Ian -- You have to break it down better than that if we are going to help you. What kind of thefts, when and how?
If folks aren't harvesting, then other folks worry that things are going to waste and "help themselves." We have a rule in our garden that if you don't harvest and it's ripe, we pick it and give it to the food bank. Folks may grumble, but they learn to communicate and/or harvest at the right time (you'd be surprised how some folks don't realize what "ripe" is), but with the harvest going to the food bank, they don't mind so much. Garden design does a lot to discourage theft. What are your perimeters like? What is being stolen? If you put melons in the front where everyone can see them, they will walk. Tell us more and we can give you better advice. Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
