Yes, the neighbors are horrified at our "lackadaisical" attitude toward the suburban mentality. As far as I'm concerned though, this is not suburban. I bought here precisely because it was not suburban. Our land is zoned agricultural, with very few restrictions. If I wanted to keep pigs, I could (boy would they love that I'm sure) though I have no intention of doing so. The golf course lady has several times given our names and number to services like ChemLawn in the hopes that we would subscribe. I think at last she gave up on that and instead has planted a huge hedge of bridal wreath right on the property line to hide our pastures from her offended eyes. We actually have dandelions, milkweed, and thistles. The shame of it. (Not.)
The Brits don't really have such a elevated sense of lawn propriety. They just hate trees for reasons I find incomprehensible, and would prefer to live in the middle of a former cornfield. That's a state they could have easily achieved by buying such a house. There are many around here, but for whatever reason, they bought a house embedded in a wildlife zone instead, and then started trying to remove all the brush and cover.
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Date: 2009-09-21 06:03 pm (UTC)The Brits don't really have such a elevated sense of lawn propriety. They just hate trees for reasons I find incomprehensible, and would prefer to live in the middle of a former cornfield. That's a state they could have easily achieved by buying such a house. There are many around here, but for whatever reason, they bought a house embedded in a wildlife zone instead, and then started trying to remove all the brush and cover.