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andromeda

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How many of the older members of the group have found a significant change in their priorities after retirement; eg home maintenance versus going away in van. This question is prompted by garden getting going and the bucket I have currently put to catch the water pouring out of my downstairs toilet cistern.
 
Get a man in for the garden, and put a hose on the cistern pipe or repair it, possibly just needs a new ball cock, I'd not go away without fixing it or turning off the water.
 
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After retirement I moved to an apartment where someone else does the gardening and external maintenance. No conflict in priorities and no need to worry about health and ageing making these jobs more difficult. I think of it as future proofing retirement, move into a flat.
 
We are both retired now and last year's knee op put a resounding stop to last year being "the year of the garden". We have just installed the home made veg patch watering system and are about to tackle the automatic dripper system (1 of 2) for pots. This is to enable us to go away without asking neighbours to look after the garden. Our next door neighbour absolutely loves looking after the cottage, but unfortunately over waters absolutely everything and if planning to go away for a month or so we can't ask some to water the outdoor stuff every day.
 
Sharon the Cat said:
We are both retired now and last year's knee op put a resounding stop to last year being "the year of the garden". We have just installed the home made veg patch watering system and are about to tackle the automatic dripper system (1 of 2) for pots. This is to enable us to go away without asking neighbours to look after the garden. Our next door neighbour absolutely loves looking after the cottage, but unfortunately over waters absolutely everything and if planning to go away for a month or so we can't ask some to water the outdoor stuff every day.
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Let me know how you get on with the watering system. As you say it's ok asking people to water but anything over a few days and it can feel difficult. I'm paying a teenager when away for a couple of weeks.
 
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andromeda said:
Let me know how you get on with the watering system. As you say it's ok asking people to water but anything over a few days and it can feel difficult. I'm paying a teenager when away for a couple of weeks.
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I use these for hanging baskets and greenhouse ...
Taken all the hassle out of it for me .

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andromeda said:
Let me know how you get on with the watering system. As you say it's ok asking people to water but anything over a few days and it can feel difficult. I'm paying a teenager when away for a couple of weeks.
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Just bin them now and save the expense.
 
We had a lawn, I buried it 3 years ago, sold the mower, gardening is the bane of my life, Liz loves it, she's out there now, buggering about frightening the bushes and plants.
 
Okta said:
After retirement I moved to an apartment where someone else does the gardening and external maintenance. No conflict in priorities and no need to worry about health and ageing making these jobs more difficult. I think of it as future proofing retirement, move into a flat.
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I would say there is a member here who may not agree about a flat being 'future proofing and maintanance free' :oops:
 
Pudsey Bear said:
We had a lawn, I buried it 3 years ago, sold the mower, gardening is the bane of my life, Liz loves it, she's out there now, buggering about frightening the bushes and plants.
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To [almost] quote Peter Kay, 'My gran's 86 and she told me she's having her front bush trimmed this year ...' :ROFLMAO: That'll give the neighbours something to watch and talk about ...

Steve
 
When we get back home after a trip it's usually 'Death by Gardening' for me. It's a big size and there is always something to do. Then we go away again and come back to more gardening work!

When we move house we'll definitely be getting a smaller garden!
 
We have nearly two acres, it was a good idea 20+ years ago, now I am looking forward to downsizing, simply mowing the grass is an entire days work and gets through £30 of petrol.

I’ve increasingly over the years become more prone to hay fever so after a session mowing I am a sneezeasaurus for the following days.

I loved gardening before moving here, we brought an entire Pickfords lorry of plants, but the Rabbits and stinging nettles are slowly winning here and it not enjoyable anymore!
 
CriftinsCampers said:
We have nearly two acres, it was a good idea 20+ years ago, now I am looking forward to downsizing, simply mowing the grass is an entire days work and gets through £30 of petrol.

I’ve increasingly over the years become more prone to hay fever so after a session mowing I am a sneezeasaurus for the following days.

I loved gardening before moving here, we brought an entire Pickfords lorry of plants, but the Rabbits and stinging nettles are slowly winning here and it not enjoyable anymore!
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We to have an acre field, ok when daughter had horses on it.
Yes it takes me 4/5 hrs to cut and £15 worth of petrol.
Apart from the field there is always work to do after coming back from a long holiday.
 
Yep: it takes me the amount of time until the next MH trip to get the garden looking good/passable...and then we are off on our next trip and come back to it all again!
 
#14,#16 and #17 just convince me we made the right decision to move to an apartment where our lovely garden is looked after within the service charge. No conflict, if we want to go away we go away knowing the garden will be ready for drinks on the lawn when we get back. However I do know that we are lucky to be in a position to make such a choice, not everyone can.
 
You could have neglected the grass and gone away for the whole of May. You could have even felt virtuous about it.
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Never mind there is always next year.😀
 
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