Alys Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Sorry to read this has happened to you. The absolute bloody cheek of invading your own garden, that is like a step too far in my book. I hope you can hang on to what you have left and that you can mature those lower branches to help fill some jars. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idicanna jones Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Kill them with fire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumplestilskin'n Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 give em a good hard stare https://youtu.be/-0xhkLJDMnM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumplestilskin'n Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) https://youtu.be/aS4w0Y1Kif4 all seriousness, i know you probably dont want to hear this but the wolves will come back so you need to wrap up and shut up shop. It was good while it lasted but you'll become the local urban myth/legend who provided two young reprobates with the story of their lifetime. Make it all disappear and never mind trying to finish any of it, heartbreaking i can only imagine but its what someone looking through the window would say and not some who would sympathise with you in whatever way shape or form. Edited September 19, 2022 by rumplestilskin'n 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Venus Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Well, I'm not going to give up my primary hobby after all these years just because of some thieving wankers. But I'm also not going to be knocking anybody's brains out with a cudgel. I'm a polite (usually) middle-aged woman and it's not really my thing. I'm going to work on the basis that they're opportunists rather than criminal masterminds, and will try to scare the shite out of them if/when they come back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcouch Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Saddam said: They'll be back. Get a sheet of marine ply, cut it into 2ft strips, drill a load of self-tapping 6" wood screws through it and place the strips pointy side up along the fence edge then cover them with sheets of newspaper and some leaves. Use this arrangement for the screws, with 1" between each screw and 1" between each row; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offset them so each row alternates giving you the best screw per foot coverage. Ripper fishing. and put poo on the pointy bits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Venus Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Newcouch said: and put poo on the pointy bits Haha. As it happens one of my cats is very old and incontinent, so they may already have stepped in some of his dumps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Venus Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 It's great to see you back here @SubSpecies – your diary last year was such an inspiration to me. Thank you for your really good suggestion about fishing line and hooking it up to noisy stuff. In terms of quick and easy things I can do immediately, it's perfect. I've attached a carrier bag full of empty cat food tins to a tripwire just inside the gate, and a couple of others full of glass bottles. So if any thieving twat tries to climb over the gate they'll get a noisy welcome. It's such a violation to have somebody come into my garden like this, but on the plus side, being this close to the house (and neighbouring houses) should mean that anything which makes a lot of noise will freak them out. I've also rigged up a load of nylon twine around the garden for any intruders to get their feet caught up in. All just above cat height, so the felines can pass underneath. I'll probably end up getting caught in it myself, but desperate times call for desperate measures. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFord Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 So sorry to hear of your loss Thieving fuckers need their hand chopping off !! With all due respect ... if they want them .. they will prob get them ! Screw / clamp the pots to the floor to stop them taking the entire plant without making noise , cat bells tied to certain parts that way it will jingle if manhandled ... also wont alert neighbours. Fishing line around the perimeter connected to something you will hear .. wind bells, chimes Even one of the cheap personal rape alarms .... fishing line will pull the pin out and brings the noise A 12 gauge , a comfy chair and a -20 sleeping bag ... camp in the garden Sorry i had too. I wish you all the best and hopefully you dont get any more dramas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idicanna jones Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 @OldFordI'll sit out with you for a night.... With some big ass Machine guns. Perhaps all us garden growers could volunteer a shift..... Owt for a free brew 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux_Interior Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) On 19/09/2022 at 7:43 PM, rumplestilskin'n said: give em a good hard stare https://youtu.be/-0xhkLJDMnM He could have stared the queen out! Anyone taken LSD before? (Disclaimer: Don't take LSD - again!) Edited September 20, 2022 by Lux_Interior Long live the Charly thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheechChongReturns Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 gutted for you mate. It's worse being your own garden , must feel like being burgled ! Lets hope its kids who get laughed at when they try to sell it and it puts them off coming back. either way , lets hope they dont come back. can you rig up some lines above your fence perimiter with jinggly things on, or maybe rig the greenhouse door to the electric Best of luck with things . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Venus Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks very much for all your supportive comments and suggestions. I appreciate them all, even the violent ones. 2 hours ago, CheechChongReturns said: Lets hope its kids who get laughed at when they try to sell it and it puts them off coming back. either way , lets hope they dont come back. Yes, that had crossed my mind as well. Who would steal the tops off plants barely three weeks into flower, with white pistils and no resin? A gormless fuckwit, that's who. Maybe idiot kids, and when they got home their mummies gave them a smacked bottom and made them go and tidy their rooms. Surely if they were serious thieves they wouldn't do this, they would bide their time until there was some actual bud on there. Or am I missing something? A case in point: when they did the greenhouse they nicked the top off one of my tomato plants. Yes really, they carefully cut the top three branches off it and took it away, thinking it was weed. Good luck with smoking that, you turd-brained tossers. Anyway, if they decide to have another go they'll have some fun with a dozen or so booby-traps. We've got frying pans, cat food tins, glass bottles, plumbing pipes, metal patio chairs, some rude signs (if they can read) and a whole network of shin-height fishing line around the actual plants. I've even got a tripwire set up on the approach to the gate which will pull all the recycling boxes over if anyone walks through it. Let's hope they fall flat on their faces and land in some cat shit. If they're really lucky and I can get to the landing window in time, they might even get a polite middle-aged lady screaming at them that she's going to rip their bollocks off with her teeth. Thank you everyone for helping to cheer me up. This really is a lovely community on this site and your kindness means a lot to me. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blerie420 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Sorry to hear this mate. Second @OldFord a bit of trip wire works wonders, plus any animals are likely smart/slick enough to avoid them. Bells on the plant is genius though, hats off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Venus Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 minute ago, blerie420 said: Sorry to hear this mate. Second @OldFord a bit of trip wire works wonders, plus any animals are likely smart/slick enough to avoid them. Bells on the plant is genius though, hats off Yes it is genius, a bloody good idea. I will follow that one up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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