Why is everyone else's garden better than mine?

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  1. Jenny namaste

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    A lovely post that Kristen.
    Full of wisdom; you really do need friends to drop by so that you can step back a bit and see it all from a different perspective for a while don't you?
    Jenny
     
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      I find writing up my blog (which I only do once a year) very cathartic for realising just how much we have done over the season, and looking back similarly for previous seasons, even though, to me, the place still looks like a work-in-progress / building site :)
       
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        I'm pretty certain your garden is not worse than mine. ;)
         
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        Parts of my garden look like (well they actually are) a building site, with cement mixer, bags of sand/cement and bricks and blocks. As Kristen said above most of us are very selective when taking photos. People joke on here that I always have a bottle of wine in shot, thinking it's for scale, well actually it's just to distract viewers from finding the background pile of pallets/floorboards. Even after 28 years my garden is still a work in progress :)
         
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          Now there's an idea Jenny:thumbsup:......
          Kriiiistennnnn:biggrin::dbgrtmb:
           
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            No, no, no Loli ... Jenny was referring to C1's garden :)
             
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              Well we'll all go to Clues ASWELL then:biggrin:
               
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                Hahahaha ... OK :)
                 
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                  Excellent idea. Bring your tools:biggrin:
                   
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                    Sat nav and bottle opener Loli...:dbgrtmb:
                     
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                      Jobs a gud un Jen:thumbsup:
                       
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                        Funtastic! Then it is worth it's weight in gold, Kristen! :thumbsup:
                         
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                          I built this 11 years ago in the bottom corner of my garden, it took me all my spare time one summer. I hardly ever sit there but it's a wonderful focal point!
                           
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                            That's real Purdy JR...:dbgrtmb:. And beautifully placed,
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                            Clueless, may I ask, how is your mam a widow if you help your dad with his allotment?
                             
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