Thieves!

[Florence Fennel]

Morning All, I had an old, holey, rusty builder's wheelbarrow on the side of the house where my veggies are that I had planted up with a yellow courgette plant. As we were driving away this morning, my OH noticed a pile of compost on the grass and asked me if I'd moved the wheelbarrow. It's gone. I didn't have time to check out the rest of the garden as I was on the way to work. I'm just hoping that the wheelbarrow is the only violation. It's still sickening to have been "invaded". I would have thought more of the thief if they had wheeled away the courgette!

[teamladd]

Thats not good, im sorry for your loss. If it has gone do you think they just wanted it for scrap metal?

[Florence Fennel]

Could be. I live in an inner city area in a very "varied" community including drug dealers and their clients. It feels a bit like a slap in the face because someone from another area the other day expressed their surprise that I hadn't had anything stolen or vandalised and I defended the community saying that quite on the contrary my neighbours remark on how well the veg garden looks each year and I give away some of my produce to the people who pass by.

[Two_Sheds]

Man, they'll pinch anything won't they?

[Bramble_killer]

AW... What a horrible thing for them to do

[SarzWix]

That's rubbish I hope you don't find anything else missing/damaged.

[Nicos]

Do you think it was drunks wanting to push a paralytic mate home in the barrow???

[FionaH]

Do you think it was drunks wanting to push a paralytic mate home in the barrow???

Most likely case

[Nicos]

If it were- drive around- they may have dumped it somewhere!
Apparently they are easier to tip the guy/lass out of than a shopping trolley! ( not that I've ever tried either I'll have you know!)

[Snadger]

I once had one of the old ornate wooden wheelbarrows with cast iron wheel which I painted up, lined with polythene and planted up with flowers at the front door.
Somebody else must have liked the arrangement as they wheeled it away, flowers an all!

If it's not nailed down, (and sometimes if it is!) some thieving toerag will nick it! GRRRRR!

I can laugh at it now but at the time I was furious!

Hope nothing else has been nicked Florence!

[Florence Fennel]

Do you think it was drunks wanting to push a paralytic mate home in the barrow???

I have considered that Nicos, cause that's how I came by it in the first place. Not me in it I hasten to add, but we know who had to be wheeled home in it and then the barrow was dumped outside my gate!!

[Nicos]

Maybe the original owners spotted it - and decided to nick it back!!!

[Florence Fennel]

Trouble is Snadge that I wont know until I get home at 4. My OH will not have a clue - they could have harvested all my caulies, cabbage, peas and strawberries and used the wheelbarrow as the swag bag!

[Florence Fennel]

Just a quick thank you to all. The barrow had been tipped out, courgettes and compost. I've rescued the courgettes and re-planted, given them some seaweed tonic and raked up the rest of the compost. Nothing else has been taken or even disturbed, so all I've lost is the barrow which I can cope with! Hope someone arrived home this morning with a wet bum and a huge headache (unless I hear of someone else in the area who has had something stolen that was big enough to need a wheelbarrow to shift).

[Nicos]

Ahhh..ya win some..you lose some eh???

Hope the plants are OK???