A community garden AND a little library

@JudyEv (381756)
Rockingham, Australia
May 16, 2023 9:28pm CST
I’ve just come back from a walk to the community garden. There is a 'little library' there and I donated a few books. We often pick up a book or two from there when we go for a walk. It's all free - you can take books or leave books. The garden has a few raised beds which individuals can rent to grow whatever they like. There is also a community bed which has mostly herbs which anyone can pick if they want to. As with most such things, it’s open to abuse and a well-dressed woman driving a very smart car was caught digging up a curry tree from one of the rented beds. It’s such a shame that people always want something for nothing and don’t care who they steal from. And did you notice how blue our sky is this morning?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 May 23
A community garden always sounds nice but people take advantage so I wouldn't be wiling to plant anything in one. I would LOVE to find one of the small libraries here. I have a ton of paper/ink books packed in our garage in totes since we don't have the room to keep them in the house. As we packed my books in the totes, I copied the title/author and then got them in ebook form and they're all on my phone. I use the Kindle app and store my ebooks in the Kindle Cloud. Kindle has always been a good app/system. I enjoy reading my books with it. I just added two new books to my Kindle Cloud yesterday.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 May 23
@DaddyEvil What's stopping you from putting up your own little library?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 May 23
@JudyEv I prefer the feel of real books but we don't have room for them in this house. I'd rather have them but can't... At least I can still read them as ebooks.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
I sort of like the feel of a real book but to each his own. There are a lot of little libraries around and a lot of community gardens too.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
17 May 23
Did anyone confront her? Or was this something caught on camera, after the fact? The picture is beautiful. It looks like the perfect place to be.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
Yes, the owner of the bed confronted her and shamed her in front of her family and some others that were there. Perhaps it will deter her from doing more of the same.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
17 May 23
@JudyEv I’m glad to hear it.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
17 May 23
What a shame, and she was well-dressed and driving a fancy car. Who says the rich are not thieves? The concept of your community garden is so wonderful. Imagine being generous enough to leave goods for others and then take only what you need. I hope more communities would adopt this practice/concept.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
You can find these in quite a few of our towns. There is a big one in our capital. It's a great idea.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
17 May 23
The pretty blue sky was one of the first things that I noticed when I saw the picture. That and the scarecrow. Maybe they should make a scarecrow to chase off the rich 2-legged thieves, there is no need for that.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
17 May 23
@JudyEv Or putting up motion sensor water sprayers. Imagine how effective those would be.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
@Juliaacv Now THAT is a very good idea!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
I'd feel like putting an electric fence around my plants.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
17 May 23
@JudyEv Raised beds are a great idea for those of us with bending difficulties. The spirit of a community garden is wonderful - if only everyone played the game right.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
They are quite common here. Lots of towns have them in one form or another.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
17 May 23
Those brick garden surrounds are lovely. I wish the world in general would get going on having community gardens. Every church should have a public food garden.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
It would be a good idea. Lots of towns have these gardens now.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 May 23
Very blue. Mine's mostly white.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 May 23
@JudyEv The sun did come out eventually, but it didn't do much to warm things up. We even got frost overnight (I can see it on car roofs across the street this Thursday morning).
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
@BarBaraPrz We will be in the caravan tomorrow night, without power and in a cold part of the country. I wouldn't be surprised if we have a frost there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
A white sky? It's a little bit cloudy today but still mostly sunny.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 May 23
That is a really blue sky. We have little libraries in all the parks here.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
The free libraries are a great idea.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 May 23
You have a beautiful blue sky, after months of beautiful weather we are having a horrible month of May. Those raised beds are so good, I am very tempted to ask to the gardener to install them in our vegetable garden.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 May 23
@JudyEv A smorgasbord for the roos. The reason why I did nothing is because of the quantity of soil needed to fill them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
We had them in Donnybrook. It does take a lot of soil to fill them. That's about the only downside and the kangaroos thought they had a smorgasbord.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
@LadyDuck The 'roos are quite partial to vegetables.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122067)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 May 23
I am in agreement with you that some people do steal items not knowing their actions have consequences.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
She obviously didn't need to steal as she wasn't a poor person.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122067)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 May 23
@JudyEv You are right.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
17 May 23
It is a shame that people will ruin things for others. I think it is wonderful that there is a place to give/take books and vegetables.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
As you say, it ruins it for everyone. We have these gardens in a lot of our towns.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
17 May 23
What a nice idea! Yes, people will steal plants off porches without a second thought. It's a shame that someone would dig up a tree.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
And it's not like they're worth heaps of money.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
18 May 23
@JudyEv We watch Doorbell News on YouTube. They steal cushions, shoes, plants, bikes, packages...anything they can find.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 May 23
@LindaOHio That's awful. Some people have no conscience.
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Babes Says
@BabeSays (8795)
• Mauritius
17 May 23
Right now in Mauritius, it's a beautiful sunny morning with a lovely blue sky. I wanted to out today but I got some tasks that I need to complete so maybe tomorrow.
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Babes Says
@BabeSays (8795)
• Mauritius
17 May 23
@JudyEv Yes very true. It's mostly good sunny weather. But since there's a change in climate that's why it's been raining.
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Happy
@happylearner (1569)
• Indonesia
17 May 23
That's such a clear blue sky. So pretty!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
We don't have a lot of pollution here so we get some nice clear skies.
Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
18 May 23
That is how they become rich.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
I suppose so - taking what they want from someone else.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
18 May 23
This is your little community right Judy? Tis lovely.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 May 23
It's not within the village but a short walk away.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
19 May 23
The sky does look very blue. That woman should be ashamed.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 May 23
And it was so obvious she could have afforded to buy a plant if she wanted it so badly.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
17 May 23
The town near me tried community gardens to rent and gave up on them. There was too many problems. It's sad others won't respect that
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
It's a shame it didn't work out as it's a good idea really.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
17 May 23
Certainly a beautiful morning : ) Fancy digging up the tree, what a cheek!
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Fleur
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
17 May 23
@JudyEv I hope she was suitably embarrassed.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
@Fleura From what I hear, she was. I hope her cheeks are still flaming.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 23
It would only be a small tree but indeed, what a cheek. She got called out over it so hopefully she'll think twice next time.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
17 May 23
Very beautiful blue sky. Some people can be so selfish. We also have a small community library here. We can donate books to the library but cannot take any books for free. We have to borrow the books and return them to the library.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381756)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 May 23
The library in the clubhouse is like that but with the other one you can take books if you want to. It must work reasonably well as there are always plenty of books to choose from.
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