Garden Griping

We recently resigned from our community garden space. Why? People are annoying. Also, I suffer from a severe monthly open house neighborhood potluck phobia. More time to spend in our own backyard.

Dear X,

I DID approach you in person in the garden about your dogs. I asked you to put them on the leash as is required by our bylaws. Your dogs startled me when they both ran at me and my 3 year old son.

I did not talk to you directly about bringing alcohol to the garden because I needed to read the city policy on this. I thought it was a great idea but unfortunately against city rules.

I did not know for sure that your dogs pooped in the garden. I made the assumption your dogs did it because two out of three where off leash and the feces where fresh. Thanks for cleaning it up and again please put your dogs on the leash. This goes for all gardeners. Even if you have a friendly dog. If you insist on having your dog off the leash you should at least keep your dog under voice command so they can not run at other gardeners.

I will in the future try to be more direct to you if I see any issues again.

About this comment of having children under control. I would be in favor of adding language to our bylaws that makes it clear to parents to keep their children under close supervision in the garden. Children can destroy plants or ornaments (as my kids have in the past done so when I did not pay attention).

However your comment implies that my son was doing damage and or taunting your dogs. I did not see any of this. I would like to hear from any gardener if they see this behavior. Feel free to be firm with my kids if you see them "taunting dogs" or "picking things out of plots" and let me know.

> dear X.
> with all due respect, my dogs were under my control and right next to my garden plot and the dog poop that you found on the path were not from my dogs but I picked it up anyway as i did a bunch of catshit and other garbage lying around. maybe we could also implement a rule of having more control of children that come to the garden not just wandering about unsupervised picking things out of plots that aren't yours and or taunting dogs that are in the garden.
> If you have any other issues in the future please approach me in person like an adult and don't just send a lame e-mail.
> thanks X and two dogs (which by the way were praised for good behaviour by another gardenmember also with a dog off leash)