Anyone had plants stolen from yard?
Gralfus
18 years ago
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stolen plants and big nursery...
Comments (4)Deb, sorry to hear about your missing plants....sure would tick me off if that happened in my yard...can certainly understand how you must feel. hope you can put a stop to the thievery. that BIG nursery they were referring to was most likely Pikes that opened here a year ago. Its out on Hwy 280 east behind the Superior Grill restaurant. Pikes is a chain based in Atlanta and this B'ham store is there first venture outside of the Atlanta market and is supposed to be their largest store. Even though I'll admit I've made a few purchases there, I still prefer a few of the locally owned mom & pop nurserys here in town....See Morealready had a plant stolen this spring
Comments (5)A couple years back I had a a number of plants taken from off a wall near the sidewalk. Pretty lame, since none of them were rare or valuable, but had been some of the first succulents I owned. It was a really nice sunny spot, so I was sad to have to move them. I moved everything to either my stoop, right next my front door, or onto racks in the backyard. Once in the backyard of our apartments, I had a couple more walk off. I set up one of those fake security cameras, and ever since (knock on wood), everything has stayed put. In all honesty, vandalism worries me more than theft. I mean, if someone takes a plant and grows it, at least it will still be alive. Seeing a bunch of pots/plants smashed would really upset me....See MorePlants Stolen!
Comments (17)I haven't had plants stolen, but someone did take a beautiful and large piece of petrified wood from my succulent bed. My hubby gave that piece of wood to me for my garden and some a**wipe walked off with it. For the record - Bullmastiffs more often protect their "people", not their people's stuff. Like Tom, we also hung up those cute "Bullmastiff Crossing" signs on our fence, but they are mostly empty threats as our bullmastiff wouldn't harm anyone who entered our property unless he thought WE were being threatened....he wouldn't care at all if someone walked off with our plants or anything else on the property. His job, as he sees it, is to protect us. Now, if someone walked up and tried to tote one of us off the property....then he'd be just a bit upset and have to do something about it. A bullmastiff charging at you with that determined look in his eye is a scary site to behold. He is loyal to his PACK (owners) and will protect them with his life....doesn't give a hoot about their property, though. I'm sure there are some of that breed who would protect property, but it isn't the norm. English mastiffs DO protect your property...bullmastiffs, not so much. Sir Poopsalot.....? LOLOLOLOL. Love it, Mike! I'm sure the folks waiting at the vet's office get a kick out of hearing the vet assistant call Sir Poopsalot back for his appt. Renee...See MoreHas Anyone Ever Had Canadian Geese Eat Their Tomato Plants?
Comments (6)Hello Hamiltongardener, Thank you for taking the time to look up info for me! The lake is pretty clean and is always being tested. It is pretty normal for the geese to eat other than it's aquatic foods. People with grass have avery hard time here because they love to eat grass. That is why they usually hang around golf courses. I do not have grass, so I never really had them coming up on my yard before except to maybe cross my yard to get to someone elses grass. BUt I have been here for 2 gardening seasons now and they never bothered the garden, but I only had my tomatoes,peppers,pumpkins,squash and herbs. Like I said, the seem to like all the leafy veggies, because when this happened this year, they left the pumpkins alone. So I was hoping that they would not like the tomato plants, also because they have a strong oder to them. I thought I heard once that tomato plant leaves were posionous to some animals? I can always give in and get a goose repellent to make a barrier, but I really would like to avoid that so not to pollute my lake. So confused! Christy...See MoreMearth
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