Not mine, but I had no idea garden gnomes where a hot item to steal….
What does someone do with 50 stolen garden gnomes?
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What does someone do with 50 stolen garden gnomes?
SF
2022 Garden Thread
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Lame
Wake up with a hangover and go ' now what the fuck '...
It's weirdly a common practice.
I oddly remember this article from 15 years or so ago when I was living in Lake Tahoe (excerpt below)
"The practice is common enough a Web site called http://www.gnomeswithouthomes.com was established. According to the site, garden gnomes have been target of pranks. “Gnoming,” as it’s called, involves people of a liberated front taking the figurines and setting them free in the woods. The Internet site allows people looking for wayward gnomes to post photos and information that might lead to their return."
Stumped by garden gnome’s disappearance
Carolyn Fiene has already experienced a bit of
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Garden Gnome Liberation Front
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Re-enact Gnomeo and Juliet ??
Someone stole my gnome years ago. Footy Gnome. An gnome decked out in St Kilda kit to play Aussie Rules Football that my brother packed in his suitcase and brought across the pacific ocean as a gift for me. About 15 pounds of solid concrete gnome that I didn't know I needed until I saw him ready to stand sentinel on the sidelines of life's great Aussie Rules match.
Well some fucker stole Footy Gnome. I put flyers up on telephone poles, but alas, he is missing.
this was originally from a post in 2013 on an alternate website, so if anyone has any leads on this Cold Case.... Thinking now that DNA profiling has helped crack some cold cases, this might similarly benefit from attention, like we "traced the gnomic family tree and know where a bunch of Aussie footy gnomes are hanging in US locales...." (even as I type this I wonder if an alternate theory might explain it. Specifically if my brother in fact lifted FG from a yard in Australia, kidnapped him, left him in the US and FG was somehow brought back to his silent concrete people....
On or around the evening of August 20th, 2004 my goddamn garden gnome was stolen. I miss the poor little guy. He has some routines, including rum, and has need for medications. Without them he is lost, and prone to what social workers describe as "issues". All I have is the memories, and the photos, which are getting a little sepia toned. Even now as I write about Footy Gnome (that's his name) I am wiping a tears from my eyes and blubbering like a mudpot in yellowstone...
FG is a rather distinctive fellow, short in stature, stood about 15 inches high, was made of solid concrete, and painted in the colors of the St Kilda Aussie Rules football team colors- red, white an black. He was an adventurous chap, as you can tell from the pictures, and knew a good fishing hole when he got there. He had a sailor's mouth. Anyway, street dumbassess stole my (and my kids) gnome. I would like him back. I gnow it is a long shot, but I just can't quit him and figured you guys might know more....
Well some fucker stole Footy Gnome. I put flyers up on telephone poles, but alas, he is missing.
this was originally from a post in 2013 on an alternate website, so if anyone has any leads on this Cold Case.... Thinking now that DNA profiling has helped crack some cold cases, this might similarly benefit from attention, like we "traced the gnomic family tree and know where a bunch of Aussie footy gnomes are hanging in US locales...." (even as I type this I wonder if an alternate theory might explain it. Specifically if my brother in fact lifted FG from a yard in Australia, kidnapped him, left him in the US and FG was somehow brought back to his silent concrete people....
On or around the evening of August 20th, 2004 my goddamn garden gnome was stolen. I miss the poor little guy. He has some routines, including rum, and has need for medications. Without them he is lost, and prone to what social workers describe as "issues". All I have is the memories, and the photos, which are getting a little sepia toned. Even now as I write about Footy Gnome (that's his name) I am wiping a tears from my eyes and blubbering like a mudpot in yellowstone...
FG is a rather distinctive fellow, short in stature, stood about 15 inches high, was made of solid concrete, and painted in the colors of the St Kilda Aussie Rules football team colors- red, white an black. He was an adventurous chap, as you can tell from the pictures, and knew a good fishing hole when he got there. He had a sailor's mouth. Anyway, street dumbassess stole my (and my kids) gnome. I would like him back. I gnow it is a long shot, but I just can't quit him and figured you guys might know more....
On second thoughts, casting a gnome with a Apple airtag in it would be pretty interesting....
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Los of growing progress . Tomatoes are 6 feet tall. Long ways to go though. A few fruit set. Finally have beans up. They have been my current trouble this year. Every year it is something. Full sun is a hurdle here and that is why i grow a few things in others yards across the alley. They welcomed it. I try something new yearly. This season I am most excited about some Japanese bunching onions called “Red Beard” that i purchased from Kitasawa seeds. It is an Asian specialty and culinary seed source. Will not see the results until Early October. Not a prob it is mild here.
Skip, what do you do when your tomatoes get 7+ feet tall? At some point, I run out of support ability and don't know what to do with them at that point.
Cilantro and basil are doing well.
Trimmed my tomatoes way back but not as many set as I would like considering the number of blossoms.
I’ve been hitting them every other day with the electric toothbrush. Hopefully a lot more come on in the next two weeks or so. First one should be ripe in the next day or so.
Might be watering them a bit too much.
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Trimmed my tomatoes way back but not as many set as I would like considering the number of blossoms.
I’ve been hitting them every other day with the electric toothbrush. Hopefully a lot more come on in the next two weeks or so. First one should be ripe in the next day or so.
Might be watering them a bit too much.
SF
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I used to trellis them pruning often to force height. Did that for 25 years. The last 5 or so i top them when needed. I like my cage method here for a small urban garden. More shade than i would like but adjusting to grow accordingly. The ones in this photo are a lot taller now so i add extension’s
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Add extensions
We used to run some heavy wire
from the top of the support to a post or really anything we could tie it to.
Tomatoes would just run along the twine, with a minimal amount of coaxing to start with.
Top of netting is 7'...this is a 12 gague wire they climb on.
from the top of the support to a post or really anything we could tie it to.Tomatoes would just run along the twine, with a minimal amount of coaxing to start with.
Top of netting is 7'...this is a 12 gague wire they climb on.
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Typical. Cage extended
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