GET OFF MY LAWN

Geez, I love the suggestions here. Being me, I'd probably do all of them first, before talking to the jackazz. But before causing a crisis, is talking to him possible? Could you talk to him? Is he a reasonable person?

N Sperlo said:

I'll have to put some fill in and plant grass in the spring. As soon as I do that, I honestly think I'll put flamingos out there  Cheap, easy, and hilarious. 

Even better, flamingoes fitted with Takata airbag inflators.

KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

Big rocks.  

Or an unemployed sniper, but that might be extreme 

Get A retired Coastie sniper. They are trained to take out engines on speedboats from helicopters.. taking out an engine block on a car should be a no brainer for them.

In all seriousness, you should just go talk to them first.

If you were going to put rocks, I would consider making a drainage area between the grass and the street out of them. Yes, they will park on it, but at least they won't do any damage. Other alternative is to trench a drainage ditch

Appleseed said:

In all seriousness, you should just go talk to them first.

I'd do this, rather than sitting around dreaming up passive aggressive stunts.

Ping flamingos.  Made out of reinforced concrete.  Double Win!

I think reflectors would also be an acceptable way of sending a message without coming accross like a passive aggressive d bag with some over the top gesture. 

stuart in mn said:

Appleseed said:

In all seriousness, you should just go talk to them first.

I'd do this, rather than sitting around dreaming up passive aggressive stunts.

What fun is that?

In reply to Wally :

It's not letting me give you a thumbs up for some reason, but that was my thought as well

He hasn’t talked to them only because he doesn’t know WHO to talk to yet (right?).

I have neighbors next to my vacant, project house in town who like to put wheels in the grass (past a pretty square curb!) when they park on the street.  They mostly keep to their property.  When it spills over to mine I leave a simple note under a windshield wiper “please don’t park on my grass” which has been effective (I think I’ve had to do it twice in 5 years).  

The problem, if it’s visitors, is they don’t care and/or there are too many different ones to reach.

My first try would be little reflectors on metal rods.  If they run over those then they’re just negligent and/or shiny happy people (always a strong possibility).  The reflectors should be very effective, I think.  Flamingos will be equally effective and infinitely more hilarious.

A few years ago someone (presumably visiting a neighbor up the street) blocked my driveway while I was there painting so I just cleaned my paintbrush on their tire.  I’m not proud of that, lol.

Whatever you do, put flamingos up anyway.

Wally said:

stuart in mn said:

Appleseed said:

In all seriousness, you should just go talk to them first.

I'd do this, rather than sitting around dreaming up passive aggressive stunts.

What fun is that?

There are no winners in neighbor wars. Only casualties. 

Illuminated plastic flamingos?

In reply to paranoid_android :

These would get stolen in a heartbeat if my teenage self lived within 20 miles of where they were displayed unsecured. This will just lead to more trespass hijinks. 

I still say do it, and film the carnage, post on youtube, monitize, profit. 

This has a air of familiarity .    Just be careful where you park your vehicles.

Large chunks of concrete hidden in piles of leaves. 

I see a ton of people come and go as the house is being worked on and spoken with a few in the past. They seemed pretty nice. So like I said, I have no idea who trenched the small spot that was tore up. In fact, I'm sure if I walked over there now, I could tell them someone did and ask for some dirt out of the pile in the front yard and they'd probably let me take it. For berkeleys sake, it could have been my father-in-law that did it (because he usually parks there), but I've seen the way the neighbors make u-turns there. If it becomes a real problem, I'll handle it as needed, but to be completely honest, I really wanted to hear the insane ideas GRM would come up with. Really, if you saw how minor the trench was, you'd probably laugh.

Pretty sure I'm still gonna put some flamingos there while I re-grow the grass.

Glad I didn’t take the bait lol

Better throw in a plastic owl or two for good measure ;)

ClemSparks said:

Better throw in a plastic owl or two for good measure ;)

An army of flamingo's says, "I'm watchin." An owl just says, "I don't get a hoot!"

Here people use little concrete domes about 8" diameter. Must be available at HD or Lowes or something because I see them all over. Will get a pic of some of the neighbors tomorrow.

Dragons teeth.

They are a poured concrete anti-tank barrier used by the Germans in the Siegfried line... you know... in case someone shows up in a Sherman tank.

Hey, it could happen.

Pit is not good, fills up with water and you end up with mosquitoes,

I like the light up pink flamingo, though I would maybe go old school flamingo, paint it with reflective paint and put solar lights so they shine on the flamingoes.  Bound to be some casualties though. 

Want to be careful about liability issues if you put dragon's teeth out there and someone wrecks into it on the day they were not driving their Sherman Tank

Some of these suggestions seem to be made by folks who don't have to mow their own grass.  Adding additional things to mow and trim around would be the last thing I'd want.  Ditto nails in the grass.

A picture of the OP's lawn and issues would help.