Bold "neighbours"

gotta ask before you take. Bold people are only getting bolder it seems.

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I was at My brothers house in Western Mass. for a family cookout and He just picked the sweet corn from the neighbors outside row ( talk about fresh corn ) , the farmer has also tilled the edge of My brothers land for the last 20+ years for His wife's garden .
Nice neighbor's , I met them when We stopped and bought a bushel of corn on Our way home .
Bandit

May I please have you checking account number and bank referencing information as well? >>Thinking maybe they will share their ID with me too.

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OP has acres of corn so it makes it ok to take "a couple dozen ears"? So, it's ok to take a calf from someone who has a few thousand head?

My impression, right or wrong, is that the people who think it is OK for neighbors to help themselves to the veggie garden without permission is that they are also thieves.

They don't think it is wrong, because they steal themselves.

Wow , thats all I can say. I think I'll have a little of that popcorn as well there Lisa (if you don't mind) as this show should get real fun.



OW , I can't believe you would actually set there and say that people that don't have a problem with neighbors taking a little out of thier garden are a thief themself. people like you I think......Well never mind it would get me the boot from here.

All I can say is where is this country going in such a hurry and how did we get into this basket. I need to find another place I guess.

If the guy was telling your BIL that he hopes your corn is better this year, and you say you have soy in there this year, then it sounds like that guy knows nothing about any kind of crops if he thinks your soy is corn.

I think you need to go have a little talk with that guy before he takes it upon himself to harvest a lot of your soy thinking it's something else.

I think you need to have a talk with him anyway, no matter what you have growing there this year.

I'm really curious - did your BIL happen to mention to you what it was he said to the thief when the guy complained about your corn?

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naturelover, there is an older couple that just moved here last year (well, is now only the lady since the man died).....they were looking out at the field and said "wow, this corn isn't growing very well, is it?".........it was soybeans.

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In upstate South Carolina, mostly any farmer or large gardener will give you corn or produce if you ask. But don't think about taking without asking. Myself included.

Yea, that's the point, if they had just asked.

It was last year he harvested the corn and didn't notice any was taken so I think he has enough.
And I don't think he's a "hobby" farmer.

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Regardless of the amount or the type of item taken- it's mine until I say otherwise.

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A young couple stopped by our house a few years ago, and was admiring the lush fields of corn--hinting for an invite to pick some. I warned them that it was field corn, not sweet corn, and they probably wouldn't like it. Told them to pick some to try, if they wanted to. Our house is way off the road and I didn't see them pick any, but our nephew saw them when they left and said they had a pickup bed full. Wasted! Sometimes you just have to take the high road, and overlook the folks who take advantage.

This year I let a young couple in hard times come pick some peas and beans and squash. WHat they didnt pull up they tromped on. I didnt say a word but what did me was the complaint about the work it was to shell the peas.

This thread milled around in my mind for a couple of days. I think the only way to handle this kind of problem is to do what the Shakers use to do. The Shakers use to plant enough for themselves, then some for the birds, then some for the thieves, and then some extra in case of a bad year for the crops. All those factors are going to deplete your harvest and there is really no sure way to prevent those problems. After all those negative deductions are made, the thieves, the birds, the bad year, the idea is that you should end up with the ammount you intended for yourself, and if the birds, thieves, and faliures don't get you, then you have extra.

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