After a hard days work at the office there is nothing better than coming home and spending an hour in my garden to unwind. Being with the lovely plants really helps me to relax and before you ask, no, I do not talk to the plants so please put any thoughts of me having a chat with the geraniums out of your head straight away.

At the front of my house is a grass verge. I used to mow it every week but sadly some irresponsible neighbours used to allow their dogs to foul on the grass so I now the cutting of the verge is left to the Council workmen. As a result the grass grows quite long deterring the dogs from leaving their calling card outside my house.

Tonight while walking around my garden I looked up and saw a man with a dog allowing his pet to foul on the grass verge outside my house. The pet owner was looking over my front fence and saw me looking at him. Did he stop the dog? No. Instead he just stared at me as if I was the one doing something wrong.

What could I do? Well nothing as the grass verge is the responsibility of the Council. They have put up notices on the lamp posts saying there is a large fine for dog owners who allow their pets to foul in the street but sadly the notices may as well not be there as nobody seems to enforce the law and fine the owners. Could this be a case for the neighbourhood action group? Well, they are busy with other issues so their help can be discounted too.

My evening has been spoilt and so has the grass verge outside my house. I feel sorry for the Council workmen who will have to operate mowers and strimmers on the grass and may potentially be covered in the mess.

To get over the shock of this evenings events I spent an extra few minutes in the garden to calm down. I really wish my begonias would hurry up and grow, perhaps I should read one my blogs to them? You never know it may help them to grow faster. What do you think?