Please help! The gardeners here who post are all adults and capable of making their own decisions about when and what to post. It's not enough to landscape and if you put lights or whatever in it, you run the risk of hemming both of yourselves into a tight space. A road verge is a strip of grass or plants, and sometimes also trees, located between a roadway (carriageway) and a sidewalk (pavement). Adding more comments (and those which added nothing new to the discussion and were directed specifically to the OP) do not add any current value to the discussion and are really just a restatement of previous comments and/or suggestions. Worried it is bringing down property value in your neighborhood or, Read More My Neighbor Doesnt Mow His Lawn (Do This to Make Him!)Continue. 155 The neighbor is using her driveway, not just her portion of the grass. And that is not always a valid assumption. If not, ignore it. If the city allows for a fence or bollards or wall to separate the properties at the property line, she should do exactly that asap. Its comparable to the safety fence discussed earlier as its also retractable and can be adjusted sideways to the desired width. Although I don't own this bit of land, I have a neighbour next door to me who insists on cutting over it so they can park literally at their front gate, despite them having a driveway. Unless you live on a large piece of private private property (either by yourself or with family), you undoubtedly, Read More How to Avoid Talking to Neighbors When You Dont Feel Like ItContinue, Many neighbors are surprised when a rooster moves in next door and it doesnt just crow at the break, Read More Neighbors Rooster Wont Shut Up (Doing This Might Help)Continue, If you live in a city, theres a good chance youve had to deal with a neighbor going through, Read More Neighbor Going Through My Trash! When you have someone driving on grass, damage is inevitably incurred. Now where grass used to be, it is beginning to look churned up, muddy and unsightly. Y'all discussed this? Its possible shes read them all, is discussing with her partner and checking with HOA. But how do you keep neighbors from driving on your lawn? ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} Next, loosen the rutted soil a bit more before filling in the rut with a soil mix. Like hostas i rarely saw, and pointsettia i saw exactly once in over 40 years. often park on the grass against the neighbours fence as . The last thing you need is an inconsiderate neighbor driving across your lawn and messing everything up. I understand different people feel differently. Needs space and a ground cover that "eats' leaves. LOL.). 1. How do you navigate those difficult conversations when you dont want peoples dogs doing their business on your plants and lawn? Posts need to be tall enough that they can be seen so that you are not creating a hazard. I found these copper panels at pier 1 and thought they were interesting. an alternative solution would be to excavate the verge to 3 foot depth , backfill with something very soft/hollow (empty boxes) , then grass over. You can either have a real hedge box or you can have an artificial one like AGPL Boxwood Hedge Wall. How to deal with door at grade level and deck installation. I personally find that stifling. But, I recently read where some states have banned it so op you should check if you plant it. Making your lawn inaccessible is a good strategy to ensure youre protecting your property. Artificial hedges offer a quicker and cheaper alternative to natural hedges. And Ashley (OP) has not been back here since that time, so any further comments are just a waste of time. The type of soil blend you use will largely determine whether yourproject of repairing ruts in your lawn will be successful or not. Ive resurrected old threads plenty of times intentionally and unintentionally. Why would that be difficult to just let it go and ignore it? You guys must think this neighbor is really stupid. While your grass wont die there and then, it will eventually be killed off, especially if your neighbor repeatedly drives through. Prairiemoon, the neighbor has a two-car garage. It ripped his front bumper off and damaged his right headlight. The neighbour has now put up notices on his fence stating: 'No parking, privately maintained grass verge' Credit: SnapperSK Steven insists the grass verge is fair game and claims he should be allowed to park where he likes near his home in Tibshelf, Derbyshire. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)} A liittle communication goes a long way! You can also put decorative pots with plants or flowers on the side of your driveway. Its also possible for some inconsiderate neighbors to use your lawn to access their own driveway. It is important that strips of roadside verge should be safeguarded from any illegal attempts to inclose them for the following reasons. A sneaky option that quickly deters neighbors from driving on your lawn is laying down yard spikes like the Toopify Yard Spike Mat on Amazon. In many cases, the issue being discussed is specific the OP and their situation. As a last resort, you can lay down yard spikes to scare them from driving anywhere near your property. The last comment was a year ago and there is no reason to revive this thread. The van belongs to the next door neighbours husband usually he parks at the end of the shared driveway in his parking space (which they have aswell as their driveway) but because someone was visiting they needed to pass each other. Sometimes that helps and keeps a discussion from going off the track and sometimes no matter what you say, someone is offended and at some point, everyone throws up their hands and abandons the thread. I have asked them nicely not to do it and they still continue to do so. I am very glad that I had my documentation too! If it's your land, a nice post and chain fence. Once bitten, twice shy, as the saying goes. Sometimes, somethings they say grow down there only grow under very limited conditions. There is a strip of grass at the front of my house between my property boundary and the road. Some municipalities will put up signs and enforce road weight limits. We already had to ask him to stop with his 4th of July fireworks, and now this. Using Pole Markers to line your driveway or front yard is a great way to keep cars from driving on your lawn. Oh and in answer to . Steel spikes are illegal since they can hurt people and damage property. To me, it seems like the developer tried to squeeze in both driveways in as little space as possible and the strip was meant as a dividing line. Planting another taller solar post -- perhaps with a pair of brackets for hanging potted plants and/or planting shrubs -- in your half of the green "v" between the driveways by the garage is totally a normal thing for a new home owner to want to do. Someone else can come along and have the same issue and gain something from the old thread coming up. However last week when one of them was trying to turn around he drove over the grass verge outside my front garden leaving . Such a soil mix is well-aerated, allowing for deeper grass root development since the roots can penetrate deeper into the soil. 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Usually, homeowners will put some barriers on their side of the grass verge so that nobody can drive through it. However, remember to check with your area authorities before installing parking posts along the edge of your lawn, as its illegal to do so in some places. I'm wondering what you think of the color - does it clash with the red chair? If your red line is correctly placed, it looks like your neighbor owns most, if not all, of the grass strip near the garage end of your driveway. That way, your neighbor would think twice about driving through. 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