Never ever a dull day in HOA land

[Bonny]

Over the years I've called code enforcement a couple of times on one neighbor down the street who has let their front weeds grow chest high. I noticed this year that they have kept it weed whacked. It really is a fire hazard in the summer.

I want to stop and talk to the two "new' neighbors who have bought their houses in the last two years and have let their front lawns go.

But first I have to get my own front hill under control. DH weeded the new gardens while I was still a month in San Diego dealing with getting the rental house under control  but "left me" the front hill to deal with. Yup three foot weeds in some places. I'm grateful my neighbors didn't call code enforcement on me!

FWIW, I've been working on it a little at a time since coming back. We're giving a party on the 13th and there's nothing like peer pressure as motivation!

[zibazinski]

Aug 4, 2016 9:03:57 GMT -5 Bonny said:

Over the years I've called code enforcement a couple of times on one neighbor down the street who has let their front weeds grow chest high. I noticed this year that they have kept it weed whacked. It really is a fire hazard in the summer.

I want to stop and talk to the two "new' neighbors who have bought their houses in the last two years and have let their front lawns go.

But first I have to get my own front hill under control. DH weeded the new gardens while I was still a month in San Diego dealing with getting the rental house under control  but "left me" the front hill to deal with. Yup three foot weeds in some places. I'm grateful my neighbors didn't call code enforcement on me!

FWIW, I've been working on it a little at a time since coming back. We're giving a party on the 13th and there's nothing like peer pressure as motivation!

You need one of those huge mowers that pros use!

[toomuchreality]

OMG... I just thought of one good thing, about Ex2!  He was excellent, when it came to yard work. He mowed twice a week and in two different directions, each time. He always used a grass catcher and always trimmed the edges.

Some of the people that lived on our block, used to say our house was the Mayors. It truly was one of the best in the area. I was always proud to live there.

[Bonny]

Aug 4, 2016 9:18:10 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Aug 4, 2016 9:03:57 GMT -5 Bonny said:

Over the years I've called code enforcement a couple of times on one neighbor down the street who has let their front weeds grow chest high. I noticed this year that they have kept it weed whacked. It really is a fire hazard in the summer.

I want to stop and talk to the two "new' neighbors who have bought their houses in the last two years and have let their front lawns go.

But first I have to get my own front hill under control. DH weeded the new gardens while I was still a month in San Diego dealing with getting the rental house under control  but "left me" the front hill to deal with. Yup three foot weeds in some places. I'm grateful my neighbors didn't call code enforcement on me!

FWIW, I've been working on it a little at a time since coming back. We're giving a party on the 13th and there's nothing like peer pressure as motivation!

You need one of those huge mowers that pros use!

No way too steep. Putting weed block fabric and mulch will probably help once I get this group of weeds out. But oh, what a pain.

And you should see what the gophers/moles have done to our "flat" yard. All kinds of "vole-canos" under the landscape fabric.  You just can't win!

[milee]

You need to get a goat for those hard to reach areas.  

[raeoflyte]

Aug 4, 2016 15:28:43 GMT -5 milee said:

You need to get a goat for those hard to reach areas.  

I'm seriously considering borrowing some friends goats for this very reason...

[Bonny]

Aug 4, 2016 15:28:43 GMT -5 milee said:

You need to get a goat for those hard to reach areas.  

We do have a lot of deer. Unfortunately they don't limit their browse to weeds. And they tend to either poop on the driveway or "replant" the weeds "in situ".

We have a lot of volunteer cotoneaster because of they love the berries.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Meh. I'm sure our yard has definitely looked better...and worse. Between DH being laid up with his back issues, a 2 week vacation, and the drought restrictions, it's looking a little disheveled. The grass is cut, but the kids and I don't bag the clippings like my DH. Also, the weeds are, of course, highly drought resistant and so are taking over the lawn. We're keeping them short, but pro golfers won't be mistaking my lawn for the course any time soon, LOL.

I pulled 3 foot tall weeds out of a 4 foot wide, 20 foot long strip along the side of my yard that runs along the side lane to the houses behind us on Sunday. I am sure it is legally town land, but the town doesn't ever maintain it. Then, the plows scrape the heck out of it while piling snow/salt/sand on it during the winter. I "donated" about $150 of plants and soil to the town after pulling the weeds. I still need to sweep, run a soaker hose through them, then top everything with bark mulch. Hope to do that tomorrow. I needed a few days for my body to recover from the weed-pulling -- damn, those things are brutally stubborn.

Unfortunately, since the house is still unfinished and a large storage container still sits in the driveway, the mowed-but-far-less-than-perfect lawn is only drawing more impatient ire from the neighbors. Because apparently I'm supposed to have control over Mother Nature AND a crooked contractor AND the speed or lack thereof of the legal system. (insert eye roll here)

It's a good thing HOAs are still a rarity around these parts. Sometimes, good people can't follow the rules...for good reasons.