Homeowner spends 2 years cultivating a vegetable garden on their property, then gets accosted by a newbie neighbor who demands they dig it up because 'her dog doesn't like it': 'Apparently, my tomatoes are the local menace'

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  • "Entitled Neighbor Demands I Move My Garden Because Her Dog “Doesn’t Like It”

    I have spent the last two years turning a patchy, neglected corner of my yard into a small but thriving vegetable garden. It's not huge maybe 10x10 feet but I've got
  • tomatoes, peppers, herbs, even some strawberries going. It's my happy place. Linda, a new neighbor who moved in about a month ago. We'd only
  • exchanged a polite "hi" once or twice, she showed up at my door last Saturday with her off-leash golden retriever standing beside her.
  • She starts with, "Hi, uh, I need you to do something about your garden, please."
  • I asked her what she meant. She says, "Yeah, my dog doesn't like it. Every time he looks at it, he starts barking like crazy. He doesn't do that anywhere else. I think it's the
  • smell of your compost, or maybe just the way it looks whatever. Can you move it back a little so it's more hidden and he doesn't see it?"
  • I was shocked but stayed polite. "Well he will get used to it?" Linda, completely serious: "No, I need you to move it. Maybe to that back corner where it's more hidden."
  • I just stood there for a second trying to process if I'd heard her correctly. Then I said, "I'm not gonna move my garden because your dog barks at it, find a way to manage your dog.
  • She goes, "The barking makes everything so uncomfortable. He barks really loudly because of your garden, and it's going to inconvenience other neighbors or do you want to cause problems in the neighborhood?"
  • A few days later, I found out from another neighbor that they confronted her about her dog's constant barking and she told them I was the cause, saying I "refused to cooperate." So apparently, my tomatoes are now the local menace?
  • NavyShooter_NS You should make your garden MORE menacing....add some pumpkins and add googly eyes to them when they're big enough!
  • Dog_Concierge ⚫ Tell her the day she starts paying your property taxes, you'll be happy to oblige.
  • canadianhousecoat Dog barking? Sounds like a call to the city for a nuisance animal... City tickets the owner... Over and over again.... Until the dog receives training.
  • LeakyBumbershoot Golden retrievers are generally easy to train if you put in the effort. Tell her to go away and put in the effort. lol
  • utazdevl⚫ Hey Linda, he barks really loud because you can't manage your dog when it sees the garden, not because a garden exists.
  • anikah- . PLEASE put a sign up that says "bark if you like strawberries"

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