04-17-2022, 05:45 PM
The utility company WILL trim it if it gets ANYwhere near the power lines (it's 6' in our city, and they're chop-happy here).
You could alert them, which might speed up the process.
Now for the psychology of it: you said you "didn't want to make a stink". I'd hang onto that thought, and stay stinkless.
We have neighbors who planted a tree years ago, and now it's interfering with the view of the lake from our porch. And I retired so that I could spend quality time with my lawn chair on that porch.
It's been tough, but in an effort NOT to become a crotchety old man, I'm accepting the tree, and rarely daydream about sneaking over there with a ski mask and a chainsaw...
So I'm accepting my lack of control over everything that annoys me, and appreciating my neighbors for their good points (so, everything but that damn tree! Uh, oh, where are my blood pressure meds?).
You could alert them, which might speed up the process.
Now for the psychology of it: you said you "didn't want to make a stink". I'd hang onto that thought, and stay stinkless.
We have neighbors who planted a tree years ago, and now it's interfering with the view of the lake from our porch. And I retired so that I could spend quality time with my lawn chair on that porch.
It's been tough, but in an effort NOT to become a crotchety old man, I'm accepting the tree, and rarely daydream about sneaking over there with a ski mask and a chainsaw...
So I'm accepting my lack of control over everything that annoys me, and appreciating my neighbors for their good points (so, everything but that damn tree! Uh, oh, where are my blood pressure meds?).