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Our family has a community garden plot in Dartmouth. We were so excited about our three tiny spaghetti squash. Not only would we get to enjoy practically free squash, but I wouldn’t have to carry the heavy fruit home from the market. But you stole them! If it had been harvest time and the squash were ready and you were hungry, we’d be OK with that. They’re not worth eating yet. You stole the pleasure of watching the fruits of our labour grow, as well as the potential to enjoy many good bowls of spaghetti. —Squashed
This article appears in Sep 8-14, 2016.
Hmmm… have you considered racoons? They like spaghetti.
That really sucks.
I’m with MethinksYHZ – could have been a critter. Like a squash-loving wharf rat.
Critters don’t take the whole squash. They eat what they want right there and leave the rest.
What is lower than the dirt on a snail’s underside? The common garden thief.
Nothing says integrity and class like stealing food from people who can’t afford to buy their own.
Maybe the person who took it was hungry and had no money?
Depending on where you’re planting, you might as well piss in the wind than expect it to stay intact. Thieves are scum & they’re everywhere.
Screw those plots down by the oven. Hoodlums always harvest early or destroy the crops. What I find works best is guerrilla up the hill on the flower beds. No one ever thinks to look there.
Maybe the person planting, watering and nurturing it is hungry and has no money?
One worked for it, the other didn’t.
What a sin! I’m so sorry for your misfortune. It would have been so nice to share with your family. <3