How close do you plant to your property line?

My neighbor and I actually split some of our property line privacy trees. I just asked what he thought about it and we agreed on a type of tree and to split costs.

Well, when he cuts his grass he tends to cut about 3' into my yard. Small issue, yes, but I've talked to him and expressed that when I cut my grass I just cut from the corner of my fence to his back fence.... easy enough. Not like he's doing me any favors cutting 3' of my yard.

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Don't sweat the small shite my dad always said. He probably thinks he's doing a nice thing, just let it go man.

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This. But I f you want him to stop, don’t be passive aggressive, tell him. Don’t beat around the bush.

But honestly, half a deck width over the line isn’t something to get upset about.

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How close do you plant to your property line?

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the root section will grow out as much as the canopy

you should plant so your trees or bushes canopy doesnt cross over the boundary line

so if its a 6ft tall bush when mature, plant it at least 3ft inside the boundary

honestly the way you describe it i think i would just throw up a chain link fence along that side of your yard so you block animals and people from ever walking through

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Well, when he cuts his grass he tends to cut about 3' into my yard.

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In our previous house, it was on a slightly steep slope (maybe 30°) at our property line with a neighbor. That area was partially shaded from trees on both of our properties but still enough that we both had grass lawns there. My neighbor would cut perpendicular to the slope several feet into our yard with sharp 180° turns in our yard. His lawn mower wheels were tearing up our lawn every time he turned. I didn't say anything but after a few weeks, I bought about 10 bales of pine straw and built a pine straw area under the trees along the property line. The very next time my neighbor cut his yard he tried the same thing except the pine straw was very slippery and he slipped down and made a little mess with the pine straw. He fixed the pine straw and quickly learned that he was going to have to cut up and down the slope from then on instead of across it along the property line. It wasn't that big of a deal for me. I liked having the area pine strawed better. But I would personally have never done what he was doing.