Contrasting views on lawns ...

My approach to our garden (since I became so busy with the shop) is to leave most of it alone and to let nature take its course. This is in complete opposition to my husband's style which is that of the grim reaper! In fact one year for Christmas I had a polo shirt specially embroidered for him with a picture of the 'old man' with the scythe encircled by the words GRIM REAPER GARDEN SERVICES ... it has had little wear.
Anyway, back to my style ... as portrayed below... (our lawn). It should be awarded a set aside grant ... see the 'rare' buttercup surrounded by daisies and in need of peace and quiet to flourish!!
PS Less than an hour later the mowing began!

and now for ... the garden ...

Yes, she is quite armless! She certainly does not have the artistic merit of the pieces from Dartington Hall gardens featured in earlier blogs. However, we have been trying to improve her looks. I decided that a mossy bikini might be good (for her that it!) and so we painted a layer of yoghurt onto her in the shape of a bra. (We had been reliably informed that this would greatly speed up the growth of moss! Not so, Leya (our cat featured in an earlier blog) loves yoghurt and licked it all off and so this modest amount (or should I say immodest!!) of moss is the best which we could manage for her in three years of effort. She should be well clad by mid 21st century at this rate.