The Ins & Outs - Planting on Boundaries & The Proposal

Episode Date: May 28, 2024

This week Jojo and Polly are doing a quick fire round to answer as many of your questions as possible!Polly has some great suggestions for long skinny gardens and what to plant on boundaries with fences.Jojo talks us through how you can partition off rooms, what to do about squeaky beds and gives her thoughts on porcelain wood tiles.Plus, Polly's big proposal!This episode is sponsored by Niwaki, purveyors of the finest Japanese garden tools and accessories this side of Mt. Fuji. From hand-finished carbon steel secateurs to the best-selling Hori Hori wonder-weeder, Niwaki’s tools combine utility and style to make gardening even more of a pleasure. Click the link to visit their website and see the whole range of great stuff from Japan - www.niwaki.com.Get 10% off by using the details below:Discount: INSANDOUTS10 URL: https://www.niwaki.com/INSANDOUTS10InstagramPodcast - @the_insandouts_Jojo - @houseninedesignPolly - @pollyanna_wilkinsonProducer Andy - @andy_rowe_WebsitesJojo - https://www.housenine.co.uk/Polly - https://www.pollyannawilkinson.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Green, the colour of true elation, pine on a summer's day, see I've been waiting for you, waiting for you. Hello Inns and Outies and welcome to this quickfire Inns and Outs episode. That's right, the name is in the title. Your questions answered as quickly as we can answer them. Long skinny gardens, what to plant on boundaries with fences. We're talking how to partition off rooms. Squeaky beds. That's a good one.

Porcelain wood tiles. What I think of those. And Polly's big proposal. And this episode is sponsored by our very good friends at Niwaki. There is a saying in gardening, which is that you don't prune your topiary until Derby Day,

which this year is the 1st of June. So this week, I wanted to shine a light on the Niwaki GR Pro Topiary Clippers because they are what I use to prune my balls. They're great. Niwaki do loads of different topiary shears, but I love the topiary clippers. They're sort of a smaller format

and I just find them a bit easier to handle so you now officially have permission everyone to go out and prune your topiary get your your box and your taxes or your purchase board and whatever you fancy get it pruned and uh happy clipping don't forget guys we've got a 10 off code which is ins and outs 10 on the new aki website so thank you very much new aki we have loved working with you and you have a massive new convert in jojo you seriously do thank you so much i'm actually gonna buy my dad some tools as well because he came over was ogling them with just sheer delight absolute cracking parent gift hello mate how you, my girl. Well, not too bad. A little bit dusty, I'd say. A little dusty? I was out last night

and, yeah, I was out last night on the sauce, babe. Oh, on the sauce? On the sauce. Our local pub had the most brilliant party. It's like a mini festival, our local pub. And it's just so much fun. And we kind of let loose.

It was really fun. The kids were there with us in the afternoon. And then we packed the kids off back home to, you know, be looked after by someone else. And then we came back and then all hell broke loose. The adults just went mad. All the parents in the day you could see were just like twitching, like, come on, I can't wait to get the kids home. And then as soon as they were back, we just came back and just went, woohoo went whoa and it was just so much fun we had such a giggle but I feel very very dusty today I tell you I had a few too many margs too many pub margaritas oh tis the season though isn't it do you know what tis the season it's hard to make a good marg actually I have to say

there's a real art to making a good marg. Mate, speaking of margs, speaking of margs, I'm so excited. So I went full good life this weekend. So I've got a rhubarb patch and I made a rhubarb margarita. And I don't think I will ever go back to a regular margarita. Really? You have to knock me one out when I come over. Oh, I will. Do you like salt on yours?

Do you like a salty, do you like a salty do you like a salty rim i love a salty rim stop it it's gotta be good salt though it's gotta be quality salt like a sort of molden you know like a crunch table salt nonsense oh no too no real good salt good quality give it a little lick and then a glug i like the um the fever tree margarita mix that's excellent as well oh Oh, it's brilliant. Yeah, I did a little collaboration with those guys recently. And I'll tell you what, they're mixers. Yeah, they're absolutely brilliant.

