I'm guessing that trail cam caught some poachers. We used to live in a neighborhood that had a common area, and my house bordered the playground. People walking into the playground thought nothing of stopping to pick my flowers. I used to grow some pretty expensive daffodils that I showed in our Daffodil Society show. You can imagine my disappointment at seeing a $12 bloom disappear right after it opened.
I finally fenced in the yard, which caused the HOA to have an emergency meeting to try to make a new rule saying no fences. the neighbors on either side of me decided to put fences on their yards, too, because they were tired of inconsiderate parents and kids. I landscaped outside the fence with iris pallida, rudbeckia, a blackberry vine, and older varieties of hosta. Whenever I saw a kid getting interested in a flower, I would pot one up for them and send it home with them. I told them to just ask me, and I would find just the right one for them. When I moved, the whole block had i. pallida in front of the houses. It was really pretty. I told the kids the name was grape soda pop.
Never again will I buy property that borders common ground. Too many people think the common property runs right up to your doorstep, and that everything in your yard is their property also.
