HOA Karen Blocked My Mailbox Access Because My Flowers ‘Encroached on Common Space’!

It was just a row of marigolds—planted two inches inside my property line, along the edge of my driveway.
Bright. Low. Harmless.
They didn’t spill onto the sidewalk. They didn’t block sightlines. They just… existed.

But to the HOA president, those cheerful blooms were a “hostile botanical incursion.”
Her violation notice claimed they “violated the 6-inch neutral buffer zone” between private and “common area”—even though the county survey clearly shows my property extends 18 inches past the mailbox.

Then came the escalation:
She didn’t just fine me.
She parked her SUV diagonally across my driveway, blocking access to my own mailbox—claiming it was a “temporary enforcement measure” until I “removed the invasive flora.”

I couldn’t get my mail.
My packages piled up.
My prescription sat in the box for three days.

So I didn’t yank out my flowers.
I called the U.S. Postal Inspector—because interfering with mailbox access is a federal offense.
I filed a police report for obstruction of private property.
And I replanted the marigolds… in patriotic red, white, and blue—with a sign that read:

“Protected by the Postal Service & Common Sense.”

Stay until the end—you’ll see the postal inspector hand her a formal warning…
while standing in front of a drone photo that proves her own lavender hedge spills two feet into the “common zone.”

Thank you for watching! 🌼📬
If you believe joy shouldn’t be uprooted for bureaucratic fiction, comment below: Has your garden ever been accused of “territorial aggression”?

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