They may wait, oh, 60 days to get a nice size squash, and just before it's ready to harvest it disappears.

Oh I feel so invaded, you know, it's like a personal affront. You've worked so hard to get things to grow well and healthy, in a healthy manner, and it's gone.

It's a bummer, but I can wait a few more days.

They can't harvest the grapes until they are ready. They can't try to pick them early, the crop wouldn't be able to go to market.

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight,

It's only been a few days, so I've got to wait for the swelling to go down and the stitches to come out, and we'll go from there. The doctor told me I'll be swinging a bat by this weekend, but I don't think that will happen.