Spent quite a bit of time with the surveyor, good guy. When he drove up, I was up on the West ridge. They hollered for me and I came down. First thing he said to me was "Square Foot Gardening"! Almost instant friends there. We spent the entire afternoon together.
We toured the lines. There were two small parcels adjoining the lady's land where he couldn't pin down. I told him what I knew historically, and showed him things which will be of benefit to him, gave him a lead on the one property between all which no one seemed to own. He suggested that I might lay claim, don't know about that yet though - a little less than an acre.
And, I knew I owned some land up another ridge I'd inherited, but never had surveyed. He showed me where my boundary was in that area. I own a bit more of that ridge than I thought I did. And I was correct on the Western boundary of that 6 acre plot.
Certainly we discussed the timber company, and we discussed the neighbors in question. The surveyor had worked for the timber people many times, has great respect for them. and it turns out the neighbors have their dog pen, and chicken house on timber company land. Very interesting - to be only a watcher of this storyline.... This could be funny.
As for the dogs, the surveyor told me about the "Dog Law", where it is a felony to shoot someone's dog. Something back a few years ago where people killed their neighbor's pit bull to protect themselves, yet were convicted. So, I guess I shouldn't shoot the dogs. He also suggested I contact animal control instead of the sheriff...
Before he left we went down to my garden. He and his wife had been into Organic Gardening for years. One tip he gave me was to dust the potato plants with enriched flour, and that would kill potato bugs. He also re-iterated the mixing of soil and compost.
It was a good day.... But when I came back up to my hiding place upstairs, the internet was down again. So, I opened a few more books on gardening.
