It would be interesting to note how frequent of an occurrence plant theft is in the area. I wouldn't let it put a damper on your "greening" spirits however. Considering the number of plants lost to pests or dogs or cats or neglect, it can all be seen as part of the experience of urban gardening. In the suburbs there are natural plant thieves known as deer, but if people really like making things green, they continue to plant anyway.
If it really was only $15 worth of plants stolen, is it worth spoiling your effort to green the neighborhood? If someone spray painted graffiti on your house a few times, would you just leave it there instead of removing it? Letting them get you down because they stole a few plants is letting them win. Please keep up your good efforts. Experiment with different plants and locations that might be less theft-prone. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:54 AM Subject: [UC] Stolen plants, again I just wanted to put it out there that for the second straight year, we have had plants stolen from our front yard on the 4600 block of Larchwood. I mention this only because it is such a small theft that it may be going on throughout the neighborhood and nobody bothers to bring it up and thus there is no action. After all, $15 is hardly worth notifying the police over. Last year, our house along with two of our neighbors had plants dug out from our yards. Thinking that was an isolated incident, we hung two Colius planters on the porch. One disappeared early last week. If this has happened to others over the last two years, please respond to me personally instead of clogging the list serve. I will accumulate the responses and report back to the listserve and/or the police and Neighborhood Watch. I certainly would hate for this type of behavior to stop the beautification of our neighborhood. I know it will be adversely affecting our future plantings. Alan Kraus __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
