ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
A discovery made yesterday, revealed a thief somewhere in my midst. I'm still a wee bit ticked off about it....and hurt....and disgusted.
Was making my way around the yard to the front where I have several climbing roses....doing my regular inspections...and of course sniffing every bloom. , when I came to my lovely deep pink climbers....
THAT HAD BEEN HATCHETED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two of the canes which I have been babying (this is only the second year for them) and waiting patiently for it to lengthen to train up the front corner column....were snipped off!!! One was missing a good foot and a half off and almost three feet off another.
I couldn't believe it.
After recovering for my shock...trotted next door to another rose lover's house to give them the FYI & warning. My friend and her eldest came back over to share in my horror....and discovered that they just didn't filch those two canes.
Oh no...they turned the rest of the plant into a bare stick on down to the main on a couple of the other canes. The cuts were done with a sharp pruner, carefully done and DONE in a way that a person would if they were going to start their own plants from the stolen cuttings.
Unreal.
Oh, ya...some of the cockscomb heads were filched too...the monstrous yellows.
You know....we aren't rich folks. Far from it. We work darned hard for EVERYTHING we have. We're frugal and stretch our $$$. My gardens have my heart and soul put into them. Every purchase was/is well-thought out. Seeds I've planted...I've grown over the last several years...started with just a few, and slowly cultivated, picking the best....saving....through the years...busting my butt, to have what I do now. It sure as heck didn't happen over night....
Everything I have now...I've worked hard for, and it's been a labor of love.
I share too. It would take too long to list all the folks just in this year alone that I've shared plants & seeds with. Folks walk along...or stop by because they've seen something they liked driving by...and just had to stop...always get sent home with goodies. Everywhere I've lived....I've shared.
Not because I have to...or feel obligated to. I WANTED TO. It is a satisfaction like no other to take something I've poured my heart into, and be able to give to someone else...so they can do it for themselves and perpetuate it.
Most don't stop and ask for handouts...they just want to look and find out what a particular plant is. Those who don't ask, are sent home with even more.
But...
Don't take from me. It's not borrowing, it's not public property/domain...it's MINE...I DO indeed mind. I don't care if it's a seed, or a rose...it belongs to ME. You trespassed to get it and took it w/o my permission (theft).
I need acreage.
I've had it. Living out in the boonies in this rural town was NOT far enough from the crap. I want acres....thousands of them. Like yesterday.
I quite frankly ....don't feel so much like giving so much anymore out here in the meatworld. Can't wait 'til we get up our fence...maybe that will help deter a few folks....the dog and the clearly posted no trespassing signs apparently weren't enough.
Whew!
Ok, all done. Feel a bit better.....
Anyone else had plants filched?
Thanks for letting me rant....
nut out
A discovery made yesterday, revealed a thief somewhere in my midst. I'm still a wee bit ticked off about it....and hurt....and disgusted.
Was making my way around the yard to the front where I have several climbing roses....doing my regular inspections...and of course sniffing every bloom. , when I came to my lovely deep pink climbers....
THAT HAD BEEN HATCHETED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two of the canes which I have been babying (this is only the second year for them) and waiting patiently for it to lengthen to train up the front corner column....were snipped off!!! One was missing a good foot and a half off and almost three feet off another.
I couldn't believe it.
After recovering for my shock...trotted next door to another rose lover's house to give them the FYI & warning. My friend and her eldest came back over to share in my horror....and discovered that they just didn't filch those two canes.
Oh no...they turned the rest of the plant into a bare stick on down to the main on a couple of the other canes. The cuts were done with a sharp pruner, carefully done and DONE in a way that a person would if they were going to start their own plants from the stolen cuttings.
Unreal.
Oh, ya...some of the cockscomb heads were filched too...the monstrous yellows.
You know....we aren't rich folks. Far from it. We work darned hard for EVERYTHING we have. We're frugal and stretch our $$$. My gardens have my heart and soul put into them. Every purchase was/is well-thought out. Seeds I've planted...I've grown over the last several years...started with just a few, and slowly cultivated, picking the best....saving....through the years...busting my butt, to have what I do now. It sure as heck didn't happen over night....
Everything I have now...I've worked hard for, and it's been a labor of love.
I share too. It would take too long to list all the folks just in this year alone that I've shared plants & seeds with. Folks walk along...or stop by because they've seen something they liked driving by...and just had to stop...always get sent home with goodies. Everywhere I've lived....I've shared.
Not because I have to...or feel obligated to. I WANTED TO. It is a satisfaction like no other to take something I've poured my heart into, and be able to give to someone else...so they can do it for themselves and perpetuate it.
Most don't stop and ask for handouts...they just want to look and find out what a particular plant is. Those who don't ask, are sent home with even more.
But...
Don't take from me. It's not borrowing, it's not public property/domain...it's MINE...I DO indeed mind. I don't care if it's a seed, or a rose...it belongs to ME. You trespassed to get it and took it w/o my permission (theft).
I need acreage.
I've had it. Living out in the boonies in this rural town was NOT far enough from the crap. I want acres....thousands of them. Like yesterday.
I quite frankly ....don't feel so much like giving so much anymore out here in the meatworld. Can't wait 'til we get up our fence...maybe that will help deter a few folks....the dog and the clearly posted no trespassing signs apparently weren't enough.
Whew!
Ok, all done. Feel a bit better.....
Anyone else had plants filched?
Thanks for letting me rant....
nut out