garden thief

That's awful. I don't blame you for planting hawthorn but isn't it sad that you had to. Some people have no respect for others and spoil it for everyone else.

The daft thing in my case is that if they'd just taken a piece of the iceplant and stuck it in the ground it would have grown but I suppose they wanted the full grown plant as it was in bloom. The evil part of me (and you may have noticed I have one lol) hope they plant it into good soil because then it will grow like mad and take over their garden

I have about 6 flowering wooden pots outside my front door. I frequently notice that they have been moved slightly and I am sure it is because that they are very heavy that they have not been "lifted". All of the wooden slats that they were sitting on have been removed.

Perhaps next year I will put in less soil, they will be less heavy and that will make them easier to remove. Fat chance.

At my last house, I planted up two tall chimney pots by my front door and next morning they had disappeared. A couple of weeks later, a large garden sculpture went from my back garden. Police recommended cementing treasured garden pots and sculptures to the ground, and havng security lighting. I can leave everything I want at this house, plus my dog hears mice scurrying through the garden so would bark if anyone came near.

In one house we lived in we had a tall cone shaped conifer outside the front door. I decided one Christmas to put outdoor lights on - this was in the late 70s before outdoor lights were so popular. The bulbs were expensive but the whole thing looked so pretty and brightened up the whole cul-de-sac.

They were only up for 2 days when they were nicked - just the coloured bulbs. Disheartened but optimistic, we replaced the bulbs and - you've guessed it, the next night they were taken too.

So I gave up.

Isn't it sad that some people can't leave other people's property alone.

Definitely watching out for itchy people now Aka.

My great grandaughter and I share many things - including, recently, her head lice. I went to the chemist to seek a remedy. "Is it for a chilkd?" I was asked. No,it was for me I explained. A man behind meburst out laughing. As I turned, I said, "It's not funny, you wouldn't like tem", as I realized he was almost bald.