It was important to us to have at least one off-road parking space. I think it looks bad to have the street littered with cars, it's difficult to drive through, and it's also bad for pedestrians. We have shops that we can walk to locally and I feel bad for people who are disabled or parents with babies, trying to use the pavement.
I have terrible allergies so a large garden was never in the picture. Just a little space where we can grow a few vegetables, sit out and have a cup of tea on the odd sunny day. A little bit of green and growing space is still important even if I can't spend too much time in it! It also seems like a good idea for the environment. I'd happily live in a flat if they had a large courtyard for everyone to share, balconies, some sort of green space to offset it.
Personally I think the car situation is ridiculous, at least around here. Everyone has off road parking, but the streets and pavements and front gardens are all littered with cars anyway. It's not uncommon to see a house with four cars. And these aren't massive houses, so of course there isn't space for all of them.
We get the odd person parking in front of our house and it drives me crazy because there really shouldn't be a need for it here. I wish the council would ban street parking here, or at least parking up on the pavement.
I’m the only gardener here, nearest other property is about 1.5 miles, and I haven’t got a clue who they are or what they’ve got. I love it like that, no neighbours no boundaries no noise. Heaven??
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Cars and fashion are driving away gardens. It is very depressing. There are about three gardeners only on my street of 120 households. Most treat their spaces as a chore and many have put down astroturf / concrete or zen chips. Of course, they love flowers and green but seem to want to get it out of a box and not look after plants. Most of the window boxes are full of dead, unwatered plants all year around. We are an impatient nation. Perhaps people are rebelling against their staid parents. My parents didn't garden, so it's all new and exciting to me. It teaches long times arcs, patience and close attention - not very fashionable at the moment.
Yes indeed. I am going for it too - to inspire neighbours to use their precious space. I'm hoping to put some 'help yourself' chard by the front gate to help kids to see that growing veg isn't hard and you don't need much space.
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It was important to us to have at least one off-road parking space. I think it looks bad to have the street littered with cars, it's difficult to drive through, and it's also bad for pedestrians. We have shops that we can walk to locally and I feel bad for people who are disabled or parents with babies, trying to use the pavement.
I have terrible allergies so a large garden was never in the picture. Just a little space where we can grow a few vegetables, sit out and have a cup of tea on the odd sunny day. A little bit of green and growing space is still important even if I can't spend too much time in it! It also seems like a good idea for the environment. I'd happily live in a flat if they had a large courtyard for everyone to share, balconies, some sort of green space to offset it.
Personally I think the car situation is ridiculous, at least around here. Everyone has off road parking, but the streets and pavements and front gardens are all littered with cars anyway. It's not uncommon to see a house with four cars. And these aren't massive houses, so of course there isn't space for all of them.
We get the odd person parking in front of our house and it drives me crazy because there really shouldn't be a need for it here. I wish the council would ban street parking here, or at least parking up on the pavement.
Argh, sorry for the rant!
Exactly! Like I've mentioned, I have many allergies and even I can see the benefits of green spaces.
I’m the only gardener here, nearest other property is about 1.5 miles, and I haven’t got a clue who they are or what they’ve got. I love it like that, no neighbours no boundaries no noise. Heaven??
Sounds perfect Lyn, I'd love to move somewhere like that in the future. Do you have a lot of land for gardening too?
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Cars and fashion are driving away gardens. It is very depressing. There are about three gardeners only on my street of 120 households. Most treat their spaces as a chore and many have put down astroturf / concrete or zen chips. Of course, they love flowers and green but seem to want to get it out of a box and not look after plants. Most of the window boxes are full of dead, unwatered plants all year around. We are an impatient nation. Perhaps people are rebelling against their staid parents. My parents didn't garden, so it's all new and exciting to me. It teaches long times arcs, patience and close attention - not very fashionable at the moment.
My street is turning into a nightmare scenario, at the moment not one, but two front gardens are being
dug up and replaced by block paved frontages, and another having a new blocked drive.
So my large front garden is fast becoming a rare site on what was a lovely green street.
However I aim to hit back in Spring when the mowing season starts by creating my own front garden
masterpiece. That will show them. Ha-Ha.
Yes indeed. I am going for it too - to inspire neighbours to use their precious space. I'm hoping to put some 'help yourself' chard by the front gate to help kids to see that growing veg isn't hard and you don't need much space.
Three quarter acres Mark, it will be up for sale in about 5 years I expect, fast becoming too much for me.