Does anyone enjoy sitting in the garden rather than going out on hot days?

My washing is in the garden, I'm in the house with the blinds shut and a fan! #overweight fairskinned redhead 😬

My "pottering" plans today:
Hang washing out first thing.
Stroll around like an old girl admiring new blooms.
Put sofa cushions on.
Out for an hour so this morning gym/errands
Some washing in, more washing out.
Cuppa and lunch on the sofa outside.
Back in to sort children for a bit.
We'll all head out soon and I'll plant some bedding plants which have been waiting to go in while children play/find mischief/help.
More sitting and cuppas.
Do some admin/online shopping outside.
Chat and put the world to rights with DH
"Potter" around pulling weeds and deadheading and pondering longer term garden plans.
Will probably get roped in to a game of swing ball, some hula hooping, catch, football or other garden game.
Cook dinner, will probably eat outside if the children are up for it.
Washing in, toys packed away.
Will relax with a glass of something outside this evening.
So yeah, pottering 😍

Uber eats! I've just ordered some booze, pop and everything for a BBQ. Hot tub is cooling down and the pool is warming up 🤣 DH is back on that shall we get a JCB to dig a proper pool......I might just go out will be cheaper!!

When DS was little we went out more but we had a smaller garden and less fun house. Can see why those without a nice space just go out it would be depressing stuck inside in this weather

Ok just me that doesn't have food just lying around by Saturday.

Totally prefer the garden. Food/drink/toilet all easily accessible. Nobody too close to annoy me 😂

Don't mind my garden BUT my garden doesn't have crisps, peanuts, food, cask beer ... the pub does! Off to pub circa 4pm but washing needs to be dry and ironed first (incentives you see)

Much prefer privacy in the garden.

we’re moving soonish to our top floor flat with big balcony. Looking forward to that even more.

When people say pottering, what is actually meant by this?

Sometimes I haven’t remind myself to sit and enjoy the garden, rather to be doing something.

garden for me. What irritates me is the expectation lots of people have that as soon as it’s nice weather everyone has to be out and about “enjoying it”. Then I get told I’m wasting the nice weather being at home in the garden 🙄

I don't have a garden yet but this is what I dream of on a sunny day! Enjoy your garden, I'm envious!

Been put in my garden since 9am, reading a book and scrolling. I hate moving too much in hot weather so I'm more than happy to chill at home. DH and I are very much homebody people.

I had that all day yesterday. Utterly fucking stupid, it's the height of human idiocy. Aside from the noise pollution and the fact they're completely unnecessary, they disrupt the ecosystem and they're a health hazard. The particulates hang around in the air for ages:

https://www.barrington.ri.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1228/The-unintended-consequences-of-leaf-blowers?bidId=#:~:text=Particulate%20matter%3A%20Blowers%20emit%20particulates,stroke%2C%20arrhythmia%20and%20heart%20failure.

In some parts of the world, and I think in one county in the UK, they're banned. Fucking menaces.

Yes, but I can't afford to live somewhere with a garden. I have a balcony fortunately but it only gets sun in the morning. I do go to the park but it's so busy and I find it difficult to relax because there's a dog in your face every 5 minutes and I'm allergic. I got my face licked recently and I've had my bag pissed on

I feel trapped in the summer, it's the main reason I don't like it. If I had a garden I'd feel very differently.

I do like going out but I can no longer afford it so I’m pottering in my garden. Much more chilled isn’t it

On a hot day when i'm off work if i really need to go out to get food etc i go very early and then the day is mine i potter around the garden or sit in my summerhouse then come inside in the cool ,patio doors wide open listening to the birds.
So much more relaxing then going out in a hot car and mixing with crowds of people , no thank you !
Actually the older i get i think i'd rather spend time like this than going away on holiday.

100% garden sure isn’t this what we wait all year for! Until my neighbour gets his petrol leaf blower out right at the most peaceful part of the day of course WHY

I've got a small child and still plan to potter. We'll do a bit of gardening but she can play on her outdoor toys and we will enjoy sitting with a glass of something cool 😎

Luckily the house has a porch on the front and is lovely and shaded at this time of day.

Yea I love it. I like the sound of lawnmowers and strimmers as well as the children squealing and the birds singing. Dh cut the grass yesterday and the starlings and blackbirds have gone mad looking for the ants and worms etc that were disturbed and I've been sitting here just watching them. We have a glorified shed summerhouse because I don't like sitting in the full sunshine and it's my favourite place in the world.

I’m team potter.

Definitely pottering in the garden
shopping done early this morning
hanging washing on the line to dry
looked after grandson for a couple of hours
eating in the garden later on

I’m lucky to have a sandy beach at the end of the road so I’ll do a bit of garden today but will head down there mid afternoon for a swim and maybe a few beers on the beach.

Yes love it! All inclusive and no smokers, vapers, loud fuckers, screaming kids or dogs.

Garden. The small child is pottering in the mud kitchen.

the teenagers have found swim spots.

Love pottering in my garden