Really good. But apart from that, pal, last week I had a desperately busy week of just the most insane amount of meetings and heavy, heavy workload. And both, of course, the busiest week of my year both the kids get ill not one both of them at home so the juggle last week was unreal like just juggling kids and work when you're when you're it was really really tough and also they're just you know when your little ones are ill and you just feel so bad about leaving them you just want to sort of be with them and they really want their mummy when they're not well don't they

just oh little poppets they were so sick and I hate it when their temperature goes flying up to 40 and then they just get so sick oh it's awful anyway that lasted a good old week but we're at the other end now I think that's probably why Brad and I were like god let's just kind of a little blow out, you know, last night. I think your kids are really at that age, aren't they? Mine are a little bit older, but I do remember they basically just relay raced being sick for like five, six years. I did put a call out actually on Instagram to everyone to say,

what's a really good immune boosting vitamins for kids? Immediately my client, one of my lovely clients, Nima, vitamins for kids. Immediately my client, one of my lovely clients, Nima, he's actually a fertility specialist and just all-round brilliant person, sent me this immediate WhatsApp being like, don't put it out, ask me. And then she sent me this list of amazing advice. One thing she said that was really good, she said blend broccoli into pesto and cauliflower to a cheese sauce. Yeah, bloody love that. She said 70% of the immune system is in the gut so good gut health is really important so if you're always getting ill it's

very likely you've got a problem with your gut anyway how are you catching me up apart from growing rhubarb and being all domesticated and wonderful do you remember when you said what season am i not colors season i would say it's right now you know when i said like it's kind of sprummer it's right now it's like the clocks have changed it's bright it's warm you don't need a coat love it so not needing a coat it's lovely isn't it even actually just going out the house with a t-shirt on and there's something about the smell of the air at this time of year at night you know when you're outside and you're like it's moist it's got that sort of moistness to it bliss so yes there's that and then oh we've got some very we've got big exciting news in the studio and i can't say it

yet but watch this space in a in a couple of weeks or so it's very big and very exciting so i can't wait to share that and then we've got loads of photo shoots going on at the moment because that sweet spot for gardens is about now and it's really stressful. We watch the weather loads and then we've got to figure out whether it's best, you know, depending on the way the garden faces, depends on the sunlight in terms of is it better very early in the morning at like 5am or in the evening at like 8pm. So it's, oh, it's, yeah, it's a really, it's a bit of a nail biting time because we're trying to photograph all the gardens, all within the space of about three or

four weeks you probably want both you probably want evening sort of dusk time and morning don't you that lovely morning totally depends on the angle of the garden just on the aspect because you know if it gets um morning sun then you know in the evening it's just going to be a dull but then you want that sweet spot you want that golden hour when the sun is super low and going through the plants so golden is that when you when you take a photo and you just look yeah it's usually that sort of hour before sunset or after sunrise speaking of golden things i gave the little the little golden spade a go how'd you find it i absolutely loved it and i fully get it now this is the nowaki little gold spade it's the little one and i get it it? I absolutely loved it. There's more one. And I fully get it now. This is the Nowacki Little Gold Spade.

It's the little one and I get it. It's really light, but it's like the way it's, you can get right into like, dig a little hole just to whack a plant in. It's really good. Yeah, it's great. I really, really. There's no turning back now, my friend. I dig it.

You're infected with the Nowacki bug, that's it. Oh, also, I don't have a living room anymore. So I am now living out of bedrooms and a galley kitchen. Oh, right. Okay. Hence you're sitting in your bedroom right now. Hence why I'm sat in my bedroom recording. Very nice headboard behind me. So yes, that's I mean, it's happened quicker than we thought. They're about a month ahead, which is miraculous. Touch some wood, I'm sure. I'm sure it will slow down eventually but uh yes i feel it's a little bit like camping now then the dust is real i see what you mean but you're loving it

i i'm geeking out over every single phase i knew you would i knew you'd love that bit yeah i don't think many people would geek out on it but you you're a geek my friend look because i came out the other day and they were getting some concrete in and they had this sort of vibrating stick and i was like teach me me, what's this? And I was like, don't worry, I'm not testing you. It's not, I'm not that person. I just really want to learn. Why have you got a vibrating stick in there?

