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Sacha wrote in
: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ns-immaculate- garden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.ht ml Now THAT is a very nice garden indeed. One day....... Baz |
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On 17/08/2013 16:12, Baz wrote:
Sacha wrote in : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ns-immaculate- garden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.ht ml Now THAT is a very nice garden indeed. One day....... Baz Just not enough hours in my week to spend that much time on it. |
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In message , Sacha
writes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-immaculate-g arden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.html Reminds me of the Bullitt-Finches in "Blott on the Landscape" by Tom Sharpe. You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to them! David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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That and Golf.
Bet he's a bore. Where and what would his conversation subjects be outside of these? Mike "Broadback" wrote in message ... On 17/08/2013 16:12, Baz wrote: Sacha wrote in : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ns-immaculate- garden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.ht ml Now THAT is a very nice garden indeed. One day....... Baz Just not enough hours in my week to spend that much time on it. |
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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 -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 2013-08-17 16:32:00 +0100, David Rance said:
In message , Sacha writes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-immaculate-g arden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.html Reminds me of the Bullitt-Finches in "Blott on the Landscape" by Tom Sharpe. You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to them! David We're strange people, we humans. I don't like that garden. It's over-tweaked, manicured, tidied and perfect to a point that depresses me. I like gardens to be quite a bit less groomed than that - which is probably just as well! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Wipe your feet as you go 'IN' Steve?
Know what you mean. I know of houses like that, ""Show Houses"" not homes Mike "Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... 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 -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 2013-08-17 16:32:00 +0100, David Rance said: In message , Sacha writes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-immaculate-g arden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut-exactly-5mm.html Reminds me of the Bullitt-Finches in "Blott on the Landscape" by Tom Sharpe. You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to them! We're strange people, we humans. I don't like that garden. It's over-tweaked, manicured, tidied and perfect to a point that depresses me. I like gardens to be quite a bit less groomed than that - which is probably just as well! Same here. I think that chap would have a heart attack if he were to see my meadow. Half of it hasn't been cut yet this year! Mind you, that wasn't laziness, it was due to the fact that, whenever we came over earlier in the year, it was raining. However, it'll have to be done this visit (which is, thankfully, a long one) otherwise I'll never be able to harvest my cider apples later. David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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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? |
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On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:09:15 +0100, David Hill
wrote: 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? Well if he hasn't, I can let him have a badger. (Not coming into garden now but still around.) -- Cheers, Jake ======================================= Wilting just a little at the east end of Swansea Bay. |
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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"! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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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. |
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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. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"sacha" wrote in message ... 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"! -- My lawn was *mown* by my geese. They kept it quite short, good enough for me. Tina |
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On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:46:31 +0100, David Rance wrote:
In message , Sacha writes On 2013-08-17 16:32:00 +0100, David Rance said: In message , Sacha writes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...1/Is-Britains- immaculate-g arden-Pensioner-spends-30-HOURS-A-WEEK-tending-lawn-cut- exactly-5mm.html Reminds me of the Bullitt-Finches in "Blott on the Landscape" by Tom Sharpe. You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to them! We're strange people, we humans. I don't like that garden. It's over-tweaked, manicured, tidied and perfect to a point that depresses me. I like gardens to be quite a bit less groomed than that - which is probably just as well! Same here. I think that chap would have a heart attack if he were to see my meadow. I agree heartily with you both. Gardens like this are fun to look at for a minute, but there's something about it that reminds me of a cousin who follows you through the kitchen, wiping after your footsteps with a damp cloth. Even when your feet are clean and dry; very OCD. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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"Martin" wrote in message My lawn was *mown* by my geese. They kept it quite short, good enough for me. What do you do with all the crap they deposit on your lawn? I just let the rain send it into.. |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:14:47 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message My lawn was *mown* by my geese. They kept it quite short, good enough for me. What do you do with all the crap they deposit on your lawn? I just let the rain send it into.. It doesn't work in other places where there are a lot of geese on grass. -- I only had 3. I guess you have to be sensible about the amount of grass/versus the number of geese. It worked well for me, they kept it cropped and fertilised it at the same time. Plus I never got trespassers ;-) Because my gander was so good with me, I never thought to warn my builder who wanted to get some paving slabs from near the lawn. Suffice to say he was able to leap a gate far higher than he thought he could. |
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On 29/08/2013 22:28, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:28:16 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:14:47 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message My lawn was *mown* by my geese. They kept it quite short, good enough for me. What do you do with all the crap they deposit on your lawn? I just let the rain send it into.. It doesn't work in other places where there are a lot of geese on grass. -- I only had 3. I guess you have to be sensible about the amount of grass/versus the number of geese. It worked well for me, they kept it cropped and fertilised it at the same time. Plus I never got trespassers ;-) Schiphol Airport would be interested in advice on how to discourage visiting geese. :-) Because my gander was so good with me, I never thought to warn my builder who wanted to get some paving slabs from near the lawn. Suffice to say he was able to leap a gate far higher than he thought he could. We had two geese when I was a child. Geese are far better than a guard dog. They taste better as well. |
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On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:43:32 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
We had two geese when I was a child. Geese are far better than a guard dog. They taste better as well. How do you know? Ever had a "meat" curry or "meat" in black bean sauce? -- Cheers Dave. |
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