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If my plot was an allotment instead of my own bit of France, I would have been evicted by now! Its in a mess......darent even attach a photo . 
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In fact I'm surprised that the mayor and his committee havent been round to tell me that I am letting the whole village down! -
Je demandez un photo s'il vous plait.Comment
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Don't believe you - you're making it up!!
Where's the evidence? I need photos..............
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I agree with these guys! We will not choose to believe until we see the evidence :PCarrie
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Surely it's a nature reserve!?
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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cmon, clean up your act. The time you spent writing about it on here could have been spent weeding and then you could have boasted about clearing that bit. oh, and yes, lets have some pics to prove you aren't just attention seeking.
Dontchya just love hassling someone who knows they have a problem but can't commit to sorting it.
p.s. I need a holdoay in France. For free accommodation, I could weed a wee bit
oh and also, just kidding. I'm sure you'll get to it when you are ready
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Just say it's a carbon sync!
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One man's mess is another man's "wilderness garden". Do you mean to say you've been doing no gardening, but Mother Nature has? Mother Nature is incapable of creating a "mess". As G4 says, it's a nature reserve...or a wilderness garden (very popular at Chelsea I'm told)... or an eco-space...
Leave it as it is, and build a folly. You'll draw crowds of tourists
Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
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I'm into the wilderness thingy here too Jardiniere!
I've not only got an eco space, and a carbon sync (whatever that is) but I'm having a recyclable garden space........saved me taking the odds and sods to the tip - I just put a few together and have bought some climbing plants to grow over them and voila.............looking for the right term, but I know it will be cool and trendy
Ali
My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/
Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!
One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
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My lovely little bit of France is a mess too Jardiniere, but I've given up worrying too much about it. Although it's not huge by local standards (just under 3000 sq m), it still gets away from me, and as fast as I sort out one bit, another bit becomes a jungle again. However, it does mean we have a whole range of wonderful wildlife, and wild flowers growing everywhere which lots of people would kill for. My gooseberries are probably the only ones around here that didn't get riddled with saw fly - don't think the flies could find them amongst the field grass which was taller than they were! I get a bit embarrassed sometimes when we have people round, because everyone else seems to be able to cope and their gardens are always much tidier than ours, but then again, I like our garden more than theirs and I wouldn't change it for anything. I just see it as a lifelong project 
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I like the way you think Kathyd!Originally posted by kathyd View PostMy lovely little bit of France is a mess too Jardiniere, but I've given up worrying too much about it. Although it's not huge by local standards (just under 3000 sq m), it still gets away from me, and as fast as I sort out one bit, another bit becomes a jungle again. However, it does mean we have a whole range of wonderful wildlife, and wild flowers growing everywhere which lots of people would kill for. My gooseberries are probably the only ones around here that didn't get riddled with saw fly - don't think the flies could find them amongst the field grass which was taller than they were! I get a bit embarrassed sometimes when we have people round, because everyone else seems to be able to cope and their gardens are always much tidier than ours, but then again, I like our garden more than theirs and I wouldn't change it for anything. I just see it as a lifelong project .
I like the saying A tidy garden is an unhappy garden - mine's not just happy it's ecstatic!
I know lots of people who have incredibly tidy gardens, and houses. Their children have matching socks as well
I am trying to get on top of some tidying up, but like you, as one area gets a look in, another is going wild!
Good thing I can cope with chaos
Ali
My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/
Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!
One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's ClubComment
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Mine too is a mess in parts...some bits look good, but the rest is a shambles!!! ( mostly the areas which have finished cropping and we've just not had time to weed/cover/sow anything else)
and nope- I won't be posting a piccie of my eco wilderness either!
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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Yep! Same here, I'm hoping I can get on top of it a little better over the winter....Ive grown to like chaos.Originally posted by Feral007 View PostI am trying to get on top of some tidying up, but like you, as one area gets a look in, another is going wild!
Good thing I can cope with chaosComment
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