Re: [CH] Theft
Frank J. Hashek (pepperking@mindspring.com)
Sun, 06 Sep 1998 10:14:48 -0500
Great idea, but don't you have a large dog or even access to a stable so
you had more than tomatos to hide under the clippings?
May the ire of El Grande befall the thief,
Frank
At 05:42 PM 9/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually we had this problem when we lived in town and had a huge garden.
>Someone was helping themselves to our fruits and vegetables while we were
>at work. As it was a small neighboorhood, people told us right away whowas
>doing it. This person became known as the Garden Weasel and is still
>called that here in Bloomington. When confronted about the theft she said:
>so what are you going to do about it.
>All kids of nasty plots ran through our heads. After canning one day, I
>laid a trail of smelly leftover tomato bits from the food mill and some
>rotten tomatoes, from the edge of the garden to her yard. I put some mown
>grass over the tomato. Since she was always barefoot, I knew she would get
>a good stinky foot. Our neighbors reported much screaming and cursing next
>time she made a daytime garden raid.
>It was the only thing I could think to do that would not be illegal and
>still gave me some satisfaction.
>Susan
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