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| Hi folks,
Saw this in the New York Times and while it does invoke a smile and a chuckle, I'm sure many of us can relate to this gardener's obvious irritation and frustration. Have you ever been a victim of middle-of-the-night, spade-wielding bandits? Or, perhaps, you've walked outside to find a few roses missing or caught someone taking a cutting of a prized hosta? After you've thrown up your hands and cursed a blue streak -- what did you do? And, if it hasn't happened, what would you do? Tamara
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Here is a link that might be useful: I'll get you, my pretty!
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 11 at 11:26
| I think our great dane would prevent anyone from considering a clandestine visit to our yard. If I were to make a sign, it would mention the bear trap hidden 'somewhere' in the plot. Or maybe a sign about the garden being an "experimental test plot for pest management utilizing various trained snakes, tarantulas, and scorpions." What does "community producer" mean? |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 11 at 13:10
| I have a small plot of garden out by the alley that I used in the past as a veggie garden, before making a raised bed in another area for it. Well back then the area by the alley had blocks around it, but no fence. One day I went out there to find someone had ripped out several of my small zucchini plants! I put up a three foot wire (like come in rolls from Lowes) fence after that. Last year on the Fourth of July I went out there to find someone had bent over part of the wire fence and knocked over a bean pole to get at a rhubarb plant I have back there. They had taken many of the stalks and left the leaves all over the area. It feels like such a violation to have someone come on your property and do that, even if it was just rhubarb they took. At least I have some consolation in knowing that the rhubarb stalks were very large and old. So whatever The Thief made out of that rhubarb turned out terribly stringy ;-) CMK |
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| It happened to me . Somebody pulled up one of my newly planted daylilies, covering up the hole, so I did not notice it to start with . I was really surprised, because I had no idea who it might have been. |
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- Posted by bumblebeez z7b Seneca SC (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 11 at 19:48
| Absolutely it has happened. One day, I planted a Zebrina Hollyhock that I had bought that day for eight dollars. The next day, I went out to my garden and couldn't find it! I thought maybe I was looking in the wrong spot but no, I saw a flat to the ground stumpy area that was the remains of the hollyhock. Since I have many perennials and flowering shrubs I thought it strange that a RABBIT would single out one plant that was wildly tasty and delicious and of course, brand new. Thankfully, I have not had 2 legged thieves but the four legged and flying do just as much damage. |
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