Does your partner fill your garden with junk?

[Eichhörnchen]

My wife has a thing about stuffing every available space in our garden with pot plants and ornaments (mostly frogs and owls)

This means that any time I have to do an important man-job, like rodding the drains or cutting the grass, I have to shift dozens of bloody pots and concrete animals first

As if that weren't bad enough, I'm forever falling over the damned things

Does anyone else prefer an uncluttered garden?

[Aktungbby]

My wife has a thing about stuffing every available space in our garden with pot plants and ornaments (mostly frogs and owls)

This means that any time I have to do an important man-job, like rodding the drains or cutting the grass, I have to shift dozens of bloody pots and concrete animals first

As if that weren't bad enough, I'm forever falling over the damned things

Does anyone else prefer an uncluttered garden? BITE YOUR TONGUE! STATISTICALLY SHE'LL OUTLIVE YOU AND THE HOLE IS PROBABLY ALREADY DUG I'M SURE-WIVES QUIETLY CONTEMPLATE THESE WEIGHTY MATTERS AT OUR AGEhttps://media1.tenor.com/images/90c89364e74b18ac3c52230717441f3f/tenor.gif?itemid=5293997... MEANWHILE WHILE YOU'RE STILL 'ABOVE GROUND' ADD AN ORNAMENT OR TWO OF YOUR OWN ...:shucks: https://www.garden4less.co.uk/spin/medium/vivid/squirrel/squirrel.gif FOR ONLY £22.99(RESIN) OR CAST STONE https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/0b6368f0-774f-41ba-85c7-b08b79f93e93/svn/garden-statues-gnsqst-ag-64_300.jpg$60.00
:yeah:

[STEED]

Buy a shotgun and have a blast. :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

That last squirrel looks like he's praying, too

[Jimbuna]

Nearly thirty pots and a dozen or so concrete animals at the rear but most importantly....not a blade of grass.

[Commander Wallace]

I think you should look at this situation from another perspective, Eichhornchen. Just pave over the garden or lay concrete and you can either put up portable basketball stands with nets so you can play basketball. you could also use it as a squash court or play deck hockey on it. I'm sure there are other things you could do as well.





Now you have a nice recreation area. :)

[Eichhörnchen]

Oh yeah... then when I fell over her pots I'd smash my teeth in

[Aktungbby]

Just pave over the garden or lay concrete and you can either put up portable basketball stands with nets so you can play basketball. you could also use it as a squash court or play deck hockey on it. Oh yeah... then when I fell over her pots I'd smash my teeth in WEAR A MOUTH GUARD!:D THE GREAT ONES ALL DO:https://media.gq.com/photos/558290ce1177d66d68d541ec/master/w_800/blogs-the-feed-steph-curry-mouth-piece-02.jpghttps://media.gq.com/photos/558290cee52bc4b477a9933b/master/w_800/blogs-the-feed-lebron-james-mouth-piece.jpg 'N IF IT'S MINNESOTA STYLE HOCKY:k_confused:....DON'T SWEAT THE DETAILS: https://i2.wp.com/viraluck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/6da26aa7eed308b831ca7000847f7c5f.jpg?w=800&ssl=1https://i1.wp.com/viraluck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/88271512ad731a19a1cc815300eca1d0.jpg?w=800&ssl=1:wah:

[Catfish]

No, thank god. There is a bit of art Kitsch, but this is somewhat necessary; often something we brought with us from holidays but usually it is also something functional..
I am right now moving stones from one place to another, to build a dry stone wall out of unworked stones, and it is no fun at almost 30 degrees :oops:

[Sailor Steve]

Don't have a partner. Don't have a garden. I don't have a lot of junk either, but that last should probably be qualified by how you define "junk".

[STEED]

it is no fun at almost 30 degrees :oops:


Stop bitching on will you, on and on and on about the weather! You trying to puts us Brits out of a job? :03:

[Reece]

Yeh, nothing wrong with the 30's, it's the 40's and above I don't like!!:yep:
My wife has a nice garden and where it gets a bit thick with plants she mows around them so I have no complaints!!:yeah:

[GoldenRivet]

Our garden. lol

our entire family calls my house the "plant hospice"

its the place plants come die.

every spring my wife pours her soul into making the garden look as beautiful as can be, she weeds it, puts down new mulch and new decorations, plants lovely flowers.

within a week it is a wasteland... she isnt known for her green thumb lol

seriously she will call us into the room "You guys come look at my lovely new plant!"

me and the kids will almost simultaneously respond with "Poor thing." - "it has no idea what fate awaits it." - "i'll see that it gets a proper burial." - "do you have a list of its next of kin?"

on more than one occasion i have suggested pulling all the weeds, tilling the soil up with a few cans of salt, laying down pine needles throughout, and topping it off with gravel and a few nice ornamental things... she hasnt taken me up on it though yet

[Reece]

Try a concrete jungle!!:yep:

[Buddahaid]

No lawn, bliss. :sunny::sunny:

[Sean C]

My wife bought one of those garden gnomes once. I was using the weed whacker one day when I got a little too close and took his face right off. :o


That was years ago, but of course I still hear about it every now and then.



our entire family calls my house the "plant hospice"


its the place plants come die.

every spring my wife pours her soul into making the garden look as beautiful as can be, she weeds it, puts down new mulch and new decorations, plants lovely flowers.

within a week it is a wasteland... she isnt known for her green thumb lol


Haha! My wife is also quite the plant assassin. Try getting her a "Pothos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum)". It's nearly impossible to kill. I know. My wife has tried ... and failed. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

That's really funny, guys, because my wife also brings all these plants home... along with big fancy glazed pots to put them in... then she plants them and forgets all about them. If I don't water them they die... so most of them die.

I will often come across a fancy pot out there with a dead twig in it, and to the twig is attached a price ticket (she never bothers to take these off) and a label with a picture of a beautiful plant on it.

[Aktungbby]

OUR GARDEN IS MUCH THE SAME BUT WE HAVE ALL THE POTS AND RATHER LARGE VEGGIES PLANTER BOXES ON TIMED 1/4 '' BLACK PLASTIC IRRIGATION TO ALL THE POTTED PLANTS, PATIO ROSE STANDS ETC ARE EACH WATERED THUSLY. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51O+kdBdQrL._AC_SR160,160_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91alw%2B3b%2ByL._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpgTHE WHOLE YARD IS THUS IRRIGATED SEPARATLY FROM THE LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEM. ITS CHEAP AND ONCE DONE THE WATERING/DEAD PLANT ISSUE IS RESOLVED. TRIMMING WITH HAND SHEARS OR A WEED WHACKER IS A BIT DICEY ; I'VE CUT A FEW OF THE PLASTIC LINES FROM TIME TO TIME-NO SWEAT JUST JAM IN A CONNECTER AND REATTACH THE LINE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aloY23VSkE
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[Eichhörnchen]

We're British... we're not that organised

[mapuc]

You have told us how your love ones have filled your garden with al kind of stuff.

I would love to see some picture, if it's possible.

For me it's a real eye-pleasure to see a (forgot the word)garden.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

I'll post some pictures, Markus :up:

[August]

Not only does my wife have potted plants and statuary in the garden she has broken clay pots turned upside down and stuck under the bushes around the yard.



First time I saw one I asked her what they were for and she said it was a "Toad House" Apparently there is a shortage of housing for amphibians in my back yard that urgently needs to be addressed by scattering shards of pottery everywhere.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ :haha: Don't you just love 'em? If I tell Moira about this then I just know I am going to start finding 'toad houses' everywhere

[Aktungbby]

^I IMAGINE U AND AUGUST HAVE 'TOAD THE LINE' FOR SOME TIME NOW....:O::k_confused:I JUST CUT, TRIM, MOW AND DO HEAVY LIFTING AS DIRECTED; IT'S HER GARDEN AND SHE'S THE BOSS :Kaleun_Salute: ...AND DOES MOST OFTHE COOKING AND I LIKE EATING ON SCHEDULE!!!:oops: SO IT'S 'QUID PRO HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW'....DEAR:yep: Apparently there is a shortage of housing for amphibians in my back yard WE HAVE SALMANDERS, THEY HIDE IN THE MOIST FIREWOOD STACK.

