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Just checking what I can actually do in my garden

427 replies

Originalyellowbelly · 14/06/2021 20:01

Obviously not BBQ, fire pit, children, tree houses, pools, climbing frames, footballs, bonfires, low fences, music, parties,DIY , lawn mowing, extensions, cats, dogs, have I missed anything? Wouldn't want to piss off anyone within 50 miles of me.

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MumofSpud · 14/06/2021 22:07

@Scarby9

Or water the fence.
I came on to say this!!Grin
Nodal · 14/06/2021 22:08

has anyone said

Confusedandshaken · 14/06/2021 22:08

Don’t cut your grass ever. I had a colleague who suffered terribly with hay fever and asthma. She would get angry to the point of hysteria when people cut their grass. It was an absolute nightmare for her because she really did get very strong reactions to it but she genuinely thought that everyone in the area (terraced houses with back to back gardens and two schools with playing fields across the road) should keep their grass long to accommodate her.

lotstolose1 · 14/06/2021 22:08

Flags, DO NOT fly a flag

niceupthedance · 14/06/2021 22:09

Dry your bin bags on the line

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/06/2021 22:10

My fence has grown an extra foot, since i started watering it.

Maggiesfarm · 14/06/2021 22:12

You could wee in the garden by moonlight too.

youshouldbeplotting · 14/06/2021 22:13

@vodkaredbullgirl

My fence has grown an extra foot, since i started watering it.
Your fence is now illegally high, I'm calling 101.
Nodal · 14/06/2021 22:13

leaf blowing? I have the loudest leaf blower in the world and I absolutely love using it at the weekend just as the arsehole neighbours fire their BBQ up.

QueenofDestruction · 14/06/2021 22:13

You can never, ever have visitors and certainly not a party of any kind. Nobody should park on the street outside your house so anyone who has to come must walk.

LaurieFairyCake · 14/06/2021 22:14

You can't sit and read a book quietly

In case you make other people jealous of your book/education/lady of leisure lifestyle

Hanab · 14/06/2021 22:14

Don't breath, avert your eyes & probably go live elsewhere .. sheesh!

DrSbaitso · 14/06/2021 22:15

@Maggiesfarm

You can dance in the nude by moonlight. If the neighbours complained, nobody would believe them anyway.
I'm pretty sure that counts as attention seeking.
PhatPhanny · 14/06/2021 22:15

Have you seenbird box?

Yeah.. That!

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/06/2021 22:16

@youshouldbeplotting I will take a chainsaw to it now.

Serin · 14/06/2021 22:16

Don't cut the lawn, it's all about the re-wilding now.
(Well that's my excuse).

Don't get pissed and dance naked in the rain (when you are 52 and DH is 60).

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 14/06/2021 22:18

@lotstolose1

Flags, DO NOT fly a flag
We fly both the American Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. Equal opportunity offending, that's what we aim for.
mineofuselessinformation · 14/06/2021 22:18

@Originalyellowbelly, you can mutter under your breath while cleaning the cat shit up (as I used to do when I had my old fella - he used to dig a hole and then shit on the pile of dirt - at least it was easier to find)!
As far as the farting goes: I do tend to specialise in the morning just after I've got up. As they say 'where e're you be, let your wind blow free'! 🤣

SaskiaRembrandt · 14/06/2021 22:18

@Maggiesfarm

You can dance in the nude by moonlight. If the neighbours complained, nobody would believe them anyway.
Growing up, I had a neighbour who did that very thing. And you're right, no one complained. I think the adults just pretended it wasn't happening.
WobblingLockdown · 14/06/2021 22:18

Can one sit in the garden, pondering on what the elderly Korean lady might be doing these days?
Pondering quietly, obviously, with gaze directed at the floor, and breathing only at the point just before one passes out.

Ginjanotaninja · 14/06/2021 22:19

Can someone remind me on the rules for conservatory and garden room use?

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 14/06/2021 22:20

Do not play audibly with your children while in the garden. This is Performance Parenting of the Common or Garden Variety.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 14/06/2021 22:20

@Originalyellowbelly

I do very musical farts, does that count as two offences?
I need to know because I like sauerkraut and I bend over to pick up weeds often...
AlCalavicci · 14/06/2021 22:20

Waves very discreetly over the fence @Sweetpea1532>>>>

Topseyt · 14/06/2021 22:21

Absolutely do make sure you go out into your garden when you need to do a loud, rasping fart.

Then hurry inside and take a good look on MN so that you can see the threads that are now being posted about your gaseous emissions.