Herb thief on the loose!

Lock up your pantries ladies, a recent spate of targeted burglaries has Peabody Street residents fearing for the safety of their herb gardens. The area has been peppered with reports of local herb crops being picked and plundered in the dead of night by a masked prowler. “Father Thyme,” as locals have dubbed him, has been hitting gardens, flower pots and planters in the area for the last several nights. Cilantro, rosemary, basil and dill are all reported missing; presumptive casualties to Thyme’s haul.

 

MPD’s Gardens Division spokesperson, Eloise Kristoffersen, had some sage advice for concerned herb keepers: “Don’t plant anything at ground level you can’t afford to lose. Keep your more valuable crops in window box planters at least 15-20 feet off the ground. Remember the herb gardener's old adage, ‘All-spice and a watchful eye keep the care-away.’”  The Observer will continue to monitor our very own ‘Cumin Missing Crisis’ until Father Thyme’s reign has been clipped, chiffonaded and muddled into the cocktail of justice.