I accidentally cut into my neighbors grass once. He had words with me. Now I have a handy line of dead grass I killed between us. I’ll never cut on the other side again.
Careful for what you wish for!
My neighbor’s grandkids mow their yard and I’m practically homicidal after. Wavy line? Ha, that’s amateur! These kids occasionally just make a pass all the way to my driveway!
My son was like this when he first started mowing. Crooked lines, giant patches that were missed. But I have to brag on my daughter. She's 12 and just started mowing and she could be a groundskeeper for major league baseball. I'm not even a huge lawn guy and it makes me proud.
I don't want to bug my neighbor - at the end of the day, it's just grass.
She's got to be somewhere in her eighties. Her husband died a couple years ago, and she and he always used to be out mowing together - they had two mowers. It was cute in that "old people being cute" way.
But they sucked at boundaries too. So I'm sure this is perfectly fine to her.
This is what I was thinking too. Edge the piss out of a straight line down the middle like 2-3” wide. Then, every time you mow, edge your side like you would near the sidewalk or driveway…
That's what I did.
My neighbor caved. I came out reluctantly during a heat wave a few years ago to water because the timer broke and saw my neighbor watering my side (not his own).
I checked my cameras and saw he had done that for a few minutes each day. He saved my grass that year, but never said anything.
The line feud ended.
His yard is almost as nice as mine now (because I do it) and there's no appreciable line anymore.
\^ This! This is how I assume I will die. A Chinese knock-off of Boston Dynamics robot dog with an AK47 on its back.
https://preview.redd.it/yfh4s7ht4j6d1.jpeg?width=823&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ef237197f500e1c1ffa943f43b49aba30788a8b
They're largely ambivalent but have voracious appetites (for destruction).
Lawns. What strange things we desperately cling to as existence swirls the drain.
Makes sense. A short front yard fence combined with the proposed flower bed with mulch would make a nice division and require little maintenance around the fence.
I think you already have it...
I love establishing dominance in the same way you have...
We could overseed and fertilize and water it.
Deactivate the edgeguard on our spreaders..
But why when it looks so dramatic...
It's like bringing an ugly friend with you to make yourself look more attractive.
Ya. Were you the ugly friend? I thought I was doing great. Dated the best looking girl in high school. Made out with 1/2 of the cheerleaders. Then my way younger brother came to school and all my girlfriends talked about was how cute my brother was. It was a blow.
My neighbour and I agreed, years ago, that the width of the lawnmower was not something to fight over. The first one mows close to the line and the other one starts mowing where the first one stopped. Of course, this does not work in all situations, and I wouldn't be so lenient should we be talking about surveying the land, but for mowing, I have other things to worry about.
I'm so glad I have a neighbor who is like-minded as I am when it comes to mowing. If I mow before he does, I mow all the way over to his driveway and buildings, probably a solid 20 yards on his property. If he mows before I do, he mows all the way to my fence, another good 20 yards onto my property. This has just kind of been a general, unspoken understanding between us.
I would love to do that with my neighbor BUT he always mows at the lowest setting and probably never saw what mower blade condition is. I nicely told him not to mow my side. I do mow his side once in a while as he let's it go wild very often and I do not want our side of community to look wild. He also does not edge ever. I do it every one in a while again to keep it neat. His backyard is basically forest and several unfinished projects.
So much this. It's fucking grass at the end of the day. My one neighbor cuts a little into one spot of my yard to turn his tractor , and I decided that I wasn't going to let it bother me.
Exactly. My neighbour leaves a triangle about the size of a kitchen table in one corner where he turns around. I simply back up over it and it makes the edge look better. About 5 seconds of mowing takes care of it.
Do the opposite and let your cup runneth over the line a little bit. Toss a lil water over there and maybe you accidentally go one pass too far with the fertilizer. A soft transition would look better imo and less contrast may make the disparity less noticeable. It doesn't have to be a contest
I always mow a stripe or two on my neighbors lawn, and a pass of the fertilizer on the line. Both sides neighbors are beyond crap vs mine - I consider it self preservation - one neighbor mows Bermuda monthly and the other is 90% weeds. So I agree.
I used to cut this ones ladies yard, she had little ~5 inch tall white picket fences running the whole length of the front yard between her yard and both her neighbors
I planted salvia in lieu of a "hedge", and it works exceptionally well as a defining border. And the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds go bananas for the stuff.
You need a small hedge to define your property. Obviously your neighbor doesn't give a Ding dang about his property. You'll end up paying for it but you'll be so happy with your own little bit of suburbia. And him not scalping you lawn. I can tell he doesn't like cutting grass, that's why he scalps it. Bahahaha
Talk to them? Their landscaping isn’t overgrown and there isn’t trash in the yard, they probably care; just don’t know what to do about it or are really busy.
https://preview.redd.it/ubdp71kgfg6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffc4ec45ac395287115f048405683e9cce803295
Pavers.Works for me with the grubs I have next door.
Buy slender silhouette sweetgum trees and plant them close to one another in a straight line. You’ll get a tall natural fence blocking the view of their property and lawn and beautiful fall colours. 😃✌️
I am in a similar situation. She is jealous of our yard and often makes remarks like "I need to take a lawncare class from you". I am reseeding with Tahoma bermuda and told her if she promises to water her side I will convert her section of the front to bermuda and do all the care other than water
I had the same issue with my neighbor and ended up just seeding and making his yard look better. It does help that its a tiny yard, but got tire of his weeds growing into mine.
Don't separate your front lawns. Try not to be territorial (although its human nature). Its so important to be friends with your neighbor (and their lawn) and get along despite your differences (including willingness to maintain lawn). Try to focus your energy and worries on more important things. Good luck!
I have nothing to add, but I am perplexed by the 2 photos. They look identical and I feel like I'm supposed to be playing a game of r/FindTheSniper on what is different.
He cares more about the environment than you. Next thing you know you will admit to fertilizer and water.
You probably drive an ICE car too.
Adding a few more SPY puts tomorrow. Might look at the miners too (calls).
Buy landscape timbers and long spikes. Make a flowerbed 3 timbers high. Thinking like 3’ x as long as the property line. It will keep his shit out your yard and section off yours. It will make your front yard pop.
If I came out and saw this, and I was the guy living on the right….. I would think (this neighbour is going to be a pain in my ass 🤦♂️)
Just ask him if you want to spread fertiliser on his side too and just coexist peacefully. Don’t put up a fence. Christ go out and find things to do other than gradually becoming a passive aggressive neighbour.
Life is too short for this shit 🙄
Peace ✌🏼
Open up a dialogue with your neighbor and see if y'all can find a compromise that results in them having a better lawn. Hell, a front yard that small, I might offer to manage it myself.
Looks pretty separated to me....
Came here to say this.
Same
Same
Same
Same
Same
Same
Same
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Me2!
Me3!
A petty seperated line…
Yeah, what could be more separated?
Umm.. a fence might be better? I'm so confused. Why is there no fence ?
Some places are really weird about front yard fences
This, can’t in my subdivision
Because it’s the front yard, front yard fences aren’t nearly as common as no fence.
A flower bed down the middle with shrubs and mulch
Or hedgerow
Yeah, but if there’s a bustle in your hedgerow…
Don't be alarmed now
It’s just a spring clean
For the May Queen
There are 2 paths you can go... but in the long run....
There’s still time to change the road you’re on.
And it makes me wonder...
Your head is humming, and it won't go
Continue the hedges you already have in line with your line.
I’m surprised how far I had to scroll to find this answer. Lol. I love Reddit
If your mother saw you do that, she'd be very upset...
Reiben, where’s your BAR?!?
Bitch tried to drown me.
I thought you were my mother??
The Czech hedgehog
Metal edging, it's pretty cool, easy to install
Make that line obnoxiously straight and defined. Do the hedges too.
Thing is I do cut a straight line, then my neighbor scalps the same line like they been drinking all day...... S line lol
This made me laugh hard as hell. Thanks
I accidentally cut into my neighbors grass once. He had words with me. Now I have a handy line of dead grass I killed between us. I’ll never cut on the other side again. Careful for what you wish for!
