Talking of mixer taps...

[Mary Fisher]

Grow your own! Seeds are a lot cheaper than what's sold in shops. Even I can manage that.

Mary

[Owain]

Unfortunately my garden (which was a drying green) is still the subject of a Dangerous Building Notice and entry is forbidden by the Council, on pain of Death, following a collapse in the January storms. And I have an intense dislike of potplants inside, not to mention no space for them.

Owain

[Andy Hall]

Is a drying green a Scottish thing? - I haven't heard of it before Presumably it was a communal area for drying laundry, or another purpose?

[Mary Fisher]

What's a drying green?

I'd love to know more about this!

I'm not keen either.

Mary

[Owain]

Exactly that, and still is. Except in my case, where eight months of inattention have converted it to an unkempt rockery.

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(Scale - the black poles holding up the washing lines are about 6' tall)

Owain

[Mary Fisher]

That looks VERY exciting and a great DIY project - but you still haven't said what a 'drying green' is.

I wanna KNOW!

NOW NOW NOW

Mary

[Owain]

Calm down Mary, it's only a newsgroup.

Let's look again at this conversation.

The Hon Usenaut Mr Hall: Is a drying green a Scottish thing? - I haven't heard of it before. Presumably it was a communal area for drying laundry.

Me: Exactly that, and still is.

"Exactly that" is agreeing with Mr Hall's presumption. "and still is" shows that the meaning hasn't changed and that such a thing is still in common use.

Then we had some photos of a grassy area behind a tenement building, with washing lines erected thereupon, illustrating a drying green.

I don't think my stepladder's big enough to reach the high bits.

But it's one hell of an excuse to buy an SDS drill.

Owain