Friends, In a more traditional society, where kids are raised to call all adults Mr. or Mrs., to rise when adults come in the room and to give up their seats on the buses to any older person, where the woodshed is in regular use, where people leave their front doors and cars unlocked, where there is a clear vision of an all-seeing and just deity with a notepad, and shotguns filled with rock salt are sitting on nearby porches for use on nocturnal trespassers, I'd agree with Mr Hergesheimer.
But I opine that even then there'd be garden theft and vandalism. As my rabbi said over the high holidays, "The reason why the Almighty handed down the ten commandments to Moses was, that, left to our own devices, some of us would behave badly." And there is no reason why the hard work of a community garden volunteer, especially if it is food being raised to feed his, or other people's hungry families in a food security effort, should be stolen or vandalized by some knucklehead. People read what they want to read, and widely distributed copies of the posted text only go so far. How many copies of the Constitution are down in Washington, DC, for example? How many pumpkins do you think Ken Delay et al. have pilfered ;)? Keep the signs posted, like Mr. Hergesheimer said, but erect a good fence; and plant attractive perennials along its internal perimiter. so folks have something nice to look at, and nice thorned rosebushes, and stinging nettles in extreme cases, for nocturnal fence-climbing trespassers. Everbest, Adam Honigman Volunteer, Clinton Community Garden, NYC > Subj: [cg] fence > Date: 10/23/05 12:04:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent from the Internet > > > > I suggest you try it without a fence. Put up a sign[s] to please respect > your neighbor's property. > > You can always put up one later. > > Ken Hargesheimer ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
