We bought our first house in 1973. I hadn't a clue about gardening. Mother-in-Law came to stay, she was a skilled gardener. We walked up the street and she named all the bedding plants in the front gardens. We went and bought my favourites and - yes, I did plant a row of alternating blue lobelia and white alyssum.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Start with a bed of crazy paving then, as everyone says, edge it with blue lobelia and white alyssum. Behind, standing proud and surrounded by bare soil but just close enough to jar horrendously roses Queen Elizabeth and Orangeade. It will be spectacularly horrible but as you’ll be gardening in loon pants and an Afghan coat your clothing will deflect the neighbours’ attention.
At the first sign of greenfly within 1 mile of your house be sure to blast the plants with a combination of the various toxic chemicals you have in your shed. You’ll need one of these
My advice to you is don't have a 70s garden. Gardening as we know it was in its infancy. Think of the taste of a four year old. don't wear loon pants. Eat a proper prawn cocktail or cheese and pineapple on sticks. They are actually quite nice. I've never tried A fondue, but maybe it's good. A proper chicken Kiev is delicious but deadly. Some 70s fashion was quite tasteful, but it's never going to make it to the internet. Much of it was abysmal. Why spoil a good story with the truth?
Indoors, we decorated our living room with something called Fibron. It came in a cardboard tub, and you decanted the "stuff" - short acrylic fibres, in a number of colours (we chose old gold, trendy at the time) - into a bucket, adding adhesive and water. When it was mixed you just bunged it on the wall. Hubby discovered you could throw it, from a distance... great fun. Well, we were young and stupid...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I've had a real giggle reading through all the posts - thanks so much for your input and experience....what a laugh. I guess hindsight is always 20-20 😆
There are some things we're genuinely going to take from the posts so far and that would fit straight in, especially in a spot we have close to the house.... crazy paving, that blue furniture (I'm on the hunt already) and we've got a ton of spare pots and some raised planters that we'll fill (come time) with some of the suggestions. Absolutely top stuff - made my evening 😁👏🏻👍🏻
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Perfect.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
At the first sign of greenfly within 1 mile of your house be sure to blast the plants with a combination of the various toxic chemicals you have in your shed. You’ll need one of these
Yes, but aged five they were a thing of perfumed wonder.
Some 70s fashion was quite tasteful, but it's never going to make it to the internet. Much of it was abysmal. Why spoil a good story with the truth?
Indoors, we decorated our living room with something called Fibron. It came in a cardboard tub, and you decanted the "stuff" - short acrylic fibres, in a number of colours (we chose old gold, trendy at the time) - into a bucket, adding adhesive and water. When it was mixed you just bunged it on the wall. Hubby discovered you could throw it, from a distance... great fun. Well, we were young and stupid...
Absolutely top stuff - made my evening 😁👏🏻👍🏻