|
Gardens and moving house
I would appreciate some thoughts on this subject. Our property is mainly
planted up with mature trees and shrubs. I like it that way, friends have commented on the lack of flowers and bedding stuff, my answer is that there is always something happening out there and the wildlife love it. We will be putting the house on the market later in the year and I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. kate |
Gardens and moving house
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I would appreciate some thoughts on this subject. Our property is mainly planted up with mature trees and shrubs. I like it that way, friends have commented on the lack of flowers and bedding stuff, my answer is that there is always something happening out there and the wildlife love it. We will be putting the house on the market later in the year and I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. kate ""I like it that way"" The next people in might rip the whole lot out and turn it into a children's football pitch. Happened to our neighbours house. One the other hand, our garden was a kids playground, they had 6 children, it is now landscaped and has been open to the public. As long as it is neat and tidy that's all you need. Your dog? How deep? Are they likely to find him/her with normal trimming up etc? If there is any chance then yes you need to tell them. Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
Gardens and moving house
'Mike' wrote:
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I would appreciate some thoughts on this subject. Our property is mainly planted up with mature trees and shrubs. I like it that way, friends have commented on the lack of flowers and bedding stuff, my answer is that there is always something happening out there and the wildlife love it. We will be putting the house on the market later in the year and I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. kate ""I like it that way"" The next people in might rip the whole lot out and turn it into a children's football pitch. Happened to our neighbours house. One the other hand, our garden was a kids playground, they had 6 children, it is now landscaped and has been open to the public. As long as it is neat and tidy that's all you need. Your dog? How deep? Are they likely to find him/her with normal trimming up etc? If there is any chance then yes you need to tell them. Mike Or, of course, you could dig the remains up and take it with you. |
Gardens and moving house
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I would appreciate some thoughts on this subject. Our property is mainly planted up with mature trees and shrubs. I like it that way, friends have commented on the lack of flowers and bedding stuff, my answer is that there is always something happening out there and the wildlife love it. We will be putting the house on the market later in the year and I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. kate I'd leave it as it is. One never knows what new owners will want to do. We once sold a house with a gorgeous garden, pond, sitting areas, paths etc. All was ripped up and put down to grass because they had small children.... We have our house on the market ATM. It was lots of difference colours.....didn't sell. the estate agent advised us to 'get up a ladder and paint everything magnolia' .............still hasn't sold ! Jenny |
Gardens and moving house
"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I would appreciate some thoughts on this subject. Our property is mainly planted up with mature trees and shrubs. I like it that way, friends have commented on the lack of flowers and bedding stuff, my answer is that there is always something happening out there and the wildlife love it. We will be putting the house on the market later in the year and I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. kate I'd leave it as it is. One never knows what new owners will want to do. We once sold a house with a gorgeous garden, pond, sitting areas, paths etc. All was ripped up and put down to grass because they had small children.... We have our house on the market ATM. It was lots of difference colours.....didn't sell. the estate agent advised us to 'get up a ladder and paint everything magnolia' .............still hasn't sold ! Jenny Jenny, someone somewhere wants your house. It's a case of waiting until they see that your house is on the market. Been there done that got the furrows in the brow No way would a 'non gardener' want my house now. ""I"" would be put off buying my house because of the state of the garden, BUT, when we opened it to the public a couple of years ago, it had the 'Wow' factor. How do I know? Because someone on coming round the corner seeing the layout, colour, planting said ""WOW"" Kind regards and don't give up hope Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
Gardens and moving house
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
... I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for Do nothing other than keep the style it is looking as neat/tidy as appropriate. and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Maybe at completion, leave tham a note! Telling a visiting punter may put them off! pk |
Gardens and moving house
PK says...
