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Squarerigger wrote:
Yards and gardens. Very complicated issue Jeff. I suppose it can change drastically by what region of the country you live in. Now, I have a front and back yard. I suppose the parts where there are flowers and ornamental shrubs, etc. could be called a garden. The yard is grass (not the type you smoke) but little green things that sprout up out of the soil.
I have to say nothing about a yard or garden is inviting to me. I call it all WORK. Left to my own devices, I would have the entire thing covered in astro turf and plastic trees that did not drop tons of leaves each year.
I admire folks who like to garden or work to make a beautiful grass yard/lawn. Damn another word - lawn. Forget it Jeff - it's just indescribable!
I love the French word Jardin, seems more attractive and less harsh than yard or garden.
My modest 'garden' is really a 'back yard' because that's what it is but I can't bring myself to call a beautiful landscaped garden a yard.
A yard to me is where you buy building supplies or a concreted area where a farmer would keep and feed cattle, a back yard is a small paved area behind a house where the bins are kept for the rubbish.
A D1 image with Nikkor 25-50 zoom taken by Michael.
Robert I think if I remember correctly that Yard is a corruption of Jardin.
Nice picture of azaleas or are they rhododendrons (too early for rhodos I think, they always used to flower in late May early June when I was a lad).
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