Garrett’s dad is a land surveyor, so I hired him to come over and locate the property line to the right side of our house.  Since we intend to plant trees there, I figured we’d better be safe than sorry and put them in the correct place instead of encroaching on the neighbor’s property.

Our lot was last surveyed when we bought it in 1996.  That surveyor put pins in the ground to mark the property lines, but they’ve long since disappeared, or at least the ones on that particular side have.

I spoke with Garrett’s dad on Monday night, and he said it wasn’t necessary for anyone to be at home during the survey.   Alexander is still working in Louisville, and the kids and I were gone nearly all day yesterday, so we weren’t at home when the surveying crew arrived and did their work.  Peter’s friend from down the street watched them, however, and he told us all about it last night.

I had forgotten that the property line on that side is so close to our house.  We’ll have to plant our trees very close to the line, if not directly along it.  The surveying crew put 5 or 6 of these pink markers, which are attached to metal pins, along the property line.  I wadded up the tape and shoved it into the ground next to each marker when I mowed the grass this afternoon. 

I haven’t seen our neighbors lately, but I suppose they’ll be surprised to see that for a number of years, I’ve been mowing a 10-foot swath of grass that’s actually theirs.