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I wonder if I should do anything to alter the garden, what do people look for Do nothing other than keep the style it is looking as neat/tidy as appropriate. and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Maybe at completion, leave tham a note! Telling a visiting punter may put them off! pk After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted. |
Gardens and moving house
snip and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Maybe at completion, leave tham a note! Telling a visiting punter may put them off! pk After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. -- David in Normandy. Many thanks to all, comments very helpful. The only one in doubt is our ex pet dog, she died about 3 years ago and buried about 2ft, deep, maybe I plant a beautiful shrub over her and they wont want to move it anyway . Actually the whole conversation is rather funny cos our neighbours are funeral directors complete with chapel of rest :-) Also we had our big horse cremated when he was put down, he is now in a very nice box in the corner of the lounge. Our friend and farrier who is psychic reckons that we wont plant him, the horse not the farrier, until we settle somewhere, I`ll get me coat :-) kate |
Gardens and moving house
On 27/2/08 19:43, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote: snip and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Maybe at completion, leave tham a note! Telling a visiting punter may put them off! pk After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. -- David in Normandy. Many thanks to all, comments very helpful. The only one in doubt is our ex pet dog, she died about 3 years ago and buried about 2ft, deep, maybe I plant a beautiful shrub over her and they wont want to move it anyway . Actually the whole conversation is rather funny cos our neighbours are funeral directors complete with chapel of rest :-) Also we had our big horse cremated when he was put down, he is now in a very nice box in the corner of the lounge. Our friend and farrier who is psychic reckons that we wont plant him, the horse not the farrier, until we settle somewhere, I`ll get me coat :-) kate I can't imagine what you're worrying about, Kate. Follow my husband Ray's maxim (not true!) He says he's going to be cremated and scattered 4 oz to the square yard and forked in lightly. ;-)) Seriously, I think you do have to warn people. Imagine the shock of digging up bones and not knowing if they're human or not. It sounds as if you're fairly relaxed about the whole thing and of course, you know what these bones are. The new owners or the ones after that and etc. etc. etc. long down the lines, won't have a clue. In the short term, it could 'come back' on you if only because I *think* it's now illegal to bury pets in your garden - might not have been when you did it. I recommend that, given your connections, you unearth your dog, have the remains cremated and either scatter them in the garden or on a favourite walk or something of that sort. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Gardens and moving house
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 27/2/08 19:43, in article , "Kate Morgan" wrote: snip and should I tell peeps that our old pet dog is buried in a shady corner. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Maybe at completion, leave tham a note! Telling a visiting punter may put them off! pk After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. -- David in Normandy. Many thanks to all, comments very helpful. The only one in doubt is our ex pet dog, she died about 3 years ago and buried about 2ft, deep, maybe I plant a beautiful shrub over her and they wont want to move it anyway . Actually the whole conversation is rather funny cos our neighbours are funeral directors complete with chapel of rest :-) Also we had our big horse cremated when he was put down, he is now in a very nice box in the corner of the lounge. Our friend and farrier who is psychic reckons that we wont plant him, the horse not the farrier, until we settle somewhere, I`ll get me coat :-) kate I can't imagine what you're worrying about, Kate. Follow my husband Ray's maxim (not true!) He says he's going to be cremated and scattered 4 oz to the square yard and forked in lightly. ;-)) Seriously, I think you do have to warn people. Imagine the shock of digging up bones and not knowing if they're human or not. It sounds as if you're fairly relaxed about the whole thing and of course, you know what these bones are. The new owners or the ones after that and etc. etc. etc. long down the lines, won't have a clue. In the short term, it could 'come back' on you if only because I *think* it's now illegal to bury pets in your garden - might not have been when you did it. I recommend that, given your connections, you unearth your dog, have the remains cremated and either scatter them in the garden or on a favourite walk or something of that sort. -- Sacha Garden Burial It is possible to bury a loved one in your garden. The law is contained in the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880. A person who knows the circumstances of the death and has a lawful certificate of the cause of death must first register a death with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. It is then necessary to obtain consent from the local authority to enable the burial to take place. A body comes within the definition of "clinical waste" and as such cannot be disposed of except under the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and the Environment Protection Act 1990. A licensed operator is usually needed but a local authority may waive the requirement in special circumstances. Remember it is a criminal offence to dispose of "controlled waste" otherwise than in accordance with the Acts. Before you consider such a burial stop and THINK what you would do if you ever decided to move! Ashes These can be freely scattered in the garden or buried in a container eg.under a favourite tree. Headstone So long as they are not too near a highway or over a certain height, planning permission is not needed to put up a headstone in a garden. Pets In general terms a pet owner can bury his pet in the garden of the domestic property where the pet lived so long as it is not within the definition of hazardous waste. If in doubt enquire of the local authority. http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/gardenburial.html Kind regards Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
Gardens and moving house
After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. -- David in Normandy. Many thanks to all, comments very helpful. The only one in doubt is our ex pet dog, she died about 3 years ago and buried about 2ft, deep, maybe I plant a beautiful shrub over her and they wont want to move it anyway . Actually the whole conversation is rather funny cos our neighbours are funeral directors complete with chapel of rest Well we have all had a think and it has been decided to do nowt, at the moment. We will probably put a nice shrub over her then wait until someone want`s to buy the house and decide then if we tell them or not, I expect I will warn them but if the shrub is beautiful they wont want to move in anyway, now then what shrub --- says she going off outside muttering :-) Thanks to all, kate |
Gardens and moving house
David in Normandy writes
After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. Friend of ours was a zoologist who used to bury dead animals in order to clean the skeleton. While trying to sell a house he was frantically digging a border to retrieve a skeleton that he *knew* he'd buried there, but could find no trace. This might have been understandable had it been a mouse - but it was a Great Dane ;-) As to what people look for in gardens - as a general rule, gardeners know what's what. They'll keep what they want and know what's involved in changing the rest - no window dressing possible. Just listen carefully, and if they turn out to have gardening tendencies, draw their attention to all the treasures. Non-gardeners want the garden to be 'easily maintained' - so as others have suggested, concentrate on keeping it looking tidy, trim grass edges and bushes, get rid of obvious weeds like dandelions and nettles, make everything look effortlesslessly tidy rather than running out of control. -- Kay |
Gardens and moving house
In article ,
says... David in Normandy writes After we bought our previous house the neighbour mentioned that the previous occupant had buried their dead cat somewhere around where I was digging ground to make a veg plot. Sure enough it wasn't long before a cat skull was grinning at me. I put it in the dustbin - not sure what you are supposed to do with pet skeletons when reclaiming every diggable inch of a small garden. I certainly wouldn't want to keep finding it every time I lifted potatoes! I doubt mention of said animal would have put us off buying the house, but it would probably put some people off. Friend of ours was a zoologist who used to bury dead animals in order to clean the skeleton. While trying to sell a house he was frantically digging a border to retrieve a skeleton that he *knew* he'd buried there, but could find no trace. This might have been understandable had it been a mouse - but it was a Great Dane ;-) As to what people look for in gardens - as a general rule, gardeners know what's what. They'll keep what they want and know what's involved in changing the rest - no window dressing possible. Just listen carefully, and if they turn out to have gardening tendencies, draw their attention to all the treasures. Non-gardeners want the garden to be 'easily maintained' - so as others have suggested, concentrate on keeping it looking tidy, trim grass edges and bushes, get rid of obvious weeds like dandelions and nettles, make everything look effortlesslessly tidy rather than running out of control. when moving here and starting to garden we were alarmed by the amount of large animal bones in the garden, whole animals, cows, horses, sheep. we found out a vet had lived here during the war and we assumed he was hiding his mistakes! however we subsequently met his son who claimed his dad was following local advice for fertilizing the ground! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Friend bought a house and was told dogs were both buried under nice shrub ( philadelphus I think) She said it was good to know as they just avoided doing any digging in that part of the garden. Eventually added a bench and few bulbs etc.
