Garden rants and dislikes! AND WHAT What AM I?
Slugs and snails. Some countries have thrushes that eat them, we do not, but snakes do eat slugs.
Gnomes and resin animals – My local Wall Mart just sold a full truckload of these monstrosities, only they were in concrete. Jumping to the next, the next week came day glow plastic chairs. ALL SOLD!
Plastic pink flamingos. If one does this one should do it with panache. On a cold winter day, bring out the beach umbrella, the drinks and sit in your lounge chair watching your flamingos gaze at the ice covered pond.. This is especially good if your lawn faces a busy road.
Mood balls — I just hate the way they reflect my face and body when I gaze into them.
Root Weevils — I just hate bugs that are underfoot. Rotten Skulkers.
Moles, gophers and Mt.Beavers. They resemble marmots, but actually will climb up a tree (including HOLLY) and simply eat the limbs off and return to their holes. In one day they can destroy a huge Rhododendron. The upside being they make great PELTS! Same for moles, their pelts make great toupee material.
Pesticide/Herbicide Abuse: Gardeners who are so bloody stupid when spraying pesticides. Not wearing gloves, long sleeves and spraying it in the wind so the neighbor next door gets the drift.
Gratuitous mound-aging and the overuse plastic ground tarp — add bad rock work!
Plant thieves. My nursery has been stolen from three times. All from fellow landscapers and more likely Nurseries to be. They were full truckloads of my stock plants. Arboretums and neighborhood garden clubs have also been stolen from. For shame!
On a lighter note, in England a man stole a Monkey-puzzle tree from a block down the road. The police recovered it after following the dirt and wheel prints that his dolly left behind. Oh, the added clue was the blood trail he left behind, so punctured was he from the theft.
(C) Herb Senft 2014
Labels: garden dislikes, garden rants, garden thefts.