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@OoohShiny We are lucky where we are here in Cheshire. We live in green belt area surrounded by working farms & we have a decent sized garden. Every year we have a greenhouse full of tomato’s, cucumber, peppers & chili’s, plus we have blueberry bushes, a plum tree, a rhubarb & a big area that we grow peas, corn, strawberries & courgette in. Sometimes we grow onion sets, garlic & carrots too. The girls are avid gardeners & get involved in prepping the soil, planting, tending & (the best bit) harvesting! They are always nibbling on blueberries, peas or plums when they’re outside playing in the summer. It teaches them a good, healthy lesson & it’s all free. There are no rules for snacking on anything that they grow in the garden.
But you are right about houses with gardens being ridiculously expensive in this country. We were lucky that we bought when we did & where we did. The vicarage in the next village sold some of it’s large garden off 18 months ago, with planning permission for one 4 bed detached property. The plot sold for £240k. The builder that bought it must have been good at string pulling, because before you know it he had built TWO 5 bed detached houses with ZERO garden. Literally. The front areas are paved & share a big electric gate. The backs of the houses almost butt up to the boundary & each have a small decked area. Each house sold over the summer for, wait for it, £750k
And what really gets my goat about these things, is that anybody who buys a house of that size clearly has a family. Where do the children play?? How do they run around & get some healthy exercise & fresh air??
But you are right about houses with gardens being ridiculously expensive in this country. We were lucky that we bought when we did & where we did. The vicarage in the next village sold some of it’s large garden off 18 months ago, with planning permission for one 4 bed detached property. The plot sold for £240k. The builder that bought it must have been good at string pulling, because before you know it he had built TWO 5 bed detached houses with ZERO garden. Literally. The front areas are paved & share a big electric gate. The backs of the houses almost butt up to the boundary & each have a small decked area. Each house sold over the summer for, wait for it, £750k
And what really gets my goat about these things, is that anybody who buys a house of that size clearly has a family. Where do the children play?? How do they run around & get some healthy exercise & fresh air??
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