This could not happen to me... I don't own any jewelry that valuable!

Expensive jewelery (or clothing)is not normally part of my gardening attire. But like most gardeners, if I see a weed that needs removing or a flower that needs a quick deadheading, I will stop and do it on my way to my car while dressed to go out so I could see how this might happen to me. Of course, if the thief was 5' 3" tall, she might think twice before attempting to snatch something valuable from me who is 4" taller.

This would never happen to me. I'm not a jewelry person, but I think this is also an issue of paying attention to what's going on around you. I wouldn't let anyone I didn't know get close enough to me to be able to grab something off of my person.

I wear my wedding/engagement rings unless I'm doing hard-core planting. But deadheading? Sure, if I owned an expensive necklace I might wear it then.
-C

Hello Stuart,

Like Carol, I don't have any jewelry in that price range, but as OldRoses pointed out, that urge to 'fix' something seen on the way into the house can be very strong!

I have cheap hand tools poked into the beds here and there, so while a thief might get close enough to grasp some $12 costume jewelry - I might be grasping a pointed metal trowel at the same time. I'm surprised the victim wasn't similarly 'armed'.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose