What can you do?

[Burnham]

M and I live adjoining a 22 acre property that for 38 years was owned by a couple that have recently passed. Basically hermits, always friendly and accomodating, but as a visible impact on our lives, just about invisible. The daughter sold it, and the new owners are a seemingly very nice young couple (from our perspective ) with 4 kids 13 to 7.

Our issue is that they apparently hate trees. There are/were some 15 acres or so of mixed older Doug fir, alder, and naturally seeding in younger DF on their acreage alongside ours. We share 660 feet of boundary.

As we speak, he is quite competently removing every tree with a large JD excavator with root grapple...some minor chainsaw work, but pretty much all dig out one side and push over. Piling it all for burning come winter, presumably.

We frankly hate it. But it is their property to do with as they wish.

My greatest fear is that they will develop a dirt track for their kids on quads, with we understand is a passion of theirs, along with sand rails and large, loud 4x4 vehicles for everyday driving.

Just venting. Thanks for reading my diatribe .

 

[stikine]

Any opportunity for you to discuss a small buffer strip between your properties? 22 acres is substantial.

 

[BlackSmith]

Which direction does the wind usually blow? There’s good money in raising hogs or so I hear.

 

[flushcut]

Didn’t you tell us about a spotted owl or some other endangered species living in the woods next door? Lol

That sucks about the woods.

 

[Burnham]

Any opportunity for you to discuss a small buffer strip between your properties? 22 acres is substantial.

Pretty much all gone already. He doesn't let any grass grow under his feet, I'll say that .

It's an awkward shaped piece...only maybe 500 feet wide and over a quarter mile deep. So, it really is just about the shape a buffer might be in total . Basically, no opportunity existed from the get-go, and certainly not at this stage.

 

[SeanKroll]

That's tough, B.

 

[cory]

Crazy.

‘The only thing permanent is change’

 

[vharrison]

Vent away Burn. Wish I had some great idea but all I have is sympathy. Any chance they are going to plant a garden?

 

[Mick!]

It’ll probably not be as bad as you think.
Wait and see.

 

[pigwot]

Young ones who moved in next door are weekend party types often loud till late at night 😕
The wife drinks to excess. We came home from a memorial where Karen played piano for the service. When this woman saw us all dressed up she drunkenly shouted, “Guess Pat is getting some tonight”… they’ll be the same couple who wonders later why their children are drunks.

Well Burnham, as we age we’ll at least have the option of turning off our hearing aids!?!!

 

[Burnham]

The reality is, we have an adequate visual buffer of our own between us and their "clear cut". Losing the shade and cooling of their stand as it will affect our own vegetation is worse than the visuals, for me...M might well quibble with that opinion .

We have experience with this from another new neighbor suddenly developing arbor phobia from a dropped limb hitting their house, whereupon they clear cut around their house and outbuildings, taking out a good amount of shade on our western flank. That changed things to hotter and dryer just at the time climate change was making its effects observable; damaged or killed some shade accustomed trees with sun scald, and brought on flourishing blackberry and other invasives growth.

Wildlife habitat loss is also something we wish had not happened.

Part of our problem is we have been spoiled by how quiet our little piece of paradise has been for so many decades. But we will adapt; no choice in the matter .

 

[Burnham]

Vent away Burn. Wish I had some great idea but all I have is sympathy. Any chance they are going to plant a garden?

Doubtful...a 15 acre garden does not seem like their style .