tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post3180965357238907593..comments2024-03-28T05:16:26.153+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : 'Operation Bumblebee' Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-85958547762138853952014-05-05T21:26:52.863+01:002014-05-05T21:26:52.863+01:00Wow! I always 'saw' you near Central Park ...Wow! I always 'saw' you near Central Park - now I learn that you are "up here" - exciting! To meet 13 deer in the front yard must be intimidating - I hope they had not there fawns with them. When I followed 'The Idiot Gardener', I donated money for a deer-fence around the allotment garden area they were creating, especially for children - the deer were nibbling everything away. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-59261626175300216302014-05-05T21:19:50.875+01:002014-05-05T21:19:50.875+01:00Not in the city, but up here where we live, they o...Not in the city, but up here where we live, they own the land. We have fawns every year, as well. Earlier this year, we saw 13 deer at once in the front yard.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-88233781521013664872014-05-05T06:13:49.472+01:002014-05-05T06:13:49.472+01:00Dear Susan,
deers in New York? But then: Berlin c...Dear Susan, <br />deers in New York? But then: Berlin complains about wild hogs in the gardens. To put a net over your veg plot is a last resort - we once thought about it when the birds munched away grapes and currants. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-64473980236217917742014-05-05T01:49:19.667+01:002014-05-05T01:49:19.667+01:00Where we are, the deer are the biggest thieves, an...Where we are, the deer are the biggest thieves, and there's not much hope for overcoming that. We have a small plot for veg, enclosed in unattractive deer-netting. Other than that, we're out of luck!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-87355925386190189412014-05-03T06:44:31.045+01:002014-05-03T06:44:31.045+01:00Dear Pondside,
thank you! I truly loved my garden...Dear Pondside, <br />thank you! I truly loved my garden, maybe one can feel that in my writing. Hope the steam liners don't transport that trend to you for a long time - and as to aeroplanes we all know that it is forbidden to import plants into the USA and Canada - that might apply to virtual plants too :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-12057994140788662452014-05-03T06:40:01.457+01:002014-05-03T06:40:01.457+01:00Dear Joanne,
oha - as we would say in Germany - &...Dear Joanne, <br />oha - as we would say in Germany - "I say!" might come near to it: what a cheek! I am convinced she would have got cuttings and seeds by asking - maybe she liked the thrill of secrecy, but then later she was a bit (a bit?) over the top... That I would call "Stealing a garden in instalments", not post haste. :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-34429236429687420122014-05-03T06:30:30.084+01:002014-05-03T06:30:30.084+01:00Dear Jenny,
I am glad you are here! I see your Vi...Dear Jenny, <br />I am glad you are here! I see your Victorian chimney before my my very eyes, and feel more deeply with you about its loss than you can imagine: I had a tiny one too in that garden of mine, and the above mentioned tenant first put it in the background, than got it broken... <br />I love the view of these chimneys on the houses in England! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-66308496887335313322014-05-03T06:24:58.564+01:002014-05-03T06:24:58.564+01:00Dear Susan,
one cannot imagine how they can get l...Dear Susan, <br />one cannot imagine how they can get lucky with those stolen things. In the case of the complete garden I think they sold it part by part to unsuspecting people. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-68418011630855515182014-05-03T06:21:41.909+01:002014-05-03T06:21:41.909+01:00Dear Geo,
your opinion as a gardener means very m...Dear Geo, <br />your opinion as a gardener means very much to me (of course your opinion as a poet and human being too). The garden I made in Hildesheim was really a beauty, and it was as if I had parted from a beloved person, when we finally went to Hamburg, then Berlin - a step we never regretted, except I for the loss of my garden. I can still see it these days - as husband works in Hildesheim 4 days a week, and uses one flat in our house - but ten years I saw how our tenant, changed it to gloomy (she was a bit depressive), E.g. all 16 very old roses as Boule de Neige, Mme Isaac Pereire, Mme Alfred Carrière etc died (though she was a garden architect and quite nice), and most of the new ones too, only the Rambling Rector managed to escape high up into my gage-tree..). You see by the length of my answer how agitated I still am -- but luckily she left the "bones" of my garden intact, thus enabling our new tenants to start anew, and they do. I really enjoy their work. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-79089003343269004742014-05-02T23:34:32.619+01:002014-05-02T23:34:32.619+01:00Only you could write about this with such wit and ...Only you could write about this with such wit and beautiful description. I've not heard if this new larceny, but like everything else? It's surely a trend that will cross the ocean. Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-29663041232530012532014-05-02T22:53:40.338+01:002014-05-02T22:53:40.338+01:00Mr father always was amused by our neighbor, who r...Mr father always was amused by our neighbor, who regularly came under cover of darkness to steal cuttings of his plants. At some point in her life she confronted him over the fence, accusing him of stealing all his plants from her, stating he should return the rest to her, post haste!Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-23978235143383095902014-05-02T22:29:46.837+01:002014-05-02T22:29:46.837+01:00Stealing a whole garden is quite excessive, but I ...Stealing a whole garden is quite excessive, but I do think there is quite a tradition of stealing FROM gardens. In our front garden we put an old Victorian chimney pot which was removed from the top of the house. It was about waist high, and quite attractive. I grew ivy around it. One day I noticed something didn't look quite right about it. Yes, the ivy was still there. The chimney pot had gone! I was so amazed. It weighed a huge amount, as it was made of very thick ceramic. <br /><br />Thank you for your comment on my blog. I'll follow yours too as you write about such interesting things!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-91228572533475510142014-05-02T19:43:05.056+01:002014-05-02T19:43:05.056+01:00How horrid that anyone would steal someone else...How horrid that anyone would steal someone else's garden! Especially considering most gardeners would be delighted to share a plant or cutting if they were only asked. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-8921557294861823252014-05-02T18:10:53.536+01:002014-05-02T18:10:53.536+01:00Your garden sounds enchanting. It's magical wa...Your garden sounds enchanting. It's magical wards will hold against thieves and forces of evil. That is my professional opinion!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.com