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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: is this front yard jackfruit fair game?
« on: February 05, 2025, 09:40:43 PM »People take our passion fruits and the occasional mango overhanging a sidewalk. I tell them, "take 1, only 1". And I teach people how to pick passion fruit and mangoes when they are ripe. Hate it when they get wasted, but those pickers probably are less likely to try again. I like the idea of sharing fruit and fruit knowledge. Have given away many passion vines to neighbors and fruit thieves. I figure if they grow their own, less likely to take mine. Being nice also makes it weirder for some people to steal. Funny thing is, it is never or rarely the poor taking fruit. It's the old guy and his wife driving a Mercedes or BMW that cusses me out when I ask, "what's up?" as they are stabbing fruits. Entitled, rich, angry fruit thieves are the worst.
Far Side rocks Epi!
Rob do you have trees planted in your front yard and do you have a front yard fence? I always said I would put in a fence later. But the problem is, now these trees are getting big and a fence might not be feasible at this point. I was trying to look at the survey for my house and figure out exactly what the easement is (to make sure it doesn't go right through the tree's trunks) but it doesn't seem clear. I have a large easement and of course I planted in every available spot, up to the street. I have mango, avocado and coconut in the front yard. These are prime targets for fruit thieves I've heard. I also have starfruit, jackfruit, black sapote and mulberry, and will plant white sapote in the future. Hopefully these fruits are less desirable to thieves. Right now only the starfruit is fruiting and nobody has touched it but it's far from the road. If anyone takes my first jackfruit I will be sad. And of course, that jackfruit is NOT fair game! The easement is for the utility companies, it's not a free for all. Asking the owner and offering to buy one is the only way.