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jgunn
05-25-2009, 01:30 PM
well as some of you know i have this fruit tree planting mission,(im guerrilla gardening my way around the neighborhood lol) well at the end of my street is about 30+ acres of property that belongs to the sisters of st.mary's, it used to be a residential school , but its been long time empty.

well i was out last night putting in 6 little apple trees that i got for a SMOKING good deal from a nursery because they are kinda charlie brownish but in my mind they are still very viable trees and im sure they will produce nicely with just the right amount of TLC :)

well along comes a cop , apparently someone had phoned in about person lurking around the back of the grounds (me lol) the cop came up and he was really rough at first after i explained what i was doing the guy started cracking up and had never responded to a burgler call where the person was planting fruit trees willy nilly around the neighborhood :P (he thought he was going to be dealing with someone planting marijuana plants haha)

anyhow he gave me a warning and HIS address (in case i had the urge to plant a cherry tree, he said he really loved a cherry tree growing up in his yard) woo hoo !

he also gave my phone number to the manager of the property who called me this morning to advise me that i can plant all the trees i want as long as i keep them to edge of the property lines :P

so how cool is that ! i got busted for tresspassing for the purpose of planting !

LOL !! :D

snoops
05-25-2009, 02:47 PM
I think that is a very cool thing you are doing.

Moretta
05-25-2009, 02:51 PM
That is awesome what you are doing.

You RAWK!!

Veronica01
05-25-2009, 02:53 PM
wow that's awesome. Kinda exciting kinda exhilerhating to be guerilla planting and having to talk your way out of it. lol could you imagine being arrested for planting trees in the community lol.

RAWmen-Noodles
05-25-2009, 03:07 PM
That is too funny! It reminds me of an episode of Roseann when Darlene and David were filling out college applications in their car and a cop taps on the window and asks them what they are doing. Darlene replies "We are filling out our college applications. My mom will not let us do it in the house!". lol

pixie_333
05-25-2009, 04:06 PM
lol.. that is a GREAT story!!!

Tsurugi_Oni
05-25-2009, 06:36 PM
You are my new hero! Man you give criminals a good name.

spicyfull
05-26-2009, 02:01 AM
You got the attention of the owner and now have permission. Now you can do it all day long. Great Job.

klomasius
05-26-2009, 04:24 AM
Awesome!

You can come round to my place, I'm thinking a few extra blueberry bushes wouldn't go astray ;).

You are my new hero.

ShantiLove
05-26-2009, 09:18 AM
Oh wow, yes a new hero in town ;)
I have been reading about guerrilla gardening and absolutely loves the idear. But the county around here keeps every empty space really nicely plantet with bushes, trees or flowers so no need for a guerrilla gardener here.
Bless you for you beautiful work :D

Shoney
05-26-2009, 11:29 AM
maybe you could work in tandem with the property owner and develop some kind of farmer's market deal with the fruit that's grown.

Ilse W.
05-26-2009, 11:56 AM
...or maybe you can work with the property owner and turn the 30 acres into a community garden :)