Show us (your C&V bikes in) your garden!
04-07-20, 03:35 AM
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Show us (your C&V bikes in) your garden!
We all like bikes, most of us like gardens, show us your gardens!
Shots of your bike in it are appreciated but not necessary. And if you can, tell us a bit about it and what you like.
I'll start:
Former monastery garden in Rotterdam:
This is the shared garden of the apartment complex I live in. It's a former monastery that was built in 1959 after the previous one from 1930 was bombed in WW2 so I am not sure how old some of the trees are but they are at least 60 years old in some cases.
It's a big garden that only a few people really use and maintain so we let it run a little bit wild with a big field of grass in the middle and more of a woodlands border on the side.
There are lots of plants in there that we don't recognize but luckily most smartphones can help with that using AI image recognition.
Last week we cut the grass again and did some maintenance, including making a new herbal garden.
I plan to put some effort in getting a wild blackberry under control and up into the air later this week so we might be able to start harvesting fruit from it later this or next year.
Shots of your bike in it are appreciated but not necessary. And if you can, tell us a bit about it and what you like.
I'll start:
Former monastery garden in Rotterdam:
This is the shared garden of the apartment complex I live in. It's a former monastery that was built in 1959 after the previous one from 1930 was bombed in WW2 so I am not sure how old some of the trees are but they are at least 60 years old in some cases.
It's a big garden that only a few people really use and maintain so we let it run a little bit wild with a big field of grass in the middle and more of a woodlands border on the side.
There are lots of plants in there that we don't recognize but luckily most smartphones can help with that using AI image recognition.
Last week we cut the grass again and did some maintenance, including making a new herbal garden.
I plan to put some effort in getting a wild blackberry under control and up into the air later this week so we might be able to start harvesting fruit from it later this or next year.
04-07-20, 04:17 AM
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Found, sold and given away lots of flower-pot bikes. Got one or two in my cottage yard to this day...
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04-07-20, 06:30 AM
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I like to wrench in the backyard/garden.
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04-07-20, 10:15 AM
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Bike in garden. Oh! I thought you meant *in* the garden!
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04-07-20, 10:31 AM
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Im not much of a garden guy so this is my best submission
04-07-20, 11:47 AM
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If by inference we may assume Yard, Garden, English Patio, Xeriscaping, etc to have the same meaning.
Here's 5 sold from my Lot as a lot.
(a few years back)
Here's 5 sold from my Lot as a lot.
(a few years back)
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04-07-20, 12:06 PM
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Mondia Super
Schwinn Super Sport
On the deck overlooking an unpruned Summer garden
(Only) 16 years classic with Lupine
and a Falcon guarding the front
Schwinn Super Sport
On the deck overlooking an unpruned Summer garden
(Only) 16 years classic with Lupine
and a Falcon guarding the front
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04-07-20, 01:09 PM
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The '76 Bridgestone, getting ready to go exploring.
Well, not quite a C&V, but a 1997, even though it doesn't look it
Well, not quite a C&V, but a 1997, even though it doesn't look it
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04-08-20, 06:08 AM
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04-08-20, 07:15 AM
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Since this pic is recent from the "your bike with" thread in general - Azaleas in full bloom
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04-08-20, 07:27 AM
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04-08-20, 07:29 AM
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I've seen some great examples here in this thread. Quite a few artistic shots too! 
For those who want to post more shots of their garden, sans velo, try eom 's Show us your garden-thread.
For those who want to post more shots of their garden, sans velo, try eom 's Show us your garden-thread.
04-22-20, 01:20 PM
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Fell to page 8 - come on folks, it’s Spring!
This group of pics all within last couple of days.
Same hill as I showed 5 bikes in post #7 earlier. Those got sold these are more worthy.
I think this shot got posted somewhere before. Zeus likes yellow.
Rhodie with an Italian roadie
Even the stickery holly bush is blooming.
Same hill as I showed 5 bikes in post #7 earlier. Those got sold these are more worthy.
I think this shot got posted somewhere before. Zeus likes yellow.
Rhodie with an Italian roadie
Even the stickery holly bush is blooming.
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04-22-20, 03:15 PM
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5000 sq meters of typical (rough) Swedish lawn. Some stray trees. A few houses.
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Finished yesterday's ride on the '78 PR10. The irises are blooming, so I thought I'd grab a couple of beauty shots. I really bought this bike for it's nearly flawless paint and decals. Its not a bad ride either.
Guarded by garden gnomes and a shy attack bunny.
Guarded by garden gnomes and a shy attack bunny.
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Nearly flawless original paint and decals with drilled rings = 
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Absolutely gorgeous bikes (as always) styggno1
If the 'typical' sized single family home in Sweden is on 1.25 acres (of usable flat land) with other structures - then it's no wonder they are amongst the happiest people on Earth!
....but a lot of grass to mow.
If they could just do something about the long winters.
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