Neighbors Backyard Smells . However, what smells good to one person smells terrible to. These neighbors live around the corner on the next street. Our street neighbor's lawn garden trashy from www.reddit.com Burning trash is considered illegal in most states. A garden hose attached to a tap to do a wash down after a few hours of the product soaking in. There is zero way around that, and taking any kind of legal action or filing a nuisance claim will exacerbate your problem (i could see her throwing in 5 sheets vs 1 out of spite).