WINONA, Minn. – The stereotype about gardeners as back-to-the soil purists — authentic and honest – isn’t entirely right. Ask the people who run the seasonal garden center in the Hy-Vee parking. They told police that tw0 people – a criminal gang, no less — had stolen a bag of mulch and a flat of perennials. The theft is on video, the Hy-Vee security team said. So too is the license plate of the get-away vehicle. A shoplifting citation is in the works — albeit the forensic evidence undoubtedly is already part of an a home garden somewhere and nonrecoverable. Please pardon us, dear reader, if this story doesn’t seem worth the space on your on-screen landscape. It’s been a slow news day.
