If I can get an automatic notification that crops are ready to be harvested in one of my garden plots, could the game also recognize when I get there that I am the plot owner and allow me to harvest?
I scurried home just now only to discover that I could not harvest any crops. Apparently if someone else plants herbs or crops in my public plots, I am blocked from harvesting them so that the person who planted them has a chance. I get the same warning in local chat as I do in the public gardens.
It doesn't seem reasonable that the person who is being notified that their crops are ready to pick (the plot "owner") is still blocked from harvesting.