Got a good laugh on your expose of your wife's lemon halves, lol! You gotta love them though. :) On the tree in the neighbor's yard, if that was where I live, one would have to attempt to get permission from the local government to have it removed. Might your area have a similar restriction possibly?
Here, it's because it's a pine and destroying them isn't allowed.
Ah well... in the end, the tree is a bit annoying... but not annoying enough to kick up a stink with the neighbour. They are nice people! Sometimes, it just isn't worth the fight!
Oh I think maybe you misunderstood me. I wasn't suggesting any confrontations with your neighbors. :) What I meant is that your neighbors may not be allowed to cut that tree down because it's pine. That's if, for example, there is a law where you guys live that is like the law here where I live.
Generally here where I am, if you want to get rid of a pine, it has to be a threat of destroying property, or have some tree disease. Minus anything like that and you won't be cutting down your pine without chancing a huge fine for doing so!
Yes, I did misunderstand! I'm not sure what the law is here with pines... I'm not sure that it is protected, but I would have no idea!
We have several trees in my part of America that one has to get a permit to cut down. Two that I specifically know of here where I live are pines and oaks, because I have a pine and two oaks on my property, and I'd like to get rid of the pine and one oak but I can't.
President Trump just recently signed some UN "Trillion trees initiative" or something like that, so I think there's a good chance that trees are going to start getting more attention, care and protection from the world.