Aggressive Karen’s tried ,PETTY ONLY 5 but we powered through!

[@brennecke21]

You are doing an excellent job with your garden 👏

[@AuthenticWe]

@@brennecke21 🙏thank you

[@kathleenschaefer7012]

​​@@AuthenticWe please notice at 2.00 minutes the difference in spelling and meaning between perennial and perineal. Awesome landscaping and plant choices!

[@AuthenticWe]

@@kathleenschaefer7012 thank you, and yeah spellcheck on new device is very fussy thank you for heads up and your support

[@ellanutellabella]

​@AuthenticWe how do they make sure you can't get supplies? How do they do that?

[@b-bopeddie1290]

You kinda of sound a little Karen yourself.......

[@414justzoot]

You are doing a beautiful job on your yard. I wish you did not have to endure the mocking of your neighbors. They must be pretty miserable people if their main enjoyment in life is trying to torture you. And teaching their children and grandchildren to do the same is disgraceful.

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you for your flying and beautiful words

[@shelleyharris4176]

Why is going on?? Do neighbour's hassle you??

[@AuthenticWe]

@@shelleyharris4176 not like they use to when I started filming tactics changed

[@hetchoshaughnessy]

I love your beautiful gardens! And I love how you have turned the "ugly" into something that benefits and supports you! Haters gonna hate! Your love shines through!

[@CoriNagy]

I'm so sorry for the loss of both your parents. You are building a beautiful landscape. Praying for you and your protection from your neighbors. ❤❤❤

[@MrsShocoTaco]

I realize it's difficult to watch a family property change hands, but one would think that they'd appreciate it going to someone who is not only taking good care of the property but upgrading it as well. That is absolutely beautiful. I loove the wild look. I've been attempting it with my own yard, but our rocky soil is difficult to work with.

[@AuthenticWe]

Oh my the rocks I pull up from digging are gorgeous here, my entire landscape rocks are local

[@dottyanaya]

Good fences make good neighbors. I suggest you build a good tall, strong one. I wish I could do what you are doing. I admire all your hard work.

[@TheWovenSoul]

I'm not American, but I've noticed that fences between neighbours don't appear to be the norm there. Fences go up before the houses here more often than not. Definitely stops a lot of could be problems.

[@dorgan881]

​@@TheWovenSoulhi Australian here. I noticed the lack of fences too. How do they keep dogs and children safe in the yard and privacy.

[@FloridaKatLady]

Exactly. With neighbors like that I couldn't agree more. They want you to showcase the house? It's not their property anymore. They need to let it go. Sorry they live so close and are giving you so much drama. I'm glad you don't let them get to you and you just keep pushing towards your goals. Love what you're doing with all the gardens and showcasing your beautiful plants on the property. It's so lovely and calming. I'd be making a little seated area where I can read near the willow until I could eventually move it under the willow once it's big enough. I've always dreamed of reading under a willow on my own property. 🎉❤

[@thatearthychick]

@@TheWovenSoulI think it’s a wide open space thing. I’m in California and there are fenced yards and acres everywhere here.

[@AuthenticWe]

Yes they do, needed to amend the slope for better coverage

[@terrydaddio4876]

Your garden is amazing. Condolence s for all your losses. I look forward to seeing it evolve over time. And I wish you the best in dealing with your neighbors. You are beautifying the neighborhood and helping with habitat. Do keep us posted!

[@denisederosa945]

Beautiful work ! Sounds to me like you have a case of harassment and possibly hate crimes. Continue to harness your power.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

My back hurts just watching you work!!❤

[@chickonasportbike598]

Im going to take a nap now because I’m exhausted! Watching him do all that work made me tired!! 😂😂😂❤

[@rmcnally3645]

LOL who ARE these people who can't mind their own business? What an absolutely LOVELY, peaceful space you're building! Gosh... This is an excellent journal ❤️ I have the utmost respect for your long-form journey and all the energy you're pouring into this.

