Woman ‘livid’ after catching neighour helping herself to herb garden

The Reddit user explained that they have a small vegetable and herb garden in the corner of their garden.

One of their neighbours “has the ability and my permission to reach over the fence and snip off any herbs they need” as they always grow much more than they can use.

She has another neighbour with a new girlfriend who “happened to introduce herself while I was planting the herbs,” so she offered some “once they have a chance to grow a bit”.

Two weeks after she planted them, “the neighbour snips off all but a few leaves off of every herb, I was livid”.

She went over and explained to the neighbour that it was too soon and the plants were not ready, and he reportedly apologised and said that the girlfriend wouldn’t be going “anywhere near the herbs”.

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A week later, however, the woman caught the neighbour “out there again with a pair of scissors” when her plant only has three leaves on it.

She explained: “Apparently, she can’t make meatballs without parsley and the grocery store within walking distance is too far to go.

“We looked at each other for a few seconds and then I just said, ‘Please get your herbs at the store from now on’.”

The neighbour turned bright red and went into the house, “hopefully she embarrassed herself enough to stay away,” the woman said.

The Reddit post was inundated with comments from other users who had similar issues with their own neighbours.

One woman explained that she had the same problem with her next-door neighbour who would use a ladder to climb over a seven-foot fence to steal all of her cherry tomatoes.

“This year I bought an indoor planter with all the bells and whistles. The same neighbour saw it through the window and asked for a key to the house so she could get what she needed if we weren’t home. Sometimes I just don’t get how entitled people think,” she said.

Another social media user, with username @MoxieGirl9229, suggested getting some shade cloth and a frame and covering them.

She explained that her herbs will still get the sun and rain, but “wouldn’t be easily accessible”.