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/t2LiDsE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1yI1WgW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/0TxazWA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5YtalRh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/robviUA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VLQO2AF.jpg (Even round the flaming dustbin)

That's an old-fashioned hand-pump in picture no.3... I set it up over the tank which collects all the rainwater from the roof

[Eichhörnchen]

This pump seems to work better than any of those you see in old movies... the water really gushes out with no effort at all

https://i.imgur.com/wsyAg5d.jpg

You hang the watering can on the little spur above the spout

[mapuc]

Thank you Eichhörnchen :Kaleun_Salute:
You must be proud to have a wife with those skills

Turning a garden into something beautiful.

You are a lucky man.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

I see we are both afflicted with solar light syndrome :)

I'll take a few snaps when it gets dark.

[Eichhörnchen]

You ought to see my brother's place: he's got them strung out and planted everywhere. It drives his missus up the wall... every time they go to the garden centre he has to buy more. He bought a load when we went to stay last week... his garden looks like Las Vegas at night

(PS: thanks, Markus)

[August]

I see we are both afflicted with solar light syndrome :)

I'll take a few snaps when it gets dark.


I went through that phase too! :salute:


I'm down to just a few around the yard and along the driveway. I can quit any time I want!

[Jimbuna]

The iPhone camera isn't ideal, especially in low lighting conditions.

https://i.imgur.com/e3GJMG6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CBVzupX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DNhwNeT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1G08zB1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/h1FLqIM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/87OliwO.jpg

[Jimbuna]

https://i.imgur.com/4oiXX0U.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/74j4n6A.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SuTbAQO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/o6oQCdl.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

That looks nice... a very relaxing place to sit out in the evening

[STEED]

Looks smart jim, one question where is the out door fridge full of beer? :03:

[Jimbuna]

That looks nice... a very relaxing place to sit out in the evening

When you get the weather (and fit the cushions to the chairs) it usually is :)

https://i.imgur.com/f43A7nm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Looks smart jim, one question where is the out door fridge full of beer? :03:

Check out picture 5, the double garage has space a plenty for the beer storage facility but check out picture 6 to see the vicious man eating guard dog should you get any nefarious ideas :D

[Aktungbby]

BITE YOUR TONGUE! STATISTICALLY SHE'LL OUTLIVE YOU AND THE HOLE IS PROBABLY ALREADY DUG I'M SURE-WIVES QUIETLY CONTEMPLATE THESE WEIGHTY MATTERS AT OUR AGEhttps://media1.tenor.com/images/90c89364e74b18ac3c52230717441f3f/tenor.gif?itemid=5293997... MEANWHILE WHILE YOU'RE STILL 'ABOVE GROUND' ADD AN ORNAMENT OR TWO OF YOUR OWN ...:shucks: https://www.garden4less.co.uk/spin/medium/vivid/squirrel/squirrel.gif FOR ONLY £22.99(RESIN) OR CAST STONE https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/0b6368f0-774f-41ba-85c7-b08b79f93e93/svn/garden-statues-gnsqst-ag-64_300.jpg$60.00
:yeah: https://i.imgur.com/DNhwNeT.jpg PICTURE THREE IS PROOF: GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE:O:

[Jimbuna]

NUTS!!

[STEED]

Check out picture 5, the double garage has space a plenty for the beer storage facility but check out picture 6 to see the vicious man eating guard dog should you get any nefarious ideas :D


That little pooch! :o

[Haukka81]

https://i.imgur.com/4oiXX0U.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/74j4n6A.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SuTbAQO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/o6oQCdl.jpg



How you English (?) people can live with so small garden or backyard ? :P

Looks nice but so small , maybe im too used in Finland where we have lots of space avaible.

Nice looking anyway :)


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[Eichhörnchen]

Perhaps the answer lies in the way many Brits regard the garden as just another 'room' for the house (when the weather allows). So many folks here like a private area outside, where they can relax without being watched by strangers.

We are a Nation of house buyers in the UK, so we look for a place which gives us what we want... my wife and I wanted plenty of garden because we wanted lawns, seating areas, space for pets and wild areas, so we had to go somewhere we could find all this at a price we could afford... which was why we had to move right away from our home town.

Other people prefer an enclosed and more formal garden, with decking and pools etc, where they can chill without worrying about how fast the grass and hedges are growing.

[AVGWarhawk]

My wife and I installed an in ground pool. Problem solved.

[STEED]

Perhaps the answer lies in the way many Brits regard the garden as just another 'room' for the house (when the weather allows).

Not me, I think its a bloody pain in the arse ruined by weed pollen from next doors weed forest who just let it grow out of control.





So many folks here like a private area outside, where they can relax without being watched by strangers.


Not around here, bloody housing popping up every where and I have been informed by my council my protest along with others about plans to build housing on some rotten land next to my gaff has been given the go ahead. You want privacy around here forget it.

[Sean C]

Our property here in Virginia is about 1,238 m² (13,330 ft² or about a third of an acre). My back yard alone is about 638 m² (6,869 ft² or 0.16 acres).


That's all well and good ... until it's time to mow the lawn. Back when all I had was a push mower, between the bees, low hanging branches from the three trees on our property and the hot summer sun, I used to come in sweaty, bloody and defeated. Even with the riding mower (lawn tractor) I have now, it's no easy task. What with all the trimming and bush manicuring I have to do. It's an all day job. Not the way I'd like to spend my day off.


A bigger property seems nice ... at first. But, what do we really do with it? Not much. Sure, we could host a party of several dozen people comfortably. But the reality is that most of the time it's just a pain in the arse.


Even though our property is relatively small for this area, I often envy people who "only" have a postage stamp sized yard to deal with.

[Eichhörnchen]

You're right... at the moment I'm constantly to and fro the local recycling centre (used to be called the Tip) with sacks of hedge and tree prunings. As you get older you do wish there was far less to do... it's a neverending task

[Jimbuna]

How you English (?) people can live with so small garden or backyard ? :P

Looks nice but so small , maybe im too used in Finland where we have lots of space avaible.

Nice looking anyway :)


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What could one expect to receive in Finland for £250k?

[Buddahaid]

What happened to the victory gardens?

[Jimbuna]

The war ended in 1945.

[Buddahaid]

And with it fresh vegetables.

[Jimbuna]

The emphasis then turned to commercial growers as opposed to home gardens but there are still some avid vegetable growers who use their rear gardens or take on an allotment but much fewer in number as each year passes by.

[Aktungbby]

It's an all day job. Not the way I'd like to spend my day off.


A bigger property seems nice ... at first. But, what do we really do with it? Not much. Sure, we could host a party of several dozen people comfortably. But the reality is that most of the time it's just a pain in the arse.


Even though our property is relatively small for this area, I often envy people who "only" have a postage stamp sized yard to deal with.

You're right... at the moment I'm constantly to and fro the local recycling centre (used to be called the Tip) with sacks of hedge and tree prunings. As you get older you do wish there was far less to do... it's a neverending task YUP! YARD WASTE IS A PROBLEMO. WE SHARE THE THE BROWN YARD-WASTE DUMSTERS ON OUR STREET (THERE ARE THREE: GARBAGE, RECYCLE AND YARD-WASTE-PER HOUSEHOLD) SO IF ONE HAS A BIG PROJECT-MAJOR PRUNING ETC IT'S NO HASSLE. HALF MY YARD(8000 SQ FT) IS FORMAL GARDENS AND LAWNS; THE SIDE AND REAR HALF ARE A LARGE GARDEN BOXED (4) FOR OUR 'VICTORY GARDEN' PEAS, SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, CARROTS, LETTUCE, GREEN AND YELLOW BEANS, ONIONS, TOMATOES, CORN, PUMPKINS, MELONS AND BASIL AND ROSEMARY. ONE BOX IS FOR RASPBERRIES AND I HAVE GLEANING PRIVILEGES FROM MY NEIGHBORS APRICOT AND PEACH TREES AS MY WIFE LIKES TO CAN HER OWN JAMS. ALL MY YARD TOOLS ARE ELECTRIC INCL THE CHAINSAW FOR VICIOUS ROSE TREES, SO NO GASOLINE TO STORE IN THE GARAGE. EATING A SALAD FROM YOUR GARDEN AND PUTTING YOUR OWN JAM ON ENGLISH MUFFINS IS A REAL KICK.

[Eichhörnchen]

When I was a kid every household had just one of these

https://i.imgur.com/KCuj7wY.jpg

We had one of these when I got married and got my own place, but now we can have up to three different coloured big plastic wheelie-bins outside our houses (landfill/recycling/garden)

The bin men would come and empty one tin bin every week and that was enough for most folks... it just shows how things have changed

[Catfish]

Dust bins made of pure silver. Oh those empire days :o

[Eichhörnchen]

:har::har::har:

[STEED]

When I was a kid every household had just one of these

https://i.imgur.com/KCuj7wY.jpg

We had one of these when I got married and got my own place, but now we can have up to three different coloured big plastic wheelie-bins outside our houses (landfill/recycling/garden)

The bin men would come and empty one tin bin every week and that was enough for most folks... it just shows how things have changed


Arrgh, a trip down memory lane when snickers were marathon and analogue TV had only three stations up to 1982. Those were the days care free when men were real men and women were real women and a pint of beer was less than a pound, and PC madness was a joke.

Like you Eich, those wheely bins and boxes and all those regulations and collection dates have sent it all to pot.

[Jimbuna]

That reminds me of the time in 1977 when I was a marine engineer......prior to going away the chocolate bar was called Marathon and during the course of a three month trip I came across Snickers in one or two countries which had me thinking 'These are blatant copies of the Marathon'.

Returned back to the UK anf realised the name had been changed :doh:

[Eichhörnchen]

Was that the time you got back to your house and found all the locks had been changed too?

[Catfish]

Some junk would not change much right now.. in the middle of re-arranging the "garden".

https://i.imgur.com/KpPdzHKm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2DPLyZNm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JW5xtv8m.jpg

[STEED]

^Stonehenge 2? :hmmm:


Just make sure you don't copy ours or the druidess be after you.



https://www.londonforfree.net/gizmo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/stonehenge2.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Was that the time you got back to your house and found all the locks had been changed too?

Wasn't married then, simply a free spirit sailing the worlds oceans and partying in each port we dropped anchor :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/ijI0iz6.jpg I was just handed this as a late birthday gift this afternoon


https://i.imgur.com/DuA8tcK.jpg (She bought it for a joke then forgot all about it)

[Commander Wallace]

Wasn't married then, simply a free spirit sailing the worlds oceans and partying in each port we dropped anchor :03:




I'm betting you know this song then. " When I was still single, my pockets would jingle ." :D I remember my boss singing this at the job I worked in High School.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czODZGUp12o

[Aktungbby]

https://i.imgur.com/ijI0iz6.jpg I was just handed this as a late birthday gift this afternoon


https://i.imgur.com/DuA8tcK.jpg (She bought it for a joke then forgot all about it)
:k_confused:JEEZE! YOU LET MOIRA READ MY POSTS FOR INSPIRATION?!! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2565536&postcount=2 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2565536&postcount=2) :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

That squirrel has a shifty look... not sure there's room in the garden for the both of us

[Catfish]

That squirrel has a shifty look... not sure there's room in the garden for the both of us

So if you do not change your facial expression you'll have to go?

[Jimbuna]

https://i.imgur.com/ijI0iz6.jpg I was just handed this as a late birthday gift this afternoon


https://i.imgur.com/DuA8tcK.jpg (She bought it for a joke then forgot all about it)

A bag of multi-coloured gravel? :hmmm:

:03:

[Jimbuna]

I'm betting you know this song then. " When I was still single, my pockets would jingle ." :D I remember my boss singing this at the job I worked in High School.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czODZGUp12o

Back in the day I seldom wore trousers when ashore :)

[Aktungbby]

Back in the day I seldom wore trousers when ashore :) NATURALLY! GOOD SEMENSHIP IS ESSENTIAL!:O:

[Catfish]

^ you should really go to bed now :haha:

[Jimbuna]

NATURALLY! GOOD SEMENSHIP IS ESSENTIAL!:O:



https://i.imgur.com/Mdqy1eu.jpg

[Commander Wallace]

NATURALLY! GOOD SEMENSHIP IS ESSENTIAL!:O:






I was going to respond to Jim in my usual flippant manner but decided to behave. I'm glad you responded for me. :haha: