PLurker
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Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
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Post by PLurker on Jun 5, 2016 15:04:11 GMT
The farmer that lived down the street when I was growing up would plant approx 10 rows of 'cow' corn around the outside with the rest of the feild in the middle sweet corn. Most thieves aren't ambitious enough to go more than 10 rows in. He varied it year to year. He taught me how to tell the difference between the two. 'Cow' corn is not very tasty best of luck with that people. That's funny. The farmer who plants corn on our land will do the opposite. He'd plant rows of sweet corn on the outer edge of field corn for Us to have a little treat. I always think that is so sweet of him. Unfortunately, ANIMALS can definately tell the difference, too. More than once we would plan to pick only to go out to find that the deer, turkeys, raccoons, squirrels and other critters had picked it clean. Overnight! We were welcome to pick the field corn that they left untouched... Last year, for some reason, we got a lot! Must have got there the day before the planned wildlife party.
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Post by melanell on Jun 5, 2016 15:30:38 GMT
That's awful!
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Post by melanell on Jun 5, 2016 15:36:01 GMT
People have some nerve. I have a cherry tree and one lady had the balls to come ask if she could pick a grocery bag full of them! Uh no, go get your own cherry tree if you want some, especially when I don't know you! Just pisses me off how entitled some people are. I would NEVER knock on someone's door and ask them for something on their property unsolicited. NEVER. Melissa I see no issue with knocking on someone's door and asking, though. Sometimes people don't use all of what their own plants produce and are willing to share if asked. A relative of mine has a few grapevines and if anyone asks they will go out with the person and supervise while they pick some. As it is, even with giving a lot of it away, there is always still grapes left on the vine that go bad. The vines just produce more than they can use or give away. They also have a few women who stop by each year (asking each time) if they can have some of the leaves. My relative has no need for the leaves, but the women used them to make stuffed grape leaves. As a kid, my dad gave away apples to people who asked and my mom would allow people who asked to cut some of the wild roses that grew all over the embankment at the edge of our property. Sure, they could plant their own grapevine, apple trees, or roses, but it takes awhile for those things to produce, and in the meanwhile we weren't using all of ours.
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 5, 2016 16:32:05 GMT
I don't see an issue with asking either. At my last house, we had fruit trees that produced way more than we could use in the time the fruit was ripe, and I'm not domestic enough to can things or make a ton of jam or whatever. I was thankful to people who would ask to take the fruit and keep me from wasting it or having it feed neighborhood wildlife.
I'd be pretty annoyed if someone just up and picked it, though.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 5, 2016 16:42:32 GMT
Growing up I totally did not see why picking fruit off people's trees was wrong. Looking back, I'm pretty horrified at how much theft my sister and I committed against our neighbors without a single thought!
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georgiapea
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Jun 27, 2014 18:02:10 GMT
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 5, 2016 18:51:20 GMT
My mother would have set the dog on them!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 18:55:09 GMT
Maybe hang a sign where it can be seen that reads "fruit is being sprayed for invasive disease"!!! And hope that they stop!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 18:58:09 GMT
Ha ha They'd probably just try to sue for poisoning. That seems to be the direction our society is going. God forbid we hold people accountable for theft and trespassing. You are right! Of course I wouldn't spray it with anything (because I would want to have the fruit) but just say that so they wouldn't steal the fruit. But yes, everyone wants to sue so they would sue! And many don't want to be responsible for their actions and we just don't seem to hold people accountable for anything anymore. I didn't see this when I posted! Well, if they reported them for poisoning they would have to take the fruit to be tested, basically turning themselves in! Once the authorities contacted the homeowner they could explain that it was a deterrent because people were stealing the fruit!
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Oct 8, 2024 2:32:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 20:03:41 GMT
This is why our peach tree is in the backyard. We now have a 6 foot privacy fence up to ensure the neighbors behind us do not think they can help themselves to anything in our garden. Not that we'll have any pickable peaches this year.... We've told our next door neighbor that they could pick a few things off while we were gone on a week long camping trip if anything looked like it was ready to be picked. They did and we still came back to a monster sized zucchini that gave me enough shredded zucchini to make 4 loaves of bread.
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theshyone
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Jun 26, 2014 12:50:12 GMT
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Post by theshyone on Jun 5, 2016 21:57:52 GMT
A few years ago I got home from work to find every single Apple picked off our tree in a fenced backyard, far from the road. It had to have been someone that knew about the tree. Every single piece.
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Post by jenn on Jun 5, 2016 22:04:21 GMT
People have some nerve. I have a cherry tree and one lady had the balls to come ask if she could pick a grocery bag full of them! Uh no, go get your own cherry tree if you want some, especially when I don't know you! Just pisses me off how entitled some people are. I would NEVER knock on someone's door and ask them for something on their property unsolicited. NEVER. Melissa Just last night I had someone come to my door and ask if she could take a cutting from my tree. When I said no, she got angry and argued with me. Very odd!
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mlana
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Jun 27, 2014 19:58:15 GMT
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Post by mlana on Jun 5, 2016 22:51:45 GMT
People have some nerve. I have a cherry tree and one lady had the balls to come ask if she could pick a grocery bag full of them! Uh no, go get your own cherry tree if you want some, especially when I don't know you! Just pisses me off how entitled some people are. I would NEVER knock on someone's door and ask them for something on their property unsolicited. NEVER. Melissa Just last night I had someone come to my door and ask if she could take a cutting from my tree. When I said no, she got angry and argued with me. Very odd! Im curious as to why you said no. Taking cuttings won't hurt the tree or the cut down on the amount of fruit it bears that year, assuming the person who takes the cuttings knows how to make the cuts. Is the tree variety still under patent, or did you just not want to share? Not judging, just curious. Marcy
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Post by jenn on Jun 5, 2016 23:50:25 GMT
Just last night I had someone come to my door and ask if she could take a cutting from my tree. When I said no, she got angry and argued with me. Very odd! Im curious as to why you said no. Taking cuttings won't hurt the tree or the cut down on the amount of fruit it bears that year, assuming the person who takes the cuttings knows how to make the cuts. Is the tree variety still under patent, or did you just not want to share? Not judging, just curious. Marcy I think it was the way she asked? It was getting dark when I heard people loudly talking outside my house and then she knocked on my door and was just pushy. Also, to get to the tree she had to walk through some plants and bushes and that irritated me as well.
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mlana
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Jun 27, 2014 19:58:15 GMT
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Post by mlana on Jun 6, 2016 0:18:35 GMT
Im curious as to why you said no. Taking cuttings won't hurt the tree or the cut down on the amount of fruit it bears that year, assuming the person who takes the cuttings knows how to make the cuts. Is the tree variety still under patent, or did you just not want to share? Not judging, just curious. Marcy I think it was the way she asked? It was getting dark when I heard people loudly talking outside my house and then she knocked on my door and was just pushy. Also, to get to the tree she had to walk through some plants and bushes and that irritated me as well. I get you. That makes sense. Marcy
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