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"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message
... The message from "Doug Kanter" contains these words: "Sed5555" wrote in message ... Sounds a bit like the water-storing polymers that are used in some potted plants, but I can't imagine why your neighbor would be adding them to yours. Kindness, or helpfulness because he too enjoys her potted plants? I think you based your remark on the previous theory that someone may have deposited a watering aid. In fact, we haven't seen proof of that yet. But, even if the stuff turns out be an attempt at helpfulness, I still don't think it's appropriate for anyone to fiddle with your plants unless you've had a chance to size up the person first. After all, how often do people return from holiday only to find their houseplants looking pathetic (or worse), and wonder about the friend who agreed to keep them watered? There is a contagious lack of civility in neighborhoods these days. People should know that they shouldn't set foot in your garden without your blessing. How dismal, Doug. Perhaps your garden has pathways. My situation consists of a big front lawn with a deep border against the house, and people are welcome to come close and enjoy it. But not step in the beds or deposit anything, unless someone crazy feels like hanging money from the branches. :-) Then, there's my new vegetable garden, which I will set up like my previous one: There will be 18" square stepping stones, just wide enough for me to kneel on. It would make me very uncomfortable to find an unknown individual in that garden. On the other side of the coin, I've occasionally come home to find people wandering or sitting in my gardens, just enjoying them. Neighbours sometimes bring their visitors for a look-see.In summer, I don't fill the birds' peanut feeders; but every so often, they are mysteriously filled up with fresh nuts.. and new plants are anonymously left on the porch. I don't know who does those kind things and rather like it that way. Janet. (Isle of Arran, Scotland). I had a few neighbors like that, Janet, and I enjoyed it. But, they all sought some kind of affirmation that it was OK to get intimate with my garden, before they set foot RIGHT in it. Actually, the children were rather charming in this regard, but that's because they're so much smarter than adults. I ended up transferring ownership of two rows to them because they wanted beets, and more carrots than I was already growing. But, you have to understand something about the Untidy States of America. A rather significant portion of our population is exquisitely ignorant and holds the belief that god has a special place in his heart for chemical companies. Therefore, there is no way those companies would EVER sell something harmful. If you believe otherwise, you're an atheist, a communist, gay, a hippy, and all sorts of other awful things. I lived next door to such a person, and literally stepped in front of her lawn care guy, who was seconds away from hosing down my vegetable garden with a spray that was not intended for use on food crops. I won't go into the discussion that ensued, except to say that the bewildered cops stood there with handcuffs ready until they figured out that the chemical guy was in violation of the law. So anyway....if *I* saw someone placing strange gelatin-like blocks of something in my garden, there would be trouble. Subtract evil motives and what's left is simple: There's a 50/50 chance that the person doing it is just plain dumb. |
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