They'll nick anything

[vetran]

Just pulled them up, or actually half-inched them?

If they were just pulled up then maybe some rustic type objected to a plant whose leaves are toxic - Just one or two leaves contain enough cyanide to kill a horse!

Ditto privet and yew, and in fact any of this lot : Plants Toxic to Horses

It's a wonder any of the brutes manage to survive!

Maybe their riders should keep them under control when they take them out?

[ladymuck]

Just pulled them up, or actually half-inched them?

If they were just pulled up then maybe some rustic type objected to a plant whose leaves are toxic - Just one or two leaves contain enough cyanide to kill a horse!

Ditto privet and yew, and in fact any of this lot : Plants Toxic to Horses

It's a wonder any of the brutes manage to survive!

Maybe they can detect a plant that is disadvantageous to their health and so avoid mindlessly eating something that could kill them? Many animals (including humans) are able to do that...

[d000hg]

Just pulled them up, or actually half-inched them?

If they were just pulled up then maybe some rustic type objected to a plant whose leaves are toxic - Just one or two leaves contain enough cyanide to kill a horse!

Ditto privet and yew, and in fact any of this lot : Plants Toxic to Horses

It's a wonder any of the brutes manage to survive!

Sorry yes they were nicked. And not in an area horses are prone to munch There's loads of established yew and laurel around already, maybe they all died.

If horses are that susceptible to cyanide how come we can feed them apples, when the pips contain small amounts?

[quackhandle]

Would y'loike yor drive paved Sir, I can give ya a gud proice?

qh

[OwlHoot]

I meant to post this, glad someone else remembered

I planted a small row of laurels on my boundary last spring, against a quiet country road. Maybe 6 2' plants which cost me about £3 each. The next morning, some bugger had pulled them all up.

Just pulled them up, or actually half-inched them?

If they were just pulled up then maybe some rustic type objected to a plant whose leaves are toxic - Just one or two leaves contain enough cyanide to kill a horse!

Ditto privet and yew, and in fact any of this lot : Plants Toxic to Horses

It's a wonder any of the brutes manage to survive!

[Whorty]

That's what I thought. I was amazed anyone even noticed they were there.

They're doing quite well now, look lovely along my fence line

[d000hg]

That's a lot of effort for £3 per plant.

That's what I thought. I was amazed anyone even noticed they were there.

[SueEllen]

I meant to post this, glad someone else remembered

I planted a small row of laurels on my boundary last spring, against a quiet country road. Maybe 6 2' plants which cost me about £3 each. The next morning, some bugger had pulled them all up.

That's a lot of effort for £3 per plant.

[d000hg]

I meant to post this, glad someone else remembered

I planted a small row of laurels on my boundary last spring, against a quiet country road. Maybe 6 2' plants which cost me about £3 each. The next morning, some bugger had pulled them all up.

[Whorty]

In my old childhood neck of the woods manhole covers are frequently nicked and the metal sold as scrap. Always makes an interesting drive when going back to see my Mom and suddenly there's a gaping hole in the road!!

[northernladuk]

We get a lot of this over neck of the woods but not to that scale. Isn't unheard of for someone to put a post on the local community facebook site that 4 or 5 slabs have been removed from their path. Same general consensus is they are taken to fit a job, probably to replace a load that got stolen

[ladymuck]

I know Storrington. Most of it is rough as old nails.

It does look like a nick to order of 'aged' slabs.

[SueEllen]

The paving slabs don't look in good condition.

They must have been stolen to order to fit an existing garden/drive.

[jainnode]

dear, oh dear

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