Get Pushed Challenge #575
My partner said he would love to see a landscape of my garden. Now my partner lives in the UK and garden seems to mean yard to them, while here in the US it's a specific bed - vegetable and/or flower. So I present my back yard along with my weed infested garden (right front).
52 Week Challenge Week #32 - Sunrise/Sunset
This is the long rays of the sun climbing up over buildings and trees to the rear and left of this view.
@allsop I hope this is not a major disappointment to you. It got too hot before I could get the weeds out of my garden (flowers). There are a few flowers in there but most can't be seen right now. The weeds have overcome the garden. Despite all the rain which would seem to have loosened the soil enough to pull some weeds, they are way too big. I am not a gardener. The subjects of the frozen flower shots came from the grocery store. Thank you for your challenge.
I am loving your garden. So much space. To me a yard is a small space often in a rural location, bigger if it part of a farm. Don’t you just love the interpretation of words.
I'm confused now about which word we use and saying it over and over to myself it seems we can use both to say the same thing/s but mainly yard means the whole area and garden means the area where there are plants and/or vegetables just like for you.
Interesting the different use of words. Yard to me seems more a commercial outdoor space. Although we do use the terms front yard, or back yard. Urban land around house we would call a section. Would only call it a garden if it was landscaped. Small flower beds or vegetable beds would be differentiated by calling them flower garden or vege garden. Our property we call a garden even though it is about 10 acres. - Because it is all landscaped.
Thanks for your excellent response to my challenge, the light is beautiful. As for the garden/yard discussion we are, it seems, indeed separated by a common language.
I remember listening to Elton John's song "Country Comfort" and envisioning a man moving across the field with a fiery torch and wonder at how odd that might have been when electricity was available. Why no street lights? Then I learned a "torch" was a flashlight! I had a similar reaction to the word "boot" which I was told meant the trunk of the car. Well anyway- it's a lot of fun to learn the nuances and meanings. And you have a lovely yard/garden even with the weeds that have overwhelmed your flowers.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you Jackie. The peacocks came by about 1/2 hr later. Who knows. They may have been up on my roof when I took this photo. The windmill is ornamental and stands at least 6 foot tall or higher. @wakelys Thank you Sue. This is a yard even in your understanding of the word since I like in the county not the city. It's been fun reading all the comments on the two terms. @365anne Thank you Anne. It can be nice (but not as nice) in the evenings too. @casablanca Thank you Casa for the comment on my photo and use of the terms garden and yard. @craftymeg Thank you Meg. @photographycrazy Thanks Bill. @grammyn Thanks Katy. The garden is only disappointing because I spent a lot of time and money last year planting perennials most of which did not come back. @Dawn Thank you Dawn. @corinnec Thank you. It is nice although I don't spend a lot of time in it. @kjarn I use the terms like you do. Thanks for commenting. @tunia i guess you're right Tunia, but on some English TV shows I think they refer to small yards as gardens and usually have some beds like we call gardens in them. @dkbarnett Just to add to the confusion. I guess I'll call it what I call it and not worry about what others call it. 10 acres of garden. That's like a botanical garden. @shutterbug49 Thank you Debbie. Glad to know someone else is a bit confused. No wonder we can't communicate clearly. @allsop Glad you liked the photo and felt it met your challenge. Those who speak English don't speak the same English. How did that happen?! @bkbinthecity Thanks Brian. @jamibann Thanks Issi. @jacqbb Thank you Jacqueline. @haskar Thank you Hannah. I like the tree but fear it might be dying. @olivetreeann Thanks Ann. You're right about the differences in language. We laugh about some terms when USA, Canada and UK play pigs on Thursday. Have to be careful and remember who you're talking to.
@johnfalconer@fbailey@mcsiegle Thank you John, Felicity and Mary. It's been fun to see the comments related to the word garden throughout the country and the world.
August 14th, 2023
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A lovely peek into your garden/yard which looks like an orchard
@wakelys Thank you Sue. This is a yard even in your understanding of the word since I like in the county not the city. It's been fun reading all the comments on the two terms.
@365anne Thank you Anne. It can be nice (but not as nice) in the evenings too.
@casablanca Thank you Casa for the comment on my photo and use of the terms garden and yard.
@craftymeg Thank you Meg.
@photographycrazy Thanks Bill.
@grammyn Thanks Katy. The garden is only disappointing because I spent a lot of time and money last year planting perennials most of which did not come back.
@Dawn Thank you Dawn.
@corinnec Thank you. It is nice although I don't spend a lot of time in it.
@kjarn I use the terms like you do. Thanks for commenting.
@tunia i guess you're right Tunia, but on some English TV shows I think they refer to small yards as gardens and usually have some beds like we call gardens in them.
@dkbarnett Just to add to the confusion. I guess I'll call it what I call it and not worry about what others call it. 10 acres of garden. That's like a botanical garden.
@shutterbug49 Thank you Debbie. Glad to know someone else is a bit confused. No wonder we can't communicate clearly.
@allsop Glad you liked the photo and felt it met your challenge. Those who speak English don't speak the same English. How did that happen?!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian.
@jamibann Thanks Issi.
@jacqbb Thank you Jacqueline.
@haskar Thank you Hannah. I like the tree but fear it might be dying.
@olivetreeann Thanks Ann. You're right about the differences in language. We laugh about some terms when USA, Canada and UK play pigs on Thursday. Have to be careful and remember who you're talking to.