[@HildeAzul]

I am throughly impressed and inspired. I live in a townhome but I use EVERY bit of space I can. Now I feel like I am fully inspired to pull up the patio brick and make a full perennial garden. Also, those lupine… the epitome of perfection!

[@tinapaez7086]

Absolutely beautiful- you are talented 😊 Great job on everything

[@AuthenticWe]

@@tinapaez7086 thank you so very much for the kind words 🙏♥️🌺

[@KM-bu8ec]

Ohhh... I love, love, love what you have done and are doing to your beautiful yard. The bricks you are using are so pretty, and I love how you've stacked them all around. Sending love from Southern California 🦋🤍🦋

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you so much!

[@suemick8709]

What an amazing job you are doing! It's beautiful and will only get better as the plants mature. I'm working with local rocks to build my gardens. It's an ongoing project and I love every minute of it. I also have crappy neighbours! We finally called the police and the harassment has stopped. So far but it's early days.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@suemick8709 thank you so much 🙏 and I realized after posting some of my plight it’s gardeners uniting around the world have same issues? I truly feel it’s the neighbors disconnect with nature is the reasons behind the pettiness towards us gardeners, may you have the most benevolent garden of your neighborhood when near the end of landscaping (but is ever done when you grow tired of a feature and switch it lol)

[@sheilahenry7279]

I’d love neighbors like you. I have to admit I’d be like here’s you a cold lemonade, any plant clippings or extra plants I can help rehome next door @ my house. 😂

[@AuthenticWe]

@@sheilahenry7279 lol I have started a plant swap with my small community, it helps cut costs down for decorating the town for summer , plus I save seeds which’s also helps , so every year I got new hosta varieties and annuals to give away

[@edieh393]

Wow your gardens are beautiful. Wish I lived by you. Learning on KZbin is a second best! Sorry for your battle 😑 love your 4 legged baby 🐶

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you for your supporting kind words

[@barbaraghose8226]

New subscriber…truly admire your hard work and your beautiful garden!!!! I love gardening also, I planted 25 perennials this year mostly clearance flowers from Lowes 😊

[@AuthenticWe]

Lowe’s sell a are fantastic, thank you for the kind words of encouragement and you also keep up the garden, it adds up after years, then you’ll be flooded with flowers and beauty

[@teresaz7597]

Sad people, your neighbors. They waste their precious time on earth doing hateful things. When they take their last breath material things won’t be important. Don’t give up on your hard and beautiful work! You will reap rewards🦋

[@dianaj3139]

Impressive! I share a lot in your story... my parents lived next door to me, my father passed away first and my sister moved in with my mom, they were great neighbors and enjoyed gardening... Unfortunately, they were in a car accident together and both passed away. The property was sold and now I have a horrible neighbor, who is threatening and constantly has drunks and addicts being hauled off his property after parties... We are trying to figure out the BEST sort of boundary hopefully both living plants and fencing to place between as we are tired of his uninvited guests and animals wandering into your yard. Your story gives me hope, that with some thoughtful hard work there can be a positive outcome where they can NO longer peer into my yard. THANK YOU for sharing!

[@aliciadupuy9228]

What a BEAUTIFUL garden!! I know you keep calling the slope horrendous, but really, it creates soooo many opportunities for water catchment!! Look forward to seeing the progress!!

[@AuthenticWe]

🤩that’s exactly what I’m creating a spiral 🌀 flow of rain water sequestering

[@catlvr1478]

I just found your channel. I love what you are doing with your yard. Can't wait to see future progress. Poo on your neighbors.

[@zukosmom3780]

Beautiful

[@Frandorman]

You are making a beautiful yard. I am praying for the pettiness to end.

[@maxthecat14]

Loving your garden, hating your neighbours. You are working so hard, it's going to look great. I am watching from the UK, and the planting you have in your garden is quite English like. I tried growing Lupins once, but when I got up in the morning , the slugs had eaten them!!! all I had left were four six inch bare stalks! My garden is also on a bit of a slope, and faces full south with heavy clay. it makes life hard sometimes. I have subscribed to watch your progress.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@maxthecat14 thank you for your support and I’ll be posting a video later on Wednesday showing why I ‘designed’ the way I did, I simply laid the brick where my top soil and clay meet, and brought in mulch to help amend it

[@baskervillebee6097]

​@@AuthenticWe Please, please, please. Your work and investment is extensive. Please invest in fencing. Can't a law suit help for destruction of private property. You have videos.

[@lindarosenthal6835]

Beautiful gardens. So sorry for your losses. Gardening is truly an escape.

[@krisy-in-italy]

I envy your energy and your garden! You have a good eye. I’m so sorry for all your losses. Gardening is a great therapy, do it while your body holds out. 😂

[@wonderwhen6084]

Not sure where you live in IA, but you may want to look around and find out if there is an organized group of horticulture enthusiasts or master gardeners in your area. The transformation of your slope is really spectacular and could be a prize winner! You never know; a positive and public review from people who appreciate your work may just set the negative neighbors to retreat their hostility for good, and for a good reason.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@wonderwhen6084 what a wonderful idea, I shall look into that

[@tmhtoo6563]

Love over hate every time - beautiful work. So sorry for your loss - this is a wonderful garden in their memory.

[@SonyaBalloonMamaOliver]

Totally agree! If I owned that house. They'd hate me. Not into gardening, but into dogs! I'd put up an 8' privacy fence and turn it into a dog run. No need to see the house, or what I'm doing to it. Lol

[@MultiBellaRose]

WOW!! Fantastic and beautiful and you're only half way done. I have always wanted to grow Hollycocks and Lupine. You have given me inspiration 💕 Sorry for your loss of your parents. They'd be proud of how your handling the karen-neighbors. God bless you and hang in there! 👍☺️

[@AuthenticWe]

I got plenty of hollyhock seed pods if you want some lol like a 30 gal bag full every colour and style , lupine pods were already re seeded on new east slope

[@MultiBellaRose]

@@AuthenticWe Woohoo! I would love them. How many would I need to get what you have on your walkway?

[@rjmichaelson5949]

I've been doing something similar, so I can Really appreciate all the work you have been putting in! I especially am admiring your slope renovation. I've been saving that for last and you are providing lots of good inspiration.

[@AuthenticWe]

That’s amazing and I’m here for the ideas and support if needed, it’s a process so don’t rush a great garden

[@cherylschumaker1366]

​@AuthenticWe mint plants also keep mice away ..you can harvest it dry it and have tead all winter...nice

[@AuthenticWe]

@@cherylschumaker1366 I’ll do close ups of my plants, I got 7 varieties of mints (lavender sage rosemary thyme catmint parsley chocolate mint)

[@edieh393]

Wow your gardens are beautiful. Wish I lived by you. Learning on KZbin is a second best! Sorry for your battle 😑

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement, I truly started gardening 5 years ago, it started with house plants from funerals I’ve been to , then went to the yard

[@georgitr8s6513]

Your garden is beautiful and you can see the love all through it.

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you 🙏 your words of healing ❤️‍🩹

[@darcychurch9749]

I’d love to be your neighbor! This is fantastic

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you 🙏

[@melissashupak]

I love what you’re doing! I also find playing in the dirt is my zen. 😉 I have plans for some terracing in my back yard, since we live on the slope of a hill and the south side of the yard is easily 5-6 feet lower than the north side. My sympathies for the bad neighbors thing. I had a miserable neighbor when I first moved in. Complained about my property so much (dogs, tree branches, whole trees), and no compromise was enough. I even suspect she had her yard guys spray weed killer over the fence, because everything within 2 feet of that property line died suddenly one year, including a well-established mimosa silk tree. I’m careful not to wish ill upon people, but I can’t say I’ve missed her since she passed a few years ago.

[@AuthenticWe]

I do rather enjoy my town and yard, I’ve tried confronting my neighbors but they turn and walk away, when I confront them in public they stay silent, when I call city council to help, they act like the victim, we’re all victims of life’s greatness , I just wanted to bring beauty into it, and as a person who makes my own clothes to here the mimosa tree die hurts my spirit

[@melissashupak]

@@AuthenticWe keep being you. Some people want everyone else to feel as miserable as they do, and it’s sad really to imagine living a life so angry, mean, and spiteful. No worries on the mimosa… I have 4 more. 😉

[@kathysweet]

Good job! The work never ends though. I should be documenting my garden.

