Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Deja vu! Plant theft!!
To rub salt into aforesaid wound, went into the back garden to find squirrels had done he same to my boxes on my fence and eaten my strawberries! Lol
Toss a coin as to which thievin' critter I should shoot first ! Tho' I could at least eat strawberry stuffed squirrel.
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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O god, you poor thing. I don't know what to say except that. I wonder if it is the same person (in the front...).
What did you have in the window box? Is there something less attractive you could plant instead. I feel an urge to come up with a plant that is beautiful but has barbaric thorns.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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Go see the plant thief caught on CCTV earlier, might be he's at it again.
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Permalink Reply by 0989zqy0n1ja7 on
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We have also been subject to a plant theft recently on Hewitt Rd. My wife had been in hospital for weeks leading up to the birth of our son and I was frantically trying to do my best at 'nesting'. The finishing touch was to put two beautiful flower boxes on the front bay to welcome them both home. Well, they lasted 3 days until one evening I got back from work and they had simply disappeared! Very disappointed to see this happen and even more disappointed to have to tell my wife that her best flower boxes weren't around to greet them. They were fairly heavy so I'm guessing someone just popped them into the back of their car and shot off?
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I also lost two geraniums last week (Warham Road) from front window boxes with associated trail of soil. Who is this lame idiot?
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Permalink Reply by 1g9i0zrtsaua2 on
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I have to say, that whenever I see plant theft, it always seems to be Geraniums and anything red. Stay away from red. Haveing said that, I do sympathise. You could always try puttingitching powder in and around the planter!
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Sympathies to you as one of the people who are making an effort with the front of your house and being 'rewarded' by having rotten thieves spoil your efforts (and as for squirrels...)
I agree with victoria that geraniums seem particularly attractive to thieves, which is a shame as I love to see window boxes full of geraniums, but as I've said on other posts, let's out garden these pests by planting up our window boxes with things they don't like. I've seen stunning displays of nasturtiums and petunias in window boxes.
This year, I've tried to make my window boxes (which are wooden and screwed to the sills) full of edibles so I have strawberries and chives and nasturtiums in the most accessible one, interspersed with a few small purple flowers and some big old alliums. I've also got a small window box of lettuce, lollo rosso is really pretty, and some chilli plants (who are only doing ok at the moment). Not saying that I won't be robbed but maybe these are less attractive to thieves.
Hope you're not too downhearted by the plant thieves (ditto Rusty B and Tom) and let's defeat these blighters. We have 2 seed swaps every year (next one due October), so do feel free to come along and get some freebies and some good advice from some of our expert local gardeners.
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I was off for the Wimbledon fortnight and, at one stage last week, the skies went very dark so I nipped out into the back garden to get my neighbour's washing off the line before it got drenched. Shortly after I returned, a neighbour opposite phoned to say she'd witnessed someone coming into my front garden, where he helped himself to some of the (red) roses on the trellis by my front door, before legging it off down the street. My neighbour said he'd had an armful of flowers already, so presumably it was either his mother's birthday, or he'd had a ruck with his girlfriend. I sincerely hope that, in either case, neither recipient was impressed.
I also hope that the thorns from the roses made his hands bleed. It would probably be too much to hope for that the cuts got infected...
If he'd knocked on the door and asked, I'd have been more than happy to cut him a few! We all know how wonderful it is having appreciation for our efforts. Bring back the stocks. The wooden sort, of course.
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Here,here. You could always have a catapult ready!
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