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madgardener · 16-05-2007, 02:58 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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On May 13, 9:44 am, wrote:
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I think if a thief sees something you have that he/she wants, then
they will take it. One Christmas day evening, we were sitting in the
drawing room with family and friends and I went to the door as the
knocker was rapped. Nobody was there but a wreath, a beautiful wreath
with live ivy, hellebore, holly and red satin ribbons was ripped off
the knocker, where it was tied on (we also had a doorbell). I was so
upset to think that somebody would do that and at a time when they too
should have been at home with family and friends, I have never put a
wreath on my front door in England since then.

In France, when we are there for Christmas, I put a similar wreath on
our gates, at the end of a drive, and nobody touches it except to
admire it.

Also in England when we lived in the City, we had a Victorian urn, by
the front door, absolutely full of flowers and trailing plants. I was
woken up one night by a loud "chink". The next morning I found out
why, somebody had tried to steal the urn but it was so heavy, they
only got about 2 paces before they dropped it.

We secured it after that by putting a steel rod through the middle and
knocking it about a foot into the ground. I suppose you could put a
rod through your window boxes through to the windowcill and then
secure it with a nut underneath the cill?

the truly sad thing is this happens over here as well......I heard of a
woman who had a very impressive garden that was accessible to people
slipping into and stealing the crops. She stopped the thefts cold by
placing a very readable sign in the garden that stated simply that there
was ONE row of contaminated and poisoned plants growing and that whoever
stole the vegetables or fruits growing were doing so at the risk of
stealing the contaminated and poisoned foods. Nothing was
stolen..........(you COULD do this keeping in mind which row or which
plants were the bad ones gbseg great idea.........)

madgardener up on the ridge, back in Faerie Holler where even the cops
don't know I'm back here.........so my containers sit undisturbed and
uncarted off.............overlooking English Mountain in Eastern
Tennessee where we're locked into a DROUGHT and are in a red burning
warning at the moment since Florida and parts of Georgia are on fire and
we're not too far away to worry (no rains enough to prevent the dry
stuff from starting, especially since the dead leaves are still on the
trees and shrubs from that hard freeze weeks ago and only now are the
trees and shrubs recovering with new growth)