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A Neighbor Strikes Again

We spent a lot of time planting our garden this weekend: asparagus, strawberries, okra, lettuce, carrots, etc. Luckily we had a little bit of a sprinkle last night which helped set the plants and seeds.

After going out to lunch for mother's day, and then seeing Hubby off for another week, I got the dogs ready for the night ... one at a time outside. It was then that I noticed the asparagus bed. Someone had dug up the asparagus roots, refilled the hole, replaced the marker, and placed the asparagus root on top of where they'd been buried. All of them. It had to have been a human, because animals can't and wouldn't do that. Then I look to the other raised bed where the seeds had been planted - it's all been dug up and moved around too.

Had to have been a neighbor, waiting for us to leave the house for mother's day, because we didn't hear the puppy, and he usually whines and growls when people come too close to our house.

So... neighbors beware. I'm rigging something up tomorrow and trespassers will be sorry.

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