Melva, I really think this person would just steal the camera along with the plants.
As for barbed wire, as a former resident of refugee camps and DP camps, I can't think of anything that would evoke worse memories. Besides, I'm getting old and my balance is going haywire, so I'd be the one to trip over it -- early and often. I also don't want to hurt any of the children and dogs in the neighborhood or arouse the anger of their possibly litigious parents and owners.