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My next door neighbour is one of those blessed types who always seems to fall on her feet. There's always someone ready and willing to help, babysit, knit, sew and even shop for her. The lady who used to own our house felt so sorry for her starving husband that she'd drop off groceries twice a week -AFTER she'd moved away! Neighbour is an artistic type 
And that ran to her garden. She's been befriended by, hmmmm, let's call him Jim. (Well, it is his name). And he's given her untold help on her little veg garden. He digs, he plants, he waters etc etc. He's a bit of an old-fashioned garden enthusiast, claims all sorts of expertise and experience. In fact, he's taken over almost to the point where it drives my neighbour slightly demented. She's lost control of her own wee patch.
I even used to listen to him and ask for advice. Well, when i got my new greenhouse and raised beds put in at the bottom of the garden last year, I heard through my neighbour that Jim said my greenhouse was in the wrong place and facingthe wrong way. How the h*** does he know if it's in the wrong place?! I know that for ideal gardening in ideal conditions, blah blah blah. but this IS my garden; the greenhouse went where it fitted!
Well, to top it all, OH and I were industriously cleaning the greenhouse at the weekend, Jayes fluid and milton all over the place. Took us hours. It all sparkles. Well, snidey jim came over and said to OH "Oh, you're just cleaning your greenhouse now? I've got my first toms on the go already" etc etc. Well, perhaps he has a heated greenhouse, but I don't and this is Scotland and the temperature is still below freezing every night. So I may be a novice but i know toms won't survive that.
He's absolutely the opposite of everyone on here. Only gives advice to make himself feel superior, and now i've seen how he overwaters next door's greenhouse and makes it literally green all over, green moss, green algae, yuck - well, I don't believe he's all that anyway. So nyah to him!
Rant over, feel better, thank you
And that ran to her garden. She's been befriended by, hmmmm, let's call him Jim. (Well, it is his name). And he's given her untold help on her little veg garden. He digs, he plants, he waters etc etc. He's a bit of an old-fashioned garden enthusiast, claims all sorts of expertise and experience. In fact, he's taken over almost to the point where it drives my neighbour slightly demented. She's lost control of her own wee patch.
I even used to listen to him and ask for advice. Well, when i got my new greenhouse and raised beds put in at the bottom of the garden last year, I heard through my neighbour that Jim said my greenhouse was in the wrong place and facingthe wrong way. How the h*** does he know if it's in the wrong place?! I know that for ideal gardening in ideal conditions, blah blah blah. but this IS my garden; the greenhouse went where it fitted!
Well, to top it all, OH and I were industriously cleaning the greenhouse at the weekend, Jayes fluid and milton all over the place. Took us hours. It all sparkles. Well, snidey jim came over and said to OH "Oh, you're just cleaning your greenhouse now? I've got my first toms on the go already" etc etc. Well, perhaps he has a heated greenhouse, but I don't and this is Scotland and the temperature is still below freezing every night. So I may be a novice but i know toms won't survive that.
He's absolutely the opposite of everyone on here. Only gives advice to make himself feel superior, and now i've seen how he overwaters next door's greenhouse and makes it literally green all over, green moss, green algae, yuck - well, I don't believe he's all that anyway. So nyah to him!
Rant over, feel better, thank you
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