[@crazyredheadart713]

I'm so in awe of your beautiful design and execution.

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you so much!🙏

[@liz090833]

It's so cool, they're so jealous! Wow, imagine being that kind of petty! What kind of plants were those very big ones in the beginning? Can you please show more of them, they're beautiful!. This is just awesome! Keep going, that's crazy what envy will drive a person/people to do! Spectacular, the multi level effect is so bad ass, as are you! Man, jealousy. Be happy for people that they're getting better in life! You don't get nice things acting out of pocket in life. That's not your problem. You're in the property now and acceptance really is key for them to move on. I get the feeling though, bc listen. When my grandma passed away, some people bought their house and they changed everything to modernize it. I hated everything. They ripped up all the shag carpet, pieces of history they could. Last I heard, they cut down the biggest tree in the neighborhood, in our backyard. Been there generations, so I get parting with a home you loved, but life is not always fair and you have to play the hands you're dealt. I love that you have found the wu wei, the path of least resistance, your zen and flow through this garden. I can't wait to see everything come together! Excuse me so much for rambling! Nice garden, okay bye!❤

[@AuthenticWe]

You such a beautiful soul I tell stepmom my Wei is the Wei of Wei’s, as fully I’d as water and twice as durable, was taught Wei by my babysitter in North Carolina 1986 , also the HOLLYHOCKS are my prize gem in town next to lupines they have there own short lol I’ve been gardening for 9 years now and it’s the peace of mind that makes me happy; also my last house was bought and renovated and they tore out my hand painted murals (I’m classically trained in oils) and they also removed my 9 trees

[@tomatoespoppieseverything]

Incredible and beautiful transformation!

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you so much!

[@peghenry1183]

You go bro !! Beautiful and resourceful ❤

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you 🙌

[@RedGrannyGranny]

Your voice has become my zen❤❤☮☮

[@secret3957]

Great job! It looks amazing. I am happy that all the garden works is helping you with your grief as well.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@secret3957 greatly appreciate your support and response, it’s literally been my keystone for life right now (gardening) to see the struggle of seed to flower is my metaphor of life

[@buzzyanderson4131]

It’s beautiful. Still confused.

[@AuthenticWe]

Sorry for you and a few others I did just post a short about the issues I just found out about (I’m stuck between two siblings at rival)

[@umouthingme]

Those neighbors should be happy that you are giving them something pretty to look at. Sorry for your loss, and I can relate. I just lost my Dad a year ago, and I too use my garden as an escape.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@umouthingme blessed to even have an area to work the grief out in, may you journey be brightly lit from here 🙏

[@Eyewined]

I love it. Thank you for sharing.

[@Tintintanabulation]

Wow 😊 absolutely beautiful 😊

[@robinem3107]

Wow! Gorgeous!

[@tjh4115]

Your dog is adorable too.

[@WthrLdy]

I have a bunch of Lovage seeds from neighboring Nebraska. Would you like some? It grows up to 8 bushy feet tall and about 5 feet wide in the summer, and has the most wonderful sweet black licorice scent. It comes back year after year and draws all sorts of pollinators.

[@AuthenticWe]

Oooo really that sounds divine, I can trade my hybrid hollyhocks grow 10-12’ tall 3 feet wide and live up to 10 years if the seed pod planted as a whole

[@MKizzle79]

I just lost my dad this summer in June. My condolences. I am jealous of your landscaping and gardening skills 🥰🥰🥰

[@AuthenticWe]

I’m sorry for your loss 🙏 and thank you for your beautiful words

[@SometimeAgo65]

Your Flowers are GORGEOUS!!!!

[@roxannekosarek1777]

Wow, you definitely have great vision! Thanks for sharing. I am definitely learning from your gardening experiences!

[@AuthenticWe]

🙏🙏🙏 thank you kindly

[@swedeyu]

This is such an excellent video. You explained everything nicely. I’m sorry about your parents. I’m glad you found your zen practice.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@swedeyu thank you 🙏 means a lot this morning

[@lisabailey2515]

I would LOVE to have you as my neighbor! Not only are you improving your property value but their’s as well! Pathetically short sided on their part.

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you for your support and kind words 🙏

[@lauraMan2009]

Great job on your yard. If you want more blooms, try planting native plants. Natives attract more bees, which increases flower bloom. Your local county conversation group or native plant group will have native plants sales several times a year.

[@erikamitchell8502]

Darling this video flew by to fast. Watching you in your zen place was very relaxing. I live in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and it is truly on of the most idiotic places I have ever seen, so I don’t feel the need to create more beauty. You my friend are creating your paradise and I am here for it. You just earned my sub. May I suggest allowing us to have some time watching with just the natural background sounds as well as you talking us through your process, as I said very relaxing.

[@AuthenticWe]

Absolutely I have plenty of amazing recordings of the migration birds and frogs, crickets, cicadas, buzzing bug with leaf wings I think they are crickets x 50 lol

[@bethmendoza1847]

Beautiful!

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you!

[@tjh4115]

Although it's gorgeous, I always advocate for natives. Deep roots, less watering. Also for slopes, Georgia is highly functional & stabilizing. You've done a great job.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

I'm a native plant fan, too! I'll plant non-native in pots/bins, and non-native food crops, but everything else? Native plants

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you and yes I’m also fan of native species in every area I lived, I keep all others on pots even if they can be in ground

[@MSerhasNOfilter]

Oh my pickles. I LOVE your garden 🌼🌺🌷🪻. How absolutely stunning. Such an inventive way to deal with the slope, but so beautiful ☺️👌🏻. I’m so sorry for your losses 💔. It’s a very hard time. I’m glad your gardening is somewhat therapeutic 🙏🏻. As for your neighbours, living in a Red State like Iowa, are you sure their animosity isn’t more personal, more directed, more of a hate crime? Of course one doesn’t like to think anyone could find oneself so objectionable as to be subjected to this level of harassment… but there’s an ex-president in this country who spews filth, hate, bigotry and racism in words and deeds, making disgusting behaviour somehow “normal.” Please take care and be well, happy and safe. Love and be loved. God bless you all 🙏🏻🕊xx.

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you with your beautiful words of inspiration and joy, I did 3 years make it clear to sheriff it felt as a hate crime so they got more calculated on what and how they did things, which is fine, we are all judge in the end by how we choose to react/respond to situations, I myself am still growing and love learning from life. May you have a blessed week

[@Bettybop49]

Oh i see it is Trumps fault, how insane is that?

[@MSerhasNOfilter]

@@AuthenticWe You’re an inspiration ♥️. Personally, I’d be inveigling you into designing my garden 😀🪴🥰. As a white, heterosexual Christian Catholic woman, I try so hard to follow the words of my Lord and love my neighbours as myself. And someone who has such care and love for their home - and beautiful pupper 🥰! - you’re probably more lovable than me. Ah, I pray for peace for you in the future 🙏🏻. And that your neighbours’ hearts are unhardened and opened to the joy of having you next door. God bless you all 🙏🏻🕊xx.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@MSerhasNOfilter such kind words thank you 🙏 and we are all works in progress til the end of our experience 🌈🙏♥️

[@LantanaLiz]

Honestly, if they're trying to mess with your beds with the grass, add in mountains of mulch to your beds. Pine, sugarcane, even grass clippings - so long as the dirt is covered the grass will struggle to get into the garden beds. Then top up as it rots down and you won't have as much maintenance. So long as the mulch isn't touching any plant stems or trunks, you're fine with it not causing collar rot.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@LantanaLiz 💕💕💕 I quite literally just did that this week, I showed it in my new garden and life #5 video I uploaded 4 days ago, mulch is a gardeners best friend

[@instinctivelychelsea2905]

On our street we had this lovely patch of old trees and grass with a path in it, the neighbors even made a haunted trail in the fall but unfortunately the lot sold and they tore it all down and shoved a house on this tiny lot. We all hate it, however; the people who moved in did NOT tare it down and if we were to do harm to them wouldnt make sense and it wouldnt bring back the little forest we had there. I think what you did is lovely and you had nothing to do with the fued its too bad they take it out on you because nothing they do will ever turn back the clock, they will NEVER feel whole again so at least you knkw theres nothing you can do so do what you want basically. If it were me as mad as I was i would atleast be grateful that it looked beautiful just like what happened ob our street the guy at least keeps a nice lawn you know? What can you do that's life😂

[@movenlaughwithnat9045]

❤

[@barbwhitney6408]

Large fences make a great statement.

[@debbiestevens6312]

Keep records of your neighbour’s stupidity so you can build a case against them if needed. Put a fence up. Your garden’s beautiful. Good luck.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@debbiestevens6312 🙏thank you and have a blessed week

[@lisadupree-pz6wg]

God Luck

[@deborahpacheco2799]

That's smart & beautiful. I think your neighbor is jealous.

[@BackyardFlorida]

Playing in the dirt is my hobby too. Everything looks great over there!

[@mylamberfeeties875]

Looking forward to the update

[@dianecampbell6912]

Yes, I agree with gardening being zen.

[@aprilrobinson3819]

Why don't you put up a privacy fence around your property?

[@sandraunterthiner9763]

I’m excited to see the results 😅

[@pastpresentfuture3599]

Have you ever had prickly pear jelly?! It’s amazing!!

[@AuthenticWe]

@@pastpresentfuture3599 I have I was born in 29 palms California an hour away from Baja, the only life that grew there was prickly pears and their juice/!jelly is great, it tricky catching that pod before it goes to seed

[@wyndommin875]

So petty I love content like this

[@northernurbanhomestead]

What business is it of your neighbours what you are doing with your yard?

[@kathieloumoser6205]

Yes, how sad that people have to behave like this. Amazing physical labor!!!

[@MaterMultis]

I'm new to seeing your channel. I'd really really love for you to show a drawing of what you've done here so I can understand what you are referencing. I have a very steep slope that is south facing but instead of clay I have decomposing granite. Also, in my position I have new neighbors. Our old neighbor was like yours only worse by taking us to court over fencing and my elderly dog going to visit them. Really really interested in what you're doing there. Keep going 😊

[@AuthenticWe]

🙏 thank you for your support and yes I posted a video last night and the end shows how I’m amending the slope and water flow for best sequestering and explain how to make share the washout does NOT make the new area slide away into neighboring areas

[@MaterMultis]

@@AuthenticWe just watched. Great job! I wish I were closer. I love gardening and I would love to help and learn. Keep the videos coming 😊

[@AuthenticWe]

@@MaterMultis 🙏 thank you so much, I did just post an update last night

[@Patricia-vd9xh]

Bravo!!❤

[@AuthenticWe]

Thank you 🙏 kindly

[@melhawk6284]

Older gal like that... SOMETIMES, if you have a fresh veg patch, a fine mess of green tomatoes can go a LONG way!

[@AuthenticWe]

There’s 4 adults and 3 teenagers over there, I’m alone, where’s my help and extended hand? Where’s my peace of mind from their chaos you hear and see in my other videos?

[@HibiscusHigh]

Wow! Lovely. They go low, you go high. You are cultivating your mental and emotional state while you garden. Hope you have some neighbor allies on the other side. Best to you. 😇

[@AuthenticWe]

His daughter that lives there is very sweet, and btw love the name you see the hardy hibiscus in the yard

[@MandaMoo0462]

A little hard to follow but you are doing a fine job. That’s a lot of hard work. Please don’t just allow those people to infringe on your property. Involve the law. Keep record written. Photos with dates and explanations. You’ll forget. And clearly they are dead set on misery. Don’t allow them to continue this.

[@AuthenticWe]

Absolutely agreed and thank you 🙏

[@deloriswilliams2313]

If they would think about it, what you are doing makes the whole neighborhood look good

[@rebeccarekward251]

Karens

[@tivagirl4562]

Okay, my thumb is about as green as the shirt you're wearing in the video here - I have a dumb question. The maples, are the roots going to be an issue years from now when tree is bigger? They won't push some of that landscaping around, will they? I'm obviously not a landscaper.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@tivagirl4562 actually that is a great question and answer is yes, I did pre plan for that, but their is only so much you can do in preparation, so knowing how the maples I chose grow, and the way their root systems grow towards our creek bed, so I made sure the developing roots will fully form under the wall into the center making maybe one area that might be effected by roots in future

[@marypettitt9150]

Turning the hillside into steppes might be a solution. If you are ever able to have a reasonable discussion with the former heirs, maybe there was a favorite thing or plant they remember in their ancestor's garden that could be added to yours as a memory plant. How sad that their attitudes cost that family the ancestor's property. Still, it's so wrong of them to be so horrible to you.

[@AuthenticWe]

Actually not one of them lived in this specific home, or property it was their play area and built this home for their parents who refused to live in it , so it definitely stems from that, but since none of us truly met or talked and everytime I try they turn around, so I just let it be just plea my plight

[@4beachpeaches]

Your Karen neighbor needs to know that grass should be cut so the clippings go into her own yard, as the clippings are great for enriching her own yard and grass. Why were they forced to sell??

[@AuthenticWe]

👀👁️👁️🙃 allegedly the he story is all 6 kids went in on property for retired parent, the parents came back looked at it, got an RV and passed away in their own way, siblings disputed in courts for 22 yrs until forced to sell at the value price only, and we got it, not know the extent of it all until this past few weeks as my post go viral the truth from some siblings be popping out . Either way, we put $160k in renovations (not including inside due to dads disabilities at the time he passed March 3 2024 so this is where we are, finishing up outside and starting to make corrections inside (my humble opinion is they are mad that it’s unrecognizable from when we purchased)

[@califdad4]

Maybe put up a fence between you and the neighbors

[@dawnlambe8601]

So, let me get this straight… There was land the neighbors were forced to sell. You bought said land which is attached to your property. Neighbor is 🍑 hurt that you’re doing something, so they mow over what work you’ve done and to put clippings on the hat is now your property? And then they get others involved as well? Um, ((IF)) this is correct, the. WHY don’t you call cops and have them trespassed? They trespassed, destruction of property, harassment, intimidation… Just saying.

[@AuthenticWe]

I did sheriff said it was a civil case 🙃

[@SometimeAgo65]

Im sure it hurt/upset them to lose the property but they did..and thats not your fault. Youre just the new property owner. Its none of their business what you do on uour property now. They all just need to move on ane be good neighbors

[@AuthenticWe]

🙏thank you so much and very much agree and appreciated

[@BonnieBirdy]

Dont care for your name calling leave that stuff to them

[@AuthenticWe]

I get it, but I will NOT script my voice and opions to cater to the internets feelings, this is my story and my plight, I will showcase it authentically as my name suggests

[@MrsShocoTaco]

How long does the cardboard last?

[@AuthenticWe]

The cardboard lasts 6 months it only takes 6 weeks total to strangle out the roots below it after mulching 4 inches on top

[@MrsShocoTaco]

@@AuthenticWe Nice! Ty for the info

[@Bettybop49]

You got to wonder if something is buried in your backyard they way they seem to be watching ya soo much??

[@AuthenticWe]

I keep hoping as I dig lol

[@jonjacob1962]

The garden looks great, and I'm HERE for the Karen neighbor drama. I just wonder if you needed to anchor those retaining walls. I get it's not too tall but that is a lot of dirt you put in behind it... And the yard does slope pretty bad... It sounds like it doesn't rain often. But when it does, I guess it's pretty heavy... I'd be worried about soil liquifaction and everything just sliding down the hill...

[@AuthenticWe]

My mounds, are not walls, they are anchored with 3 foot of brick/concrete encased in fired logs and buried then encased again

[@jonjacob1962]

@@AuthenticWe your MOUNDS are being held back by that little tiny brick wall in front of them. Making it, wait for it, a retaining wall. It RETAINS your MOUNDS. Just because you threw a bunch of crap down in the bottom doesn't mean they're anchored. I've only co owned a landscaping business for the better part of 15 years and only seen "mounds" slide down hills/wash away in heavy rain a dozen or so times. But what do I know. You don't have to have an attitude with everyone. I was simply giving an opinion as another person who loves gardening and doesn't wanna see all your hard work wash away with a heavy rainfall.

[@AuthenticWe]

@@jonjacob1962 they’ve lasted 4 years and all seasons thanks tho, and city approved them sooo…

[@AuthenticWe]

@@jonjacob1962 oh and those bricks, Literally just added it’s just been my logs rocks and shrubs and not to mention the lilacs and dogwood and willow hold it root bound

[@jonjacob1962]

@@AuthenticWe lol. I'm starting to see why your neighbor is a "Karen" to you. Someone simply says something to you, and you get a snappy little attitude and wanna argue with them. You can't just have a conversation? Not once in my original comment was I trying to be rude to you. I was simply sharing an observation I've made and asking your opinion. Then you had to come at me sideways. I hope your garden does stay in place and remains as beautiful as it is. Have a good one.

[@anng.4542]

Any possibility the neighbor who drives truck is secretly admiring your work, and it's the wife who is actually the problem, not him? (My first intro to your garden so you may have addressed this in an earlier video that Ihaven't seen.)

[@AuthenticWe]

@anng.4542 actually no, I haven’t thought about that since they both plus their son and teenage grandchildren always sit back and mock the reasons for my gardening (which since 2019 I’ve buried my 2 best friends both parents and 2 aunties, 3 cousins, and my dog) and they way they mock and laugh is by acting out skits about my very tragedy and laughing about it, so after nearly 5 solid years I come to understand they are narcissists and it doesn’t matter the attitude and aggression they just want attention (thank you for you support)

[@LJBSullivan]

​@@AuthenticWe Wow! Absolutely horrific people, all of them.

[@LydiaMatthews-k6q]

​@@AuthenticWe You are a better person than me! Just came across your posts, beautiful work in your yard. I'm sorry for your losses , I lost 3 members of my family in 8 months. You found a very good way to work through the pain. Please keep us updated!

[@AuthenticWe]

@@LydiaMatthews-k6q 🥲I really, great fully appreciate this, blessings to you and yours in your time of sorrow as well

[@minxanamoo]

They are just jealous of your beautiful garden 🪴

[@heatherlygillpatrick9414]

I’m still not quite understanding something ?you’re saying they’re mowing your garden ?mowing down all your plants?

[@jonap5740]

It's not quite clear, but I think the plants are being moved.

[@Nancy-xg9nc]

I think he meant the grass goes to seed and the neighbor directs clippings into the garden from their side. So petty! 🙄

[@AuthenticWe]

No they keep to their own land, they just deposit their lovely seeds under the tree canopy on top my hardy succulents which allow germinating 💯 % of the time, been going on 4 yrs, even posted a video then of it

[@Nancy-xg9nc]

@@AuthenticWe Maybe time for a see through fence! 🤔😉

[@AuthenticWe]

@@Nancy-xg9nc love it, lattice work is gorgeous

[@theabhominal8131]

how do the fight you on this? just because they dont like it dont mean they are against you and what you are doing.. we all dont have to like and think the same way....

[@AuthenticWe]

Their actions, harassment, slander, blocking me from materials to bring in to complete the job… plus countless other things

[@colettelamont722]

Is she literally honking a train horn? Is that not disturbing the peace?

[@AuthenticWe]

They are semi trucks, only 5 of em (family business) but the days they are out doing cattle run it’s bliss

[@KellyNora-p8q]

The link never srems to get to the point of why the karen is pist. Annoying.

[@AuthenticWe]

Issue fixed apologies

[@beckybrewer3508]

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