Was only told at point of signing etc. |
Too late for daffodil bulbs?
In article , wind'n'stone writes: | | My neighbour knows I'm trying to start up my garden from scratch | (currently huge lawn and sorry beech hedge with the odd tree) he has | just handed me in a few plants and a bag of daffodil bulbs. Some are | done but most are still quite firm. | Question is, will they grow if I plant them out? | Should I plant as normal or do something different. Just plant them. Most will grow but probably not flower this year. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Too late for daffodil bulbs?
On 13 Mar, 10:35, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:56:14 +0000, wind'n'stone wrote: My neighbour knows I'm trying to start up my garden from scratch (currently huge lawn and sorry beech hedge with the odd tree) he has just handed me in a few plants and a bag of daffodil bulbs. Some are done but most are still quite firm. Question is, will they grow if I plant them out? Should I plant as normal or do something different. About ten years ago I planted a few hundred too late to flower. They flowered the following year and have flowered every year since. Daffodils are good at adapting. Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd * * * * *http://npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Build Neural Networks. *http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. * * Forecast the Future. * *http://www.swingnn.com I have found over the years that the late planted daffs normaly flower first year but often dont flower the 2nd year as they didn't build enough into the bulb, but after that flower as normal. I found a fer packs of daffs and tulips that the wife had bought and had forgoten about so planted them into pots yesterday. David Hill Abacus NUrseries |
Too late for daffodil bulbs?
On 13 Mar, 13:37, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:22:36 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill wrote: I have found over the years that the late planted daffs normaly flower first year but often dont flower the 2nd year as they didn't build enough into the bulb, but after that flower as normal. I found a fer packs of daffs and tulips that the wife had bought and had forgoten about so planted them into pots yesterday. The ones I planted were very late. So late I could call it early for the following year. The garden is alive with lots of small daff varieties. The larger flowered ones have been and gone. I got a message from a friend who is a commercial grower with a picture of her fields of daffs. They are timed to flower late. It seems late flowering daffs are almost as profitable as earlies. Another interesting daff development is in drug production. Apparently those varieties don't flower at all. I forget which drug they produce from the roots. Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd * * * * *http://npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Build Neural Networks. *http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. * * Forecast the Future. * *http://www.swingnn.com Farmers in Wales could soon be growing fields of daffodils to provide a cheap source of a compound used in drugs to combat dementia. Trials to harvest the country's national flower - and Wordsworth's inspiration - for its medicinal qualities are under way and the scientist behind the idea hopes full-scale local production could begin next year. Professor Trevor Walker and colleagues hope to perfect methods of extracting the compound from bulbs, and land in the Black Mountains has been turned over to supplying the raw material. Studies carried out with the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, have been encouraging, said Prof Walker. "We were testing the theory that if we stressed the plants by growing them at altitude they would produce more of the plant alkaloid galanthamine, which has proven effective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. "The tests showed that the compound was generally found in much higher levels in the daffodils grown at 1,400 feet in the Black Mountains compared with the same varieties planted in Pembrokeshire at sea level. Our elderly population will benefit by having this substance available to them at affordable prices. It will also help the local economy by giving Welsh hill farmers, some of whom are pretty desperate to eke out a living, something else to farm other than uplands oats or sheep." Prof Walker is founder of a research and development company called Alzeim and he is talking to companies which could turn extract into tablet form. Natural galanthamine is gathered in wild plants of the snowdrop family, which includes the Narcissus or common daffodil, in the Balkans and in China. Synthetic versions are expensive. Some of the work on daffodils has been financed by a rural development programme funded by the European Union. Its manager, Lee Price, said the success of the field trials "could be a godsend for our upland farmers as well as a breakthrough in the treatment of the symptoms of a terrible disease, which already afflicts more than 650,000 people in the UK". David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:51 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter