local klepto
So I'm out in the raised bed trying to get my peppers and tomatoes planted, which hasn't been easy as I have health problems, when a neighbor who has been gardening in the area for years tells me the local klepto is on the prowl. I'm looking at her like "huh?". She tells me that an elderly woman cruises the neighborhood during the wee hours of the morning and steals the fruits of everyone's labor, and that she has lost her harvest to this woman many times. She literally strips the plants and then sells the produce. Apparently everyone knows her(it's a very small town) and what she does, but she goes unpunished because she's "ill". She even steals from the local stores, has stolen plants and flowers from the cemetery and still nothing is done. This is very disturbing to me. I've spent months starting my plants from seed, cleaning out the raised bed, hardening off my babies, and can't stand the thought of some wacko, elderly or not, cleaning me out. Upon hearing her description, I actually remembered seeing this woman drive by slowly while I was out planting. I didn't have any problems last year, but my plants were pathetic to begin with and I only had a few. This year I've gone through a lot of trouble to do things right so I would have enough to share with the other tenents in the building, as most are disabled or elderly(but they don't go around stealing things). I can't see the garden from our apartment and I'm feeling really discouraged. What would you do in a situation like this? And thank you for letting me vent.
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