On 2013-08-17 19:54:47 +0100, David Hill said:

On 17/08/2013 18:57, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-17 17:09:15 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/08/2013 17:25, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:28:31 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...actly-5mm.html



I dislike manicured lawns and gardens. It looks artificial.

Steve


Strange, I like it, possibly having parks work in my dim and distant
past, though it's nothing ,like mine.
I'm surprised no one has picked up on the patches on the lawn, I
wonder if he has a female dog?

In the actual newspaper photo they're not visible. Photoshop?! I
thought the saddest thing I read was that their son wasn't allowed to
play football on that lawn. When I think what my lawn looked like after
the children had 'mown' it on the little tractor, kicked a ball, done
'Wimbledon', played around it hiding behind trees and shrubs with bb
guns (think that's what I mean!) we'd all barbecued many, many times,
adults sitting out until dark chatting and wining and dining, dogs
digging holes etc. that lawn was full of memories for me and all of
them good ones. Whatever floats your boat etc. but I'd hate to go to my
grave with everyone saying "well………….she had a tidy lawn"!

If you open the link and look at the grass above his wife's head there
are 3 yellowing patches, also since he was 40 when he started on his
garden I doubt his son missed much football esp
there was a cricket field and a football field up the road he could use
instead.
It also says he "can" spend up to 30 hours in a week, as for that about
cutting the grass twice in a day, I often do that when I mow, I cut one
way then cut across at right angles. I used to have a neighbour who cut
his lawn every morning before starting work, he used a push mower, and
I'd say his grass was better than that in the pictures.
Remember he opens his garden for charity and has won best garden Good
luck to him
the down side?
Well he admits to playing Golf.

The newspaper article actually said the son wasn't allowed to play
football on it. I'm sure he raises money for charity and indeed, we're
going to a garden tomorrow (x fingers) that does the same but I very
much doubt they're so obsessive. All these things are in the eye of
the beholder and that's just not a garden I can admire, even while I
acknowledge the hard work that goes into it. and can admire the
dedication.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk