In message , Sacha
writes
On 2011-01-23 11:10:28 +0000, Jake said:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:46:30 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-01-22 12:25:01 +0000, floydie-pink
said:

We have moved house last september and have a faily dececnt sized
front
and back garden snip
This is a British centred gardening group so we may not be able to
help
you in any sensible fashion. Where you have a 'yard', we have
gardens. I hope this helps you to find a group that might be of more
use to you.
Sacha - a quick check indicates that the OP is in South Yorkshire.
Jake

So it seems - the use of 'yard' sounded American. It's not unknown for
people to wander in and find they've lost the way!

When I was a kid the concreted area outside the kitchen window was
referred to as the yard. Yard=garden is an Americanism, but yard as
distinct from garden isn't.

He said yard area, in a context where he was not equating it with the
garden as a whole.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley