I hate neighboors like that...when I was a child my dad was installing a wood fence between our house and the nasty neighboor - they woman had the nerve to come out with a waterhose and spray my poor dad the entire time he was working on the fence!
some people!

Ohhh my!!! Im glad you saw it denise...and scuba..how horrible!! Sheshhh people can really be mean!
We have had the kids in the neighborhood ring our doorbell ONE time....
We then opened the door noone there, so we got our big ole' Boxer by the collar and took her outside at which time she raises up on her back legs and just barks and growls and of course slobbers and really does sound like a killer dog...I then told them, next time I would let the dog go and shame on them if I could not get her off of them...
Never happened again....(to be honest..she probably would have licked them to death..but I dont' let them know that..lol!)
Dena

Well now, that's not as bad as having electric powered cars driving down the sidewalk, with a 5 yr old at the wheel, running all over everyone's yard, and breaking off their sprinkler heads, in the process.

Nor is it as bad as having the same thing happen with kids on trikes and bikes.

I finally had to put metal stakes on both sides of my sprinkler heads, plus put reinforcing sleeves around the heads, to try and keep from having to spend $10. and an hour's time, to replace sprinkler heads, every time I turned around.

The disgusting part, is that none of these "upright citizens" would even come up and admit to their destruction, much less offer to pay for the damage.

I am not a fan of the human animal.

Could be worse, the teenagers here ring our doorbell and don't run away! They come in eat everything and practice playing drums and guitars, lol! Hope you get great new neighbors that garden. =D

Fat chance. There's only 2 people anywhere around me, that even mow their own grass.

It is rare to see 30 somethings, outside their house, unless they are just getting into the car.

Most people in the city, never get out of the house, unless they are going somewhere. Gardening is the farthest thing from their minds.

Guess they are too busy watching commercials on TV.

I saw what could'nt be a kid older than a third grader and his younger friend DRIVING an ATV down the street where there was some traffic. It was in a friend's neighborhood. I had to chant,"not my bussiness" in my head about 500 times. Some parents are so stupid!
Denisew, your neighbor sounds like a total nincompoop. I mean that. What a dufus!
I'd have squired that lady right back building that darn fence! I'd have been the mom/kids doing it while taking turns bringing dad a cold beverage! I'd have had a power nozzle on that hose too!!! PJ

We'll do a group chant "house sell to gardener, house sell to gardener..."
I'd either have sprayed the neigbor back, or you know me, taken off my clothes and started to shower while she sprayed me. That'd run her off wouldn't it?

The hose works when sprayed on kids too. You know my neighbor problems, well, they were having group sessions (I guess) out in the alley! I "accidently" sprayed them while watering the yard. Then my dear lovely husband went out & took pictures of them. No more alley meetings!
I guess at least they didn't break them off.
Put your sprinkler heads on an elbow joint. That will let them flex a little and less prone to being broken off. Elbow joints are pretty cheap too.
Tally HO!

Yeah, I really hope it does sell to someone who likes to garden. This guy is real proud of all that green lawn and takes care of it, but doesn't ever plant flowers . . . except the impatiens in his mailbox planter in full sun! HA! He has neatly trimmed shrubs (builder bushes) in the front. Their backyard is a blank slate - all grass. I'll join you on that chant, "sell to a gardener, sell to a gardener . . . "

PJ, it is "your business"!! ATV's are prohibited on those streets. I called the sheriff on some kids out here running down the main street (mainly to keep them from getting killed or maimed by speeders), and they do not do it anymore. I figure if parents aren't going to protect their kids and my property, then it is up to me to do so.

Carrie, I wussed! If it had been my neighborhood I'd have spoken to our resident sheriff(he's always around) but I was reluctant to start trouble in my friend's neighborhood. I'll sneak around the corner and put in an anonymous call next time tho!!! You're right with "Darwinian award" winning parents these poor kids are stuck with, the kids needed someone to had a brain to look out for them.PJ

Yeah, if it isn't the ATV's, it is those darned electric or gas powered scooters! It is against city ordinance for kids under 16 to ride them on the streets here in Allen, yet I see them doing this often. The city says that it is a vehicle powered by gas or electricity and those driving them are required by law to have a license. And, since they are a motor powered vehicle, they cannot be on the sidewalks since those are for pedestrians. And they are seen on sidewalks and in the street - and I don't think any of them are 16 with a license. The problem with calling the police is as soon as you call, they're gone. They can really travel fast around this neighborhood.