tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post2108495206904840746..comments2024-03-28T08:48:16.783-04:00Comments on Live and Learn-Toss and Turn: CompromiseLive and Learnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-91385058651769834102014-08-08T15:19:59.598-04:002014-08-08T15:19:59.598-04:00I generally try to be positive, but if I'm tot...I generally try to be positive, but if I'm totally honest, we have a few yards in the neighborhood I wish were in better shape especially if we ever try to sell our house some day. But having a big yard myself, I do understand how much time it takes just to do the mowing, let alone the landscaping and weeding.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-91987147809385071632014-08-08T14:40:44.642-04:002014-08-08T14:40:44.642-04:00It also helps if there is more distance between th...It also helps if there is more distance between the houses. In your neighborhood, a wildlife area wouldn't look out of place. In my neck of suburbia, it just looks awful. We had a similar problem to Anne last summer--our then-neighbors were separated, the husband was living elsewhere, and nothing got done with the yard. It wasn't mowed for months, the German Shepherd they had continued to use the back yard to go to the bathroom, and you couldn't even see through the weeds to clean it up, so not only was it unsightly, it smelled. Both owners have now moved out and it is being rented to people who are taking good care of it. We aren't fussy about yards--keep it mowed and keep the fridge off the front porch and we're happy with you as neighbors--but last summer's experience was unpleasant, to say the least. Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-39024877102546895442014-08-08T06:22:28.623-04:002014-08-08T06:22:28.623-04:00I think it helped that their yard was a couple ove...I think it helped that their yard was a couple over from mine and I really liked the couple.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-41207146999609810392014-08-08T02:45:43.417-04:002014-08-08T02:45:43.417-04:00That is interesting. I wish my attitude had been ...That is interesting. I wish my attitude had been as good as yours a few years back when my neighbor decided to not cut her yard for over a year. By mid-July there were waist high weeds all over her back yard. I suppose it was a sort of like a wildlife sanctuary but the only spillover wildlife we got was snakes. Finally another neighbor complained and the city required her to mow the lawn. I guess she had the last laugh though. She hired a gardener and now has one of the best looking yards in the neighborhood.Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.com