More bikepath garden thefts

[veronique4.livejournal.com]

Two more plants lifted from the gardens--a lavender plant and a poppy plant (total out of my pocket about $12). Also, last night someone came along (between 5 pm and 10 pm and cut about 60 poppies from the large patch that my gardening partner went to great lengths this summer to cultivate. Red, pink, yellow, and white poppies were cut; the orange were left. How bizarre. People have been loving those poppies--especially kids.

Please take pictures if you see anyone stealing plants or messing around in the gardens at odd hours. It's a violation of the entire community that enjoys these gardens each day.

Am ready to give up. Just can't deal with these petty thieves anymore.

Comments

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Did you actually read the original post? Precisely what sort of wild animal do you imagine steals entire plants? Or _cuts_ poppies of only selected colors?

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

We had squirrels biting off and taking the tulip heads from our back yard garden once. It was very odd, and tidier than I would have expected for squirrels. (Admittedly, they never stole whole plants.)

Ahahah! We had the same.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

The little bastards bite the tulips off...

[prog.livejournal.com]

It'd be funny if this were a "Murders in the Rue Morgue" deal, and after a lengthy stakeout the culprit is revealed to be a hungry bunny or something. But it would have to be an unusually picky animal to eat around only the orange poppies!

[unferth.livejournal.com]