I really hope someone here can offer some advice on this because I'm so upset about it. Last fall we were doing yardwork and discovered that a mature flowering hedge behind our garage had been cut down to the ground. The hedge was made up of about 12 bushes that bloomed with very small white flowers in early spring (looked like baby's breath). I'm sure that they did need pruned as we just bought the house last year and haven't had a chance to get to that part of the yard yet. However, this entire hedge was on MY property. The previous owner had planted it far enough back so that it would not go onto the neighbor's property. I didn't say anything to the neighbor because I'd rather just let them grow back than cause trouble. However, I was really upset that she had done this. Yesterday, the same neighbor had someone come and plant a row of Leyland cypress trees along the front of our property line. They are about 3' tall and 6' apart, but are ON the property line which is only 3 feet from my driveway! She says they grow 3 feet a year and will grow together to form a hedge. I'm so mad, but I don't know what I can do. Can someone please advise me on this. These things are going to get HUGE. I did go and ask her about it, and she said not to worry because she will keep them trimmed. It doesn't matter how much you trim them though, these are trees and they won't stay small. ANY growth will spread onto my property. We currently have one of those old driveways with two strips of concrete but plan on having the entire thing paved within the next year. We want to pave it very close to the property line (adding about a foot from where it is now) so that the driveway will run right up to the corner of our garage. These trees are going to be in the way though if they grow any, and won't the roots cause problems with the new driveway? I know that if she moves them onto her property I have no say in it, but what if they're on the line as they are now? I really need to know what my rights are and what I could say to her to possibly get her to move them before they take root. I can't believe she did this without even talking to me. Now I'm even madder about her coming onto my property and cutting down my mature, flowering hedge that was behind the garage. It's not like it was bothering her any! She said it was an "eyesore", but it was behind her garage! She also had the guy yesterday plant a hemlock tree at the back corner of my garage ON the property line which puts the branches about 2 feet from my garage wall. I need some ammo so that I can go back and talk to her about it again, but what can I say? PLEASE help. This is making me sick worrying about it.

How close to my septic leach field can I plant my vegetable garden (no root veggies)? Hard to really tell since I just moved in to the 50 year old house a few months ago, but I don't think I'll be planting over any lines, but I might be about 10-20 feet away from the edge of the field. Thanks!