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Comments (14)Looks very cool. I'll bet it will be gorgeous in a month or so. I had a rooftop garden in Boston with flowers, herbs, and tomatoes, and the plants loved it up there. The tomato plants growing in half-barrels next to a south-facing brick chimney wall thought they'd died and gone to Rome....See MoreWebcam/security cam in the garden?
Comments (54)Web cams are actually quite inexpensive these days. You could try a really cheap one like this: http://www.amazon.com/Webcam-Camera-Vision-Meeting-compatible/dp/B0015TJNEY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327376047&sr=8-2 But with a really cheap model the picture may not be good enough to identify the thief. You'd probably have better results with a little higher resolution model like a 720p or 1080p: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-960-000585-HD-Webcam-C310/dp/B003LVZO8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327376047&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-HD-Pro-Webcam-C910/dp/B003M2YT96/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327376047&sr=8-3 If you already have a digital camera you should be able to hook that up as well. You would have to connect the camera to your computer with a USB cable and have the computer running software that will take pictures every 5 seconds. Point the camera out a window at your front garden. My camera came with software that will do this. Sometimes people use this type of software to make time lapse movies of plants growing or flowers opening. Taking time lapse photos rather than movies or eat up less space on your hard drive. Here is a link that might be useful: webcam...See MoreI'm so depressed
Comments (40)From Skye's description, it is pretty obvious it was NOT kids. This kind of theft is not indicative of lower class neighborhood vandalism and of bratty neighbor's kids who are being destructive and disrepectful of other people's property and privacy. These guys are professionals who are targeting middle income homes with beautifully landscaped yards and garden ornaments! Gardening is BIG BUSINESS now and Your yard is the New Market! You need to organize a Neighborhood Watch. Let me tell you why you don't want to mess with them all by yourself. I once had a stalker. Parked out front of my place every night, drinking and doping, sometimes with friends and sometimes even came down to the house and peered in windows. They threw the garbage out in my driveway and their cigarettes. It was terrifying to me and my small children. I knew the guy. I called the sheriff's department and reported it each time the guy was out there. The deputies took their sweet time in coming out, and each time the stalker was long gone by the time they arrived. I told them the guy had a police scanner, so he knew when they were coming and would be long gone by the time the sheriff arrived. After two months of this, I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. I was going to fix his wagon myself! I nailed roofing tacks into some thin strips of plyboard and lightly buried them in the sand out on the road by my driveway where he parked each night. A week went by and one night my plan worked. I caught him! His tires got really punctured and good! I heard him yell out a few choice words. The sheriff's office sent a car out to investigate. The deputy stopped up on the road and was up there for quite awhile. I saw another deputy show up and leave and then come back. After about an hour, the deputy walked down the long driveway to my house and I saw the stalker's car leaving. The deputy said it wasn't the stalker, after all, just some poor slob with 3 flat tires! He helped him change the tires and then gave him $5 for gas, too. I wanted to punch that stupid deputy. I let him have it though and explained to the jerk that "the "poor slob" with the flat tires was my stalker, and you just helped him escape, you dumb a_ _!" Lots of help. The stalker never came back prowling around my place again after that, true, but he got back at me. He stole my beautiful collie and had his brother-in-law shoot and kill my shepador right in front of my kids. The authorities never did a thing about it. So, what I am saying to you now is watch out! These aren't neighborhood kids. They are professionals who know what they are doing. You could end up losing more than plants. ~ Annie...See MoreWatch for People Taking Advantage of Generous Gardeners
Comments (19)Oh my I just saw this post. Howdy Duty I'm not sure if I spoke to you or not but maybe my neighbor Donna did. I am always pumped up for the swaps. The first swap I went to I went empty handed & Slylvia & others were very generous to me & Donna. I brought a lot of stuff with us this swap & LOL most everyone already had some of the same stuff (due to them sharing with me & others haha) Donna & I were just trying to give it away to anyone who we could con into taking it. You will actually find Sylvia to be a very generous & sweet person. I think that when she saw the ad on Craigs List that she felt hurt & taken advantage of. She has been around for a long time & has had people who she thought were friends overly take advantage of her and a couple who went and sold her plants after she had given them to them) I'm sure that you can see how hurtful that could be. LOVE YA SYLVIA Please come in the fall, if you don't have plants bring goodies, crafts, books etc to exchange. Shoot there's been many times that I have brought brownies & cookies along with my plants for people that gave me my stuff in the past. LETS LET THE HURT FEELINGS STAY IN THE PAST & LOOK TO AN EXCITING FUTURE OF GARDENING TOGETHER. There is a wealth of knowledge in the other people at the swap & I am always eager to learn. DEBBIE...See More- 20 years ago
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