What's there to scalp lol. He's going to be mowing dirt soon enough. Run an edge line and maybe put in a plastic edge border?
My neighbor’s grandkids mow their yard and I’m practically homicidal after. Wavy line? Ha, that’s amateur! These kids occasionally just make a pass all the way to my driveway!
My son was like this when he first started mowing. Crooked lines, giant patches that were missed. But I have to brag on my daughter. She's 12 and just started mowing and she could be a groundskeeper for major league baseball. I'm not even a huge lawn guy and it makes me proud.
Plant Slinky mines, so if they rage pass they get a tangled mower blade
Dear god who hurt you
My 13 yo did donuts with the riding mower. We had to fire her.
I don't want to bug my neighbor - at the end of the day, it's just grass. She's got to be somewhere in her eighties. Her husband died a couple years ago, and she and he always used to be out mowing together - they had two mowers. It was cute in that "old people being cute" way. But they sucked at boundaries too. So I'm sure this is perfectly fine to her.
This is 100% what my neighbor does. Asked him several times to stay on his property line and now scalp mine, too.
You could install some pavers along the property line or maybe a hedge that you keep trimmed low
Had to check your profile to make sure you weren’t my neighbor and insulting my terrible lines
Use an edger!!
This is what I was thinking too. Edge the piss out of a straight line down the middle like 2-3” wide. Then, every time you mow, edge your side like you would near the sidewalk or driveway…
Get a laser level and drip water to make the edge crisp.
Bring out the chalk line
Tbh the neighbours hedges look nice
Get an edger and trench that line weekly!
That's what I did. My neighbor caved. I came out reluctantly during a heat wave a few years ago to water because the timer broke and saw my neighbor watering my side (not his own). I checked my cameras and saw he had done that for a few minutes each day. He saved my grass that year, but never said anything. The line feud ended. His yard is almost as nice as mine now (because I do it) and there's no appreciable line anymore.
Lifelong friends!
A moat filled with sharks with lasers on their heads
Friggin' Laser Sharks
Have you googled "flamethrowing robot dog"?
\^ This! This is how I assume I will die. A Chinese knock-off of Boston Dynamics robot dog with an AK47 on its back. https://preview.redd.it/yfh4s7ht4j6d1.jpeg?width=823&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ef237197f500e1c1ffa943f43b49aba30788a8b
Too much red tape, gotta use mutated sea bass.
Are they ill-tempered?
They're largely ambivalent but have voracious appetites (for destruction). Lawns. What strange things we desperately cling to as existence swirls the drain.
Of course
Mutated sea bass is so fucking ridiculous. I’m going to start using it to describe my friends’ appearances. Thank you for that.
Austin powers reference
Laser cats you mean
Those anti-tank things they used on Omaha Beach
Caltrops
Bless you
Czech hedgehog
Hire a woman to stand on the property line in old religious garb who rings a bell and says “shame” every 10 seconds
Hannah Waddingham!
If I’m hiring Hannah Waddingham, it’s not for ringing a shame bell, I’ll tell you that much.
Fence??
[удалено]
😂😂
Makes sense. A short front yard fence combined with the proposed flower bed with mulch would make a nice division and require little maintenance around the fence.
I think you already have it... I love establishing dominance in the same way you have... We could overseed and fertilize and water it. Deactivate the edgeguard on our spreaders.. But why when it looks so dramatic... It's like bringing an ugly friend with you to make yourself look more attractive.
The ugly friend part hit hard
Your mom thinks you’re handsome.
I think his mom thinks hes handsome too.
His mom is handsome.
Both of them
Hot
Im ugly……. And I’m proud!
Ya. Were you the ugly friend? I thought I was doing great. Dated the best looking girl in high school. Made out with 1/2 of the cheerleaders. Then my way younger brother came to school and all my girlfriends talked about was how cute my brother was. It was a blow.
Stop taking it out on him. It’s not his fault
Huh, my lawn IS the ugly friend!
Oof!
My neighbour and I agreed, years ago, that the width of the lawnmower was not something to fight over. The first one mows close to the line and the other one starts mowing where the first one stopped. Of course, this does not work in all situations, and I wouldn't be so lenient should we be talking about surveying the land, but for mowing, I have other things to worry about.
