The nicking anything somebody else has that you don't seems to have started.
Just gone into the front garden and some cunt has dug up all but a couple of the herbs I grow out there (fuck all else survives, other than a honeysuckle and ivy) due to it being in full sun and the structure of the path/slope to the front door acting as a storage heater--.
Sage - gone
Thyme - gone
Rosemary - most of it gone
Dill - gone
Garlic - gone
Marjoram - gone
Bay - gone
Mint - most of it gone (but that has the regenerative power of Hydra's teeth, so I'll be expecting that back again)
Three out of the five lavender bushes - gone.
I don't suppose that this is because they're a sodding gourmet chef fallen on hard times. And thieving cunts will be thieving cunts (see the mysterious case of the disappearing cherry tomatoes and the chillies growing in the window boxes last summer) But all of those are reputed to be useful herbal remedies for colds, sore throats and viruses. And you can't get herbs in the supermarkets round here right now, as they're not high priority compared to toilet rolls.
Which is why I'm sticking this whinge in here, rather than anywhere else; some bastard thinks he's going to heal Coronavirus by consuming stolen herbs or wanted Sunday dinner to taste like there aren't fucking shortages in Waitrose.
They all looked crap because they are left to grow wild, so would have fuck all resale value.
Seriously, if they were going to nick herbs, they could have just chopped handfuls of the bastarding things, as they'd have grown back. I'd have been pissed off, but ultimately, a good prune wouldn't have hurt them. But no, they've dug them all up with a fucking trowel at some point between 11pm and 6am when I got up this morning.
Bastards. It's not fucking urban foraging, it's cunting theft.
Just as well the fucking cherry tree and other veggies prefer the completely different conditions out back instead. And I didn't get an allotment last summer like I intended to, as I'm willing to bet they're going to be absolutely decimated.
Anyhow. Whinge over. Make sure your gardens are secure if you're growing anything edible, whether for actual food or for attractiveness looks up suppliers of poison ivy