"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
Farm1 writes

It's horses for courses. What works for me and turns me on won't
do
that for another gardener. If you don't like junk, then I don't
mind
if you don't see the value of junk then it's just more junk for us
other gardeners who like it :-))

I think the main trouble comes when, as a result of the size of
gardens
generally in the UK, it's what you see from your windows!
A neat and tidy gardener would probably despair if he overlooked a
scruffy gnome-filled patch with weeds and "wildlife" encouraged
planting, uncared for shrubs and the odd pile of tyres and freezers.

However the same would be true in the reverse.
I don't think people mind what anyone else likes in a garden maybe
it's
just living with it if you overlook a different gardening
viewpoint

I love the thatched cottage and pretty houses of some areas of the
country and wouldn't mind living opposite them but would be
frightened
to death of actually owning and upkeeping them!

Same goes for the Christmas garden/house decorations that are now
becoming common. A friend lives opposite a truly car-stopping set of
Xmas decorated houses. As she said, "it's okay if you live in it a d
you
can't see it but it's another matter to try and sleep with the
migraine
inducing flashes of a 7 foot father Christmas climbing up the front
wall
of the house opposite"

Janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk