tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16712604.post3911180069161397664..comments2023-10-23T13:33:54.024-07:00Comments on Mental Masala: Urban Gardening to Connect People and Cool the CityMarchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14108059997977496770noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16712604.post-47912073481520389512007-05-28T10:19:00.000-07:002007-05-28T10:19:00.000-07:00Hi Marc - After a couple of years in which people ...Hi Marc - After a couple of years in which people would come by and strip the pomegranates from our tree, last year I wrote <A HREF="http://www.elise.com/weblog/archives/004189theft_deterrence.php" REL="nofollow">Please do not steal</A> over all of the poms within reach. It worked! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the next season.Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535761252579791323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16712604.post-23174852383218595462007-05-22T22:02:00.000-07:002007-05-22T22:02:00.000-07:00ed -- You're right that the purloiner could have w...ed -- <BR/><BR/>You're right that the purloiner could have written a similar message. However, there is something special about growing your own fruits and vegetables, a sense of a journey and accomplishment.<BR/><BR/>As for garden groups being an "appropriate" way to meet to talk about an approved subject, one could also argue that building social networks can lead to significant discussions about unapproved subjects. I imagine that people who know each other through a garden club are much more likely to talk about "significant issues" than people who have never met.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108059997977496770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16712604.post-5413913000642013632007-05-20T22:41:00.000-07:002007-05-20T22:41:00.000-07:00"I appreciate you like the small papaya. I have pl..."I appreciate you like the small papaya. I have plucked it. You can buy it at the nearby market. Thank you!"<BR/><BR/>...could be the response of any 'purloiner'. After all, the original message could work both ways could it not?<BR/><BR/>btw, they might have covered it for ripening purposes.<BR/><BR/>"Now people get to know each other. They exchange plants, they meet, they make nursery trips together. It makes gardening so much less painful".<BR/><BR/>These are, in singapore, socially appropriate ways to meet...since talking intelligently about significant issues is a 'no no' amongst the chinese. That makes LIFE 'less painful' as they can concern themselves with other things and leave their future in the hands of their rulers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com