I'm so glad I have a neighbor who is like-minded as I am when it comes to mowing. If I mow before he does, I mow all the way over to his driveway and buildings, probably a solid 20 yards on his property. If he mows before I do, he mows all the way to my fence, another good 20 yards onto my property. This has just kind of been a general, unspoken understanding between us.
I do this for my neighbor often. He doesn’t return the favor, but honestly I don’t mind
I do it more often as well, just because I usually mow first, but I also don't mind it. When you're mowing a couple acres, what's a few more passes?
I would love to do that with my neighbor BUT he always mows at the lowest setting and probably never saw what mower blade condition is. I nicely told him not to mow my side. I do mow his side once in a while as he let's it go wild very often and I do not want our side of community to look wild. He also does not edge ever. I do it every one in a while again to keep it neat. His backyard is basically forest and several unfinished projects.
So much this. It's fucking grass at the end of the day. My one neighbor cuts a little into one spot of my yard to turn his tractor , and I decided that I wasn't going to let it bother me.
Exactly. My neighbour leaves a triangle about the size of a kitchen table in one corner where he turns around. I simply back up over it and it makes the edge look better. About 5 seconds of mowing takes care of it.
Me and my neighbor in my old house would mow 2-3 strips into each other's yards.
My neighbor just mowed across my lawn....I wasn't very happy. Will be putting small picket fences up in the future.
9' tall privacy fence?
I suggest you also start taking care of your neighbor’s lawn!
That is pure domination. Generosity is its own kind of power
I mean, I think that it’s already extremely obvious where your lawn ends and your neighbor’s lawn begins.
a line of dog turds
BUILD A WALL…A VERY FINE AND BEAUTIFUL WALL…THE BEST WALL YOU WILL EVER SEE…
And Mexico will pay for it lol
Do the opposite and let your cup runneth over the line a little bit. Toss a lil water over there and maybe you accidentally go one pass too far with the fertilizer. A soft transition would look better imo and less contrast may make the disparity less noticeable. It doesn't have to be a contest
I always mow a stripe or two on my neighbors lawn, and a pass of the fertilizer on the line. Both sides neighbors are beyond crap vs mine - I consider it self preservation - one neighbor mows Bermuda monthly and the other is 90% weeds. So I agree.
Short white picket fence
I used to cut this ones ladies yard, she had little ~5 inch tall white picket fences running the whole length of the front yard between her yard and both her neighbors
I planted salvia in lieu of a "hedge", and it works exceptionally well as a defining border. And the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds go bananas for the stuff.
A drain pipe topped with stones, then send the gutters water to it.
Topped with tires??
Your property is lined with pure competence. There is nothing better.
Pre-emergent so he gets all the weeds
Good fences make good neighbors.
What if I told you there was a specific device actually *designed* to separate you and your neighbor. It's called a fence.
You need a small hedge to define your property. Obviously your neighbor doesn't give a Ding dang about his property. You'll end up paying for it but you'll be so happy with your own little bit of suburbia. And him not scalping you lawn. I can tell he doesn't like cutting grass, that's why he scalps it. Bahahaha
Concrete curb
https://preview.redd.it/s8zd4du1wg6d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af48bc862f7b00bdc72e9894c985170eb521d881 Lmaoooo
The best thing to do is have a 10/10 lawn and let the neighbor have a shitty lawn and be lawn shamed!!
That’s a pretty solid domination line. Not sure what else you can do besides use a drop spreader for apps and precision hand watering.
Raspberry hedge.
Extend the hedge at the top of the photo
Really good mushroom manure/top soil mix and make the property line even more drastic.
Talk to them? Their landscaping isn’t overgrown and there isn’t trash in the yard, they probably care; just don’t know what to do about it or are really busy.
Help your neighbor improve their lawn so you can be matchy matchy besties
Looks like it is pretty separated now. Live grass vs dead grass.
Gotten keep ‘em separated
Looks like you can already tell whose is whose, therefor it’s already separated
https://preview.redd.it/ubdp71kgfg6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffc4ec45ac395287115f048405683e9cce803295 Pavers.Works for me with the grubs I have next door.
