stringy beds

I think if you are right about who is doing this you should seek some advice? Do you have a group on the allotment you can ask maybe someone else has already dealt with this. You could try applying anti theft dye that might stop them. (I am assuming its legal to use this)

this is not nice. are lots of people having trouble or just you and your plot? was any one asked to leave the site recently?

you could consider cctv or a small video camera set up in a shed etc. not sure how legal it is but people do it to watch for wildlife etc. and if it spotted a 'criminal act' at the same time then what a surprise!

Sorry to read this has happened...
you work so hard and it must be very disappointing.. :o(

Great idea there with the string I like it, but who in their right mind would want to just go along and cut the string? Someone that is'nt right upstairs I think, yer dead right there Lass, nowt so queer as folk.

hi, its not so much a disappointment more curiosity it seems mindless,we already have anti climb paint on railings,thats what makes us think its from inside the site,it is happening to a few of the plots,but just as i say petty things,we do have a commitee they have a plot further up the lane,we are not council run,but they have suggested dummy cameras but not till next year due to funding,wish i could put a real c.c.tv cam on but as ben keeps telling me (its only an allotment) men who,d have em, love him really

dunno bob my mother has this theory that older men always carry a penknife,pencil and piece of string so thinks its someone elderly like most elderly people my mum is very wise --string i dont understand, thanks for the lass bit long time since i was called that

thanks terratoonie and seaburn girl just a few other people been bothered. but im sure it will sort its self out, after all its not lfe threatning its an allotment, cant take it too mucth to heart

What stupid people. What do they think they're going to achieve ? I hope they grow up soon. Good luck with your allotment.

oooh the mean b###ers.
some people are never at peace and have to ruin things for others.
Sorry to say hun but I would trust your gut instincts!

x x x

So sorry to hear that Joanella, it is so nasty, yet petty. It does sound as you say unlike what kids would do. Its just amazing what some people do. In the seaside village we used to live in, the local Council gardener would plant lovely bedding all along the seafront. Without fail more than half the plants were dug up and taken every season. Unbelievably, the gardener discovered that the culprit was an apparently upright respected senior citizen who fancied free bedding for his own back garden. So its not always the kids is it? By the way the person wasn't prosecuted, nor was his name revealed, lucky man.

im sorry to hear about the narrow minded person or people doing this to you, whats their problem, grrr makes me so angry, they want to get a life then they wouldnt have time for stupid antics, good luck with everything joanella x

thank you all for your comments i agree with you all.

Hopefully they'll soon get bored of it all...petty prankers often do & move on to some other poor victims. It's just such a shame after all your efforts. Good luck with the rest of your gardening!

Its my Lancashire upbringing coming out, I seem to call everyone either Lass or girl :o))))

eh up chuck, same here.

Aye tha's reet theer lass hehehe