He acted offended when I objected! He claimed the right to fence it on my land, because otherwise the critters would get his crops.