One woman had started a native planting under her mailbox. She was proud of the plants coming up even though it was sparse. While she was gone one day, her neighbor mowed the area and mowed all the plants down! She went to him and was pretty angry and so was he.
My first reaction was that this was just a kind gesture by the neighbor and that he accidentally mowed down what he thought were weeds while doing a neighborly gesture. I suggested that she try and calm the waters (you don't want a war with someone next door) and tell him about the virtues of natives and offer to help him plant some. If he was still angry, then avoid him.
Everyone else on the list said that he was an idiot, deserved what she did, and even some said she should call the police for trespassing. ( I am sure the police have plenty to do with 50 gun deaths alone in the U.S. over the 4th of July weekend.)
A few were wise in telling her to put around some boulders for a border edging or a small fence and also a sign telling people what they were.
I guess my question to my readers is am I a pansy? Was my advice wrong? Can't we all just get along?
