Life after boating......

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Nearby neighbour has a perfect garden it even looks like those pictures in gardening books all laid out ,everything in its place,and I notice yesterday he was even doing the work in the garden as per the book,one day I must meet him it all seems so bloody neat!.........is gardening a substitute for boating?
 
projects I could take on............taming the garden,building a granny flat in basement(damp a problem),train the dog,or at least find out why he seems stressed out,go Shopping more,keep the car clean.
 
Dull people have immaculate gardens.

We had neighbours like that. They have moved away and I am delighted to see the new neighbours are allowing their garden to go to rack and ruin
 
Wansworth said:
........is gardening a substitute for boating?
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Spending the weekend putting twee little stripes in the lawn (which the wife would no doubt find fault with), pruning the bloody azaleas or whatever they are, listening to that Radio 4 Gardening program, and God forbid, watching that crushing Monty Don bore... o_O

I'll stick to sailing!
 
dom said:
Spending the weekend putting confounded stripes in the lawn, pruning the bloody azaleas or whatever they are, listening to that Radio 4 Gardening Programme, and God forbid, watching with the missus that crushing Monty Don bore... o_O

...no thanks! I'll stick to sailing!
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On the slippery slope.........stripes in the lawn!
 
Im no ornithologist but my garden is full of sparrows tits finches wrens robins blackbirds and others that I dont know what to call and its a complete tip. I like it that way
 
Even worse than gardening would be, horror of horrors, the motor caravan!

Giving up the peace and freedom of the sea to spend your leisure time on the roads; where's the appeal in that?
 
Biggles Wader said:
Im no ornithologist but my garden is full of sparrows tits finches wrens robins blackbirds and others that I dont know what to call and its a complete tip. I like it that way
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Day of the Sparrow was the 15th..........apparently they are disappearing but your garden which sounds like a complete mess is probably a haven away from pesticides and lawn care products....
 
Why give up one, to do the other? I reckon it entirely depends how big (and how hilly) your garden is.

In the 1970s my family moved into a place where the previous owners left a pram dinghy. Before I was given the run of Chichester Harbour, I launched it into the garden pond. The pond wasn't much bigger than the dinghy, but oh my lord, it was fun.

I still love lakes. If I had even a quarter of an acre of level garden, I'd design a lake and hire a mini-digger.

Islands, jetties, a boathouse, bullrushes...and no sailing club fees for the Osprey. :D

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When I was about 10-15 years old, the ground my house is on, had my fathers holiday home. I used to get a regular good hiding if the b..y grass was not cut. The ground was always a rutted bog, so the rotary mower used to stall every 5 minutes & a job to re start. It took ages to rake the grass.
When he died I knocked the lot down, built myself a decent house & concreted most of the b..y grass over. There is a tiny bit left & the wife cuts that in 15 minutes flat. I did buy her a new mower with a grass box for a birthday present though. Plus it is easy for her to start. She does not know how lucky she is!!!
 
Poignard said:
Even worse than gardening would be, horror of horrors, the motor caravan!

Giving up the peace and freedom of the sea to spend your leisure time on the roads; where's the appeal in that?
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I was about to post this!

More than a couple of our club members have got into the appeal of motor-homes after sellng their boats. I do get the not weather dependant appeal of being able to go where you please but trundling along the motorways, traffic etc....

XYDave and his plus 1 are getting either a Grand Banks gentleman's motor cruiser or a narrowboat, depending on how much cash is left after sailing.

Narrowboating doesn't actually look that appealing, most of the canal network looks like crime scene and appear to be a magnet for the great unwashed.

'Look we're going under another bridge covered in graffiti!'

Towpath = dog poo.
 
We have an 'informal' garden, natural pond, wild around the edges with a natural ditch, lots of birds and wildlife, next doors cats are regular visitors but definitely not immaculate.
 
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