Hello!

Hi
Hope everyone is well & enjoying their horticultural adventures.
After a very long break from Gardeners Corner (My allotment was badly vandalised - taken much time, sweat & tears to sort out)& have started back at college.
Wondered if the people who wanted seeds for a pink form of Eccremocarpus could contact me again, as I have lost your address details - I think it was Pete, Nathan & Steve W? & some others? I don't have millions, as I missed the boat on most of the pods, but will gladly send out what I do have

[ 05. November 2005, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]

 

Sorry to hear about the vandalism Bayleaf, wondered where you'd disappeared to. As I said recently in another thread - these scumbags don't care what problems they cause for other people nor the work needed to sort things out.
Hope all ok now and glad you're back on GC.

 

Thanks JJordie
Only took the allotment on last year, & had got to the point where it was taking shape - first harvests, new polytunnel, newly built shed - all gone when I came back from holiday - polytunnel & shed burned down, veg & fruit ridden over with some kind of scooter/motor bike thing - I was gutted. Police un(able to be)helpful.... starting again is a slow process & didn't feel like doing it at first - all the hard work that went in just seemed wasted, but have made inroads, & have got some security advice (it appears that man traps are illegal ) I suppose its all part of the learning curve.

 

Thats bad Bayleaf, did wounder where you were, not much you can say really, its a sign of the times. Hope you can get back to where you were, but the question is always there, can it happen again. It tends to put you off trying, but give it another go.

 

That's so horrid for you, Bayleaf. You too, Nathan. It's so frustrating when these little toe-rags do such things, isn't it? Makes you want to throw up a big electric fence so if the man traps don't get them, they'll get zapped where it hurts when they climb over!!!

Grrr!

 

So sorry to hear that Bayleaf, must have really hurt to see the damage done especially to your carefully tended first fruit and veg. Glad to hear you've restarted - and hopefully not visited again.

Shame man traps ain't allowed - or something that would permanently damage those thugs toys - both mechanical and anatomical.

 

I'm shocked and saddened to hear what happened to your allotment Bayleaf - all the well-earned benefits of your holiday evaporating when you saw the mess! Epithets like 'thugs' and 'scumbags' don't do justice to these monsters. What possible fun do they get from such deeds? I can't believe also (in Nathan's case) the police can't catch these criminals when there was a witness and evidence, eg a numberplate. This is not just a sign of the times but a wakeup call to realise this government is not delivering its promise to punish such criminal behaviour.