I'd say childish !
Like a naughty little boy told not to do something, he straight away went and did it!
Large stones or rocks are quite a good idea although not sure that it would stop him doing it again.
I don't really understand why you can't point out to him that what he did was wrong - and pointless. Yes, you may rely on him to do certain things for you and he knows that and holds you to ransom by his behaviour, thinking he can get away with it because you won't say anything.
You either have to just accept that the wild flowers will grow again and hope he doesn't do it again and put up with his form of bullying or stand up to him at the risk of losing his help, but possibly being able to get that help from outside your family or maybe from another family member.
Age UK offer a lot of services that might be useful to you as back up .
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