I knock and ask permission, too. It depends on the circumstances. Cynthia Mueller Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25, 2013, at 2:00 PM, "Bill Lee" <blee811@aol.com> wrote: > > Why not knock on the door and ask permission to take a small cutting? My house is not really on a traffic street, but if I caught you trying to take a cutting without my permission, I wouldn't be nice to you. > Bill Lee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> > To: Society' 'Pacific Bulb <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 1:22 pm > Subject: [pbs] Rescue horror stories > > > Years ago I used to make my children snatch bits of likely plants that were > "sticking out" of a yard. We would drive to wherever there was a likely > candidate, and I would tell them that "they won't arrest children...." and "no > one will notice a tiny bit missing".... They would sink down in the car seat and > whine, "no - please - not again!" Sometimes I would pass an interesting plant > for even several years, saying to myself that I should try to get a start - and > suddenly it would be gone, a victim of homeowner disapproval or a bulldozer. So > this is a good deed we're doing, as long as the original can spare some of its > parts. -Cynthia W Mueller > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/