My neighbors clearly confused where their property lines were, or they just didn't care. Either way, they left tire marks all over my property and knocked over three small trees to get back to my pond where they dumped fencing panels, a grill, propane tank, some chairs and a folding table, and worst of all, a bunch of garbage, and right before a 40mph wind day.

Now, I don't know if they left it on my property with intent to build in that specific spot because they don't know where thei property ends and mine begins, BUT it's a very good spot for grazing animals because it's flat, lacks mesquite bushes that we would have to clear, and has a water source, so maybe they thought it was on their property, but it's not. The property lines are marked (twice because I remarked them for myself so I could see them from farther away) and very visible, but their property has no clear land for horses. So my gut tells me they just thought I wouldn't say anything because I offered help with the horses when we met. Help, as in water and feed and groom, not "use my land to graze and water."

Anyways, they left a bunch of garbage and other stuff, AND they drove 300 feet into our property and looks like they tried to avoid trees and such to get back to the pond, so there are tire marks laying down the grass I planted that just started growing. Native grass seeds, not just lawn turf seeds. So I'm highly upset about that.

The people we are both under contract for the land with said they will contact them and get them to move it. I told them I didn't want them in trouble, bit we paid good money, and we want to use our land and not have it ruined.

I don't intend to keep their stuff, I know how expensive that stuff is, but I also don't want to allow them to drive through my property again to retrieve it. I feel they should take the time and effort to make a path on their own property and walk over and get it off mine (would be about 50-70 feet if they made a path to the part of their property that is adjacent) and not go tearing up my property further to retrieve it.

Obviously I have every right to tell them to not drive on my land, or even to tell them to stay off completely and them say bye bye to their things, but I'm not that kind of person to essentially steal things, especially if they did do it by accident.

But WIBTA if I tell them they have to drive through their own property to the edge of ours, walk their stuff to their own property and move it?

Side note: it looks like they had a little cookout while they were out there, hence the grill, and left behind a bunch of unused chocolate and marshmallows that the wind blew around because they either didn't bag it up or something else got to it and then it got opened and blown around, and I have two dogs who got into the chocolate and marshmallows....so I may have vet bills if they start acting funny. So that's another upsetting detail. Thanks for any insight or advice!