Veg theft from community garden '˜due to help yourself sign'

It sounds like the plot of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit where a host of vegetables disappear overnight.

FILE PICTURE - Pollok Park gardener Paul Hilton inspects the damage at the vegetable allotment after a raid which saw thousands of vegetables stolen. September 19, 2017. See Centre Press story CPVEG; A suspected raid at a garden plot where thousands of vegetables were stolen could have been a confusion which saw members of the public help themselves. Gardening staff were shocked when they discovered that their winter harvest, including carrots, leeks, turnips, and onions, had disappeared. It is thought that almost half a tonne of vegetables were taken over the weekend. Staff believe the raid at Glasgow's Pollok Park must have been premeditated due to the huge number of crops that were stolen. But a member of the public has told how they were visiting Pollok House on Sunday for Doors Open Day when they saw "between 15 and 20 people" in the plot.

But in the case of a vegetable “raid” from the walled garden at Pollok House in Glasgow, the likely culprit was not a giant Were-Rabbit, but more likely members of the public enjoying the 2017 Doors Open Day at the stately home.

However the incident on Sunday, which left the whole vegetable plot decimated, appears to be the result of a misunderstanding over a notice which said “Help yourself”.