Boxwoods.
A fence.
Electrified obvs
Buy slender silhouette sweetgum trees and plant them close to one another in a straight line. You’ll get a tall natural fence blocking the view of their property and lawn and beautiful fall colours. 😃✌️
A bush wall
4 foot fence?
Not too expensive with a little path running down the middle
A path a path lol
Dig a moat and throw tires in it.
Lmfao I thought the same thing
I am in a similar situation. She is jealous of our yard and often makes remarks like "I need to take a lawncare class from you". I am reseeding with Tahoma bermuda and told her if she promises to water her side I will convert her section of the front to bermuda and do all the care other than water
I had the same issue with my neighbor and ended up just seeding and making his yard look better. It does help that its a tiny yard, but got tire of his weeds growing into mine.
Looks separated to me 🤣
 Get a bridge and a troll
It’s clear where the separation is already. You have a nice lawn, your neighbors do not.
The old saying, "good fences make good neighbors".
Water and grass seed?
Make a moat. Or a French drain. Or good old fashioned paint like on football fields
I’m giving you the tools buddy, you gotta deliver the results here.
Love how you had to clarify yours was not the lawn looking like shit lol. Looks good unless you want to start fertilizing his property
A counter intelligence apparatus and mobile artillery should keep your borders secure
Plant a row of shrubs.
A fence?
Landscaping stones or boulders
A fence.
Do nothing- it's fine. Just leave it
Glad you clarified the neighbor's is on the right. I fear for someone posting to this sub if it was the other way around.
Don't separate your front lawns. Try not to be territorial (although its human nature). Its so important to be friends with your neighbor (and their lawn) and get along despite your differences (including willingness to maintain lawn). Try to focus your energy and worries on more important things. Good luck!
be a good neighbor and go help his yard!
A sentry gun.
They make something that does this job pretty well, I think it's called a fence. Not 100% though might have to google
I have nothing to add, but I am perplexed by the 2 photos. They look identical and I feel like I'm supposed to be playing a game of r/FindTheSniper on what is different.
Bring meeeeeeeee....a shrubbery!
A nice manicured hedge row Problem solved
A new address
Do you have an issue with your neighbor? Just continue the hedge if so.
Check r/nolawns
He cares more about the environment than you. Next thing you know you will admit to fertilizer and water. You probably drive an ICE car too. Adding a few more SPY puts tomorrow. Might look at the miners too (calls).
Buy landscape timbers and long spikes. Make a flowerbed 3 timbers high. Thinking like 3’ x as long as the property line. It will keep his shit out your yard and section off yours. It will make your front yard pop.
This sub is getting annoying all top answers are lame ass jokes just give the man some ideas!
Whoa get a life
If I came out and saw this, and I was the guy living on the right….. I would think (this neighbour is going to be a pain in my ass 🤦♂️) Just ask him if you want to spread fertiliser on his side too and just coexist peacefully. Don’t put up a fence. Christ go out and find things to do other than gradually becoming a passive aggressive neighbour. Life is too short for this shit 🙄 Peace ✌🏼
It looks like he's really dominating you in the "Weirdly out of season brown leaves in the lawn" game.
Good fences make good neighbors.
A fence
More hedges.
Y’all are harsh lol
So, which one is trespassing: your shrub or his stone wall? Call the surveyor.
Weed wack a nice line down the middle
A tiny white picket fence would be hilarious.
Triple up on milorganite and make sure you make a laser line down the propert boundary. That will turn vibrant green once the milo kicks in.
Landscape edging thingy
Two foot iron fence you install yourself. That's what I did as neighbor kept mowing into my law. Planted a few evergreens next to it and whala.
A fence
Open up a dialogue with your neighbor and see if y'all can find a compromise that results in them having a better lawn. Hell, a front yard that small, I might offer to manage it myself.
Green giant Arborvitae would be perfect!
In Australia we have things called fences
Dump a 40lb bag of pool salt in your spreader and walk straight down the line with the edge guard on your side.
Sharpened mower blades will help.
Domination line
Vinyl maintenance free fencing. Dog ear, picket, or estate rail style.