11-14-2008, 12:07 PM
As sorta newbie fruit tree owners.... we have a question of local etiquette
We have a large orange tree with branches to the property line & sidewalk... we know that fruit near the sidewalk is fair game to all (& actually do not pick those, hoping the neighborhood kids can have some)
Over the last week we have had guys in pickups drive up over the sidewalk & against the fence to pick from the bed of the truck..... this struck us as a little out of bounds (esp. the driving over the sidewalk....)
Today a truck drove up with 2 guys with pickers & one guy in the bed climbed out of the truck & into the tree.....
I hosed them (was watering at the time & do not think they realized I was there....) aanyhooo, I got this big attitude from them that this was OK..... am I missing something?? is it local custom that I missed???
We can see big liability problems, with strangers in our trees, wether this is OK or not .... & we will most likely drastically trim the tree back to limit this liability.... - It is a delicious attractive nuisance, but not worth a lawsuit.....
So what is it, local custom or caught in the act????
We have a large orange tree with branches to the property line & sidewalk... we know that fruit near the sidewalk is fair game to all (& actually do not pick those, hoping the neighborhood kids can have some)
Over the last week we have had guys in pickups drive up over the sidewalk & against the fence to pick from the bed of the truck..... this struck us as a little out of bounds (esp. the driving over the sidewalk....)
Today a truck drove up with 2 guys with pickers & one guy in the bed climbed out of the truck & into the tree.....
I hosed them (was watering at the time & do not think they realized I was there....) aanyhooo, I got this big attitude from them that this was OK..... am I missing something?? is it local custom that I missed???
We can see big liability problems, with strangers in our trees, wether this is OK or not .... & we will most likely drastically trim the tree back to limit this liability.... - It is a delicious attractive nuisance, but not worth a lawsuit.....
So what is it, local custom or caught in the act????