Does your partner fill your garden with junk? - Page 4

Jimbuna · 08-25-18, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Haukka81

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 · 08-25-18, 09:20 AM

What happened to the victory gardens?

Jimbuna · 08-25-18, 09:23 AM

The war ended in 1945.

Buddahaid · 08-25-18, 09:50 AM

And with it fresh vegetables.

Jimbuna · 08-25-18, 10:10 AM

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 · 08-25-18, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Nathaniel B.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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

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 · 08-26-18, 04:49 AM

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

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 · 08-26-18, 04:57 AM

Dust bins made of pure silver. Oh those empire days

Eichhörnchen · 08-26-18, 05:07 AM

STEED · 08-26-18, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

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

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 · 08-26-18, 09:03 AM

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

Eichhörnchen · 08-26-18, 01:13 PM

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

Catfish · 08-26-18, 01:38 PM

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

STEED · 08-26-18, 06:32 PM

^Stonehenge 2?

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

Jimbuna · 08-27-18, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

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

08-25-18, 09:20 AM	#47
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	What happened to the victory gardens? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-25-18, 09:23 AM	#48
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,795 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The war ended in 1945. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	And with it fresh vegetables. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-25-18, 10:10 AM	#50
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,795 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-26-18, 04:49 AM	#52
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,452 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	When I was a kid every household had just *one* of these 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 __________________

08-26-18, 04:57 AM	#53
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Dust bins made of pure silver. Oh those empire days __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,452 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	__________________

08-26-18, 09:03 AM	#56
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,795 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-26-18, 01:13 PM	#57
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,452 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Was that the time you got back to your house and found all the locks had been changed too? __________________

08-26-18, 01:38 PM	#58
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Some junk would not change much right now.. in the middle of re-arranging the "garden". __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

08-26-18, 06:32 PM	#59
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	^Stonehenge 2? Just make sure you don't copy ours or the druidess be after you. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!