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    Anybody ever seen the movie, "Secret Window"? By Stephen King, starring Johnny Depp I think.

    Anyways, in case you haven't, the point is that the killer would bury the bodies and than plant corn on top of it. Supposedly the corn would eat through the bodies very quickly, thereby destroy any evidence of said bodies. At least, that's how I understood it.

    Anyways, since then, I've always eyed my neighbor rather suspiciously.

    First, some context. I live in a suburb. As in, spec houses everywhere. Nothing fancy. Be lucky if we had some trees around, but it's mostly lawn.

    One of my immediate neighbor has, for years, planted a small garden in the back. The size of it would be... I'd say something like 5 yards in length and width. Quite small.

    He's grown a couple of things I can't make out. Looks like cabbage as well, but mostly corn.

    Well, a couple of nights ago, the owner was actually out there, in the dark, at around 9 to 10pm, working on it. And in order to see in the dark, he had to set up a few, small light-alls (high powered lamps) in order to see.

    That's how it got my attention, by the way, because it was the light was shining thorugh my window. Now, my question is, IS THIS NORMAL? Does anybody garden at night? Couldn't he wait until the morning?

    [insert creepy music here]

  • #2
    Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

    I know nothing about that, but in my mind a dude trying to bury a body would want to avoind light, not wake a neighbor up with it.....

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    • #3
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      Yeah, I would be burying my bodies around 3 am!!

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      • #4
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        I don't know where you live, but it is 90 degrees outside my house right now. I've decided that anything that needs to be accomplished outside can wait until after 7:00. Probably the case for this guy.

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        • #5
          Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

          First thing that comes to mind is..... was he sober??? He sounds like my ex-neighbor after he's had a few to many.

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          • #6
            Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

            Thanks gang. That does make me feel better, though it is still strange to see a tiny patch of corn sticking out in the middle of a development.

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            • #7
              Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

              He may have had problems with raccoons or other furry creatures getting into his corn. Maybe he was keeping watch.

              My father-in-law (who lived in the country) would sit in a lawn chair with a rifle at night to kill the rodents who attacked his sweet corn.

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              • #8
                Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

                My dad would leave a small portable radio playing in the corn field
                Darn raccoons.

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                • #9
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                  Its cooler at night and he could be ridding the corn of corn weevils or another pest,that come out to feed only at night

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                  • #10
                    Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

                    Would it be out of line to ask the man why he gardens by moonlight? I'd be much too curious not to inquire.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

                      Originally posted by Bookie
                      Would it be out of line to ask the man why he gardens by moonlight? I'd be much too curious not to inquire.
                      Oh sure, come up with the simple, obvious response, why don't you.

                      Actually, I thought of that at first, but then, I decided that I didn't want to risk becoming the next garden feed.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

                        Actually, on GardenWeb there was a whole thread at one time about gardening at night. Some people had so much to do in the garden that they did some into the night, or they had to do it at night because they worked all day and into the evening. So it isn't THAT unusual. Night time is a good time to hunt for snails and people who fish sometimes go out at night to get worms for bait.

                        I suppose gardening at night is a tiny bit eccentric, but I guess suburbia is changing a lot if having a small vegetable plot is considered an odd thing. 99% of the reason I have a suburban house is so I can have gardens, Vegetable and ornamental! When I was growing up, not so long ago, vegetable gardens were very common in the neighborhood. One neighbor had quite a large one.

                        Oh, and on GardenWeb they will tell you that the correct place to bury bodies (like those of anyone who messes with your garden) is in the compost heap. Burying them under stands of mostly-grown corn would be bad for the corn!

                        -TinyFish

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                        • #13
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                          Gosh, Tinyfish, I thought burying the bodies under corn would provide great fertilizer. Guess I am wrong! :-)

                          My husband has done his yardwork at night because he works during the day and because of bad weather had to wait to plant a bush or whatever.

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                          • #14
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                            I was thinking more of the issue of digging up the corn to plant people under it . Not to mention when the police dig up all your lovely corn acting on a tipoff from a concerned neighbor! Though I suppose you might also have a problem with too high a nitrogen content. So in the end, the best place is still the compost pile! As they say on GardenWeb...It All Leads Back To Compost.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Crazy question for you gardeners

                              "Dust thou art, and to dust thou shall return."

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