Thursday, November 11, 2010

Surveyor Trashes Magnolia...

Why, you might ask, is this surveyor's stake nailed (ah-hem: "staked") to the fence?



Here's the evidence:
Exhibit A: Kicked-in bottom gate.

Exhibit B: Trashed Magnolia grandiflora (valuable tree) with new surveyor's stake (with orange flagging tape) in background.
Exhibit C: Surveyor's stake, with sight-line shearing off magnolia:

What would you do?

I am so tired of people "just doing their job" and trashing gardens, as if plants we've trained for years--and our efforts--are completely irrelevant. The owner wasn't home, no permission was granted...we'll see if this was a sneaky developer/vandal/just a totally inexcusable execution of a job.
(I'm branching out into Mr. Bean-style home security)

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