Montreal City Weblog

Kate 18:52 on 2022-07-10 Permalink Reply  

• walkerp 08:55 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  Beautiful! Thanks for the photos. Loving this trend.
  As long as the owners were okay, I would have no problem partaking some small samples. Could be super handy for when you need a small quantity of fresh herbs.

• Kate 09:29 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  Last summer I helped myself to a cherry tomato from a plant on the sidewalk and the owner saw me and told me off. I dropped off a container of cherry tomatoes at her place the next day as a peace offering, but I think if you put edible plants beside the sidewalk, you need to expect other people (as well as animals or even birds) to be tempted.

• Ephraim 18:42 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  Bought 6 Asian lilies… just 2 are left. One of them was simply dug up and taken in the first week. Had a rose plant bloom… they cut all the blooms and walked off with them. And now, you know why there are no more roses and no more Asian lilies.

  When I put herbs, I’m perfectly happy with people taking a little for themselves…. but leave my damn dill alone to flower… you can’t make good pickles without flowering dill.

• MarcG 21:04 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  We’ve also had roses and peonies stolen with scissors and it breaks my wife’s heart every time. The thing with cherry tomatoes and raspberries, etc, is that they’re abundant, whereas, at least in my case, we’re lucky to get a couple of flowers and they tend to steal them all, so it’s more hurtful.

• MarcG 21:05 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  Forgot to mention that Ephraim is absolutely correct that dill flowers are the power behind good pickles.

• Kate 22:14 on 2022-07-11 Permalink

  What kind of low-life steals other people’s plants or flowers? It’s not like they’re so super expensive to buy.

  I’ve been known to take a few deep whiffs of someone’s lilacs or peonies in season but I’d never think of stealing the actual flowers.

• Kim 11:12 on 2022-07-12 Permalink

  We have several types of lettuces growing in various containers in our yard that is in a green alley. Someone came along with scissors last night to remove two full romaine heads, two curly lettuce heads, one another type, and three zucchini that were only about 4 inches long, hardly ready for harvesting.

  I mean, I get taking a few herb leaves from someone else’s garden, but preparing your entire family’s salad out of my time, money and effort is really mean.

• MarcG 16:01 on 2022-07-12 Permalink

  I have two more relevant stories. 1) Back in the day, when you bought marijuana, sometimes you would find seeds in the baggie. My roommates and I would throw them off the balcony into the derelict backyard not thinking anything of it. One of the seeds sprouted and grew into a decent sized plant that we watched with interest, until one day we noticed it had been dug up and taken away. 2) I think I’ve told this story here before but here it is again. I was unpacking a car trunk of garden supplies and placed a bag of dirt on the ground for a second while I ran some other items inside. Before going inside I turned and saw a dude about to run off with the bag of dirt. A BAG OF DIRT. Don’t smoke crack, kids!

• Kate 10:09 on 2022-07-13 Permalink

  Dirtbags gonna do what dirtbags gonna do.

  I had someone steal half a bag of salt off my front porch one winter – the steps and short front walk here get iced up easily and need a bit of salt sometimes. So now I have to keep my salt inside.

• Ephraim 12:11 on 2022-07-13 Permalink

  Just a bag of dirt and a bag of salt? I stood watching as someone walked up to my neighbours house and started to carry off an entire planter. I looked at him and asked “ce à toi?” He said nothing… and I added “Photo prise… j’appelle la police maintenant…” He put it down and walked away.

  I’ve given up on wheelie garbage bins. I have even had to replace the city’s large green one that they gave me, because someone walked off with it. With my address on all 4 sides, the top and inside too. Used to have someone go through the recycling looking for cans… nope. I don’t give those to those that faff about…rather give it to Bonneau.

• Tee Owe 14:19 on 2022-07-13 Permalink

  ‘Keeping your salt inside’ sounds like a euphemism for something, but I’m not sure what – any ideas?

• Kate 16:36 on 2022-07-13 Permalink

  Oh yes. Refraining from unleashing particularly snarky remarks could be called keeping your salt inside.