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Knicker drawer?

FireFire Posts: 19,096
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David Wheeler of Hortus suggests that we should feel the freedom to put a garden together as we would our knicker drawer (no pressure). Everything doesn't need to be perfectly arranged, rolled, measured, highly curated - unless you like it like that. I find my gardens do indeed pretty much echo my knicker drawer and I was wondering where you stand.

You might prefer to think of it as a kitchen cupboard question. Do your cupboards reflect your garden arrangement?

Knicker drawer? 22 votes

Yes, I can see the connection
59%
AuntyRachmadpenguinBlue OnionraisingirlSuesynThornieJennyJWild_VioletStephenSouthwestOliyaBluejaywayclematisdorsetkate.james58 13 votes
No, my underwear has no bearing on my garden
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AnniDBusy-LizzieLoxleyButtercupdaysMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hantscoccinellaamancalledgeorge 7 votes
I have no idea what you are talking about
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Hostafan1Papi Jo 2 votes
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  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Yes, my garden reflects my boxers after 12 pints of Guinness and a prawn Vindaloo.  :)
    Sunny Dundee
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Yes, I can see the connection
    There are laissez-faire people, there are control-freak people, and there's a whole range of people in-between. I guess our approach extends to gardens as well as wardrobes, cupboards, knicker drawers (or should it be drawers drawers?) etc.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I heard the talk where he said that and have to say I had no idea what he was talking about.
    Hortus is an excellent magazine, some of the best Garden writing around.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    JennyJ said:
     should it be drawers drawers?

    :D
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    punkdoc said:
    I heard the talk where he said that and have to say I had no idea what he was talking about.
    Throw stuff in and give it little further thought
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    "'Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    No, my underwear has no bearing on my garden
    I spend more on my garden than my knickers and I plan more for my garden. Knickers don't get much thought, never folded or arranged tidily. Why should they be? Can't see them in a drawer.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Like Liz,  who sees your knickers in the drawer,  however I don’t spend much on the garden,  probably more on knickers,  pack of 5 each year,  same as a pack of seeds. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Yes, I can see the connection
    I’ve often said that you only need to peep into a person’s cutlery drawer to have a sense of their personality - ie. organised, chaotic etc. For me it would read: ‘attempts at being organised but life to too short to line your forks up’. 

    I wonder if the people with lined-up forks, or lined-up knickers, are the same people who have highly manicured gardens? 
    I wonder if the people with messy cutlery and knicker drawers have messy gardens or do they in fact have fabulous gardens because they spend time doing that instead?? 


    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Yes, I can see the connection
    Who says a messy garden can't be fabulous?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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