You girls are probably right that both parties are possibly misunderstanding each other. It's certainly possible that they think they are helping us. At the end of the day it actually is helpful, but I just want to know when they are going to do it. I would never expect them to dispose of the branches because I know the trees are our responsibility. Our side neighbor is a perfect example though, because a few days ago he let us know that a tree on his fence was starting to grow over. So we were already getting the gardener out shortly lol.

I think I'll just pop around to our back neighbors and let them know that if they let us know when they are overhanging we'll take care of them. Or if they prefer to do it themselves to just let us know so I can remove the debris before DS goes out to play.

This is the first time I've had a real garden and while it's very pretty it can certainly be hard work lol