I love my new flat, but one of the hardest things, especially as we continue to hurtle through summer, has been no longer having any outdoor space. My balcony at the last flat was teeny, but in the warmer months it was a treasured space that allowed me to grow things in pots - sweet peas and herbs, french beans and cucumbers - and escape from indoors with an iced drink of an evening.
Now, I have to resort to wandering round my neighbourhood, peering over walls into lush gardens, or eyeing up abandoned plots, longing to claim them as my own.
I know exactly how you feel - our Paisley flat has a big garden, where the one here has a small shared thing that no-one looks after.
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I know the feeling. I am thankful that I have a small porch and a tiny but dark garden. During the summer months I work, eat, read and just sit on my porch. Have a good weekend. I adored your previous post, yes, simple things are most delightful.
ReplyDeleteI feel for you I really do Becky, I don't know what I would do without my outside space.
ReplyDeleteHope you find a little corner in a park close by soon that you can call your own.
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I am so grateful for our garden, having spent several years in city centre flats with no outdoor space. I get very frustrated with neighbours who never spend any time in their gardens, it seems such a waste! Oh, and lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are just beautiful! And I know just how you feel. I really yearn for a garden, any outdoor space of my own really. We have no outdoor space and one of our windows has been painted shut :( One day!
ReplyDeleteI have exactly the same problem! I love how cosy my flat is in winter, but as soon as summer hits, I just long for a garden!
ReplyDeleteCan you find a little corner of waste land somewhere and indulge in a little guerrilla gardening ...?
ReplyDeleteoh no... are your windowsills big enough to grow things on? we grow chillis outside our front door and we're in a flat - think it greatly amuses the neighbours too!
ReplyDeleteI hear you loud and clear - I don't have so much as an outdoor windowsill, it's so sad isn't it! My basil plants wilt and wither, and I've been trying to sprout seeds in a jamjar by the window and apparently even that has failed miserably. Boo.
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