And they were like, oh, because it's going to, it moves all of the air bubbles out of the concrete. I was like, of course it does. Genius. Amazing. So watching it all happen. Genius. And then I've picked my limestone pile, put them all outside. I know technically it's not going to be outside, but it's going be a very bright room so oh I just I'm loving the catch-ups

I can't wait to come and see what you've been up to it's very exciting it's very exciting and we've got our kitchen meeting in the next week or two yes your new kitchen so it's all go really is it it's all go and I need to order my oven soon don't I yes you do you do we need to get onto that and how's Mr Big he's so well thank you oh good do you send him my regards I will send him your regards and and I'm sure he will send them right back we had quite a few people asking if we were going to soft launch Mr Big at Chelsea didn't we we? Oh gosh, can you imagine? The reveal of the Mr Big. Well, he's got a competitor now, but I'll talk to you later about that

when we talk about what's out. You wait. Oh yes, this is very funny, listeners. You're going to need to jump on this one because it's very good. Absolute cracker. Well, I think that's quite enough of that, my dear friend. I think we'd better answer some questions.

Let's hop in and off we go. Okay, I love this one. This is from Rihanna. I've inherited a few lovely table lamps, but they're all shadeless. I've tried several different shade styles, but I'm struggling to know what size and shape of shade works best. Are there any rules or advice to follow when trying to find the perfect shade for a base? P.S. I love the pod. It's a real highlight of my week. Please keep them coming. It's a little bit like wearing a hat, selecting a hat and you put it on and it doesn't look quite right. Lamp shades are a bit like that on lamp

bases. So where a lamp base doesn't come as standard with a shade, usually the company that you're buying the lamp base from will recommend what type of shade and what size shade. So a shade always has a diameter and it also has a sort of a profile, if you like. So you have empire, you've got straight, you've got drum, you've got various types of shapes. straight you've got drum you've got various types of shapes and some I couldn't I can't say on this podcast without showing you pictures of every single one what shade would fit on what table base without seeing what it was and knowing the dimensions it is just a case of of of asking the supplier and finding out and and doing a bit of research is there any merit in going on something like you know like pookie they always show sort of the shades that would go with the base is it worth going on to somewhere like pookie finding a similar shape and then seeing

what they recommend it is a it's a bit of research i'll be honest it's a bit of research if it's an and if it's an old light or it's an antique and you're struggling with the shade it might even be that you need to buy a few and test them out but yeah it's just doing your research it's looking at other companies that have similar lamp bases and then trying to work it out and there is

it tends to, it also sometimes you might be really quite surprised at what would look really right like it could be a really squat low base that looks absolutely fabulous with a really cool tapered uh a sort of tapered shade that's really big and it might not be something you need immediately gravitate to but it actually would look fabulous so i actually think you're just you're gonna have to experiment a bit with that one I'm afraid a trial and error a bit of trial and error yeah you know how you

said that shades are a bit like hats do you ever think when you see people in hats like in the summer not really the winter because I understand a hat for winter is to keep you warm but do you ever just see people in the summer wearing a hat not for not like a sunshade hat but just it's a day which doesn't call for a hat and think sort of what what made you decide to put that on your head because whenever I wear a hat not for like a beanie or something I feel very much like there she goes in a hat the amount of times that I see a hat I think god that's so cool and then I go to put it on I'm like oh you just can't wear that you just look like a bit pretentious it just doesn't look cool like um not a cowboy hat not a fedora somewhere between the two but i think i

would always just feel like i had a hat on my head oh see i do wear they i do wear those and they they are very much like a hat that you just pop on the back of your head that serves no purpose and if you suddenly took off and started running it would fall off and it's like not really there to serve the purpose they just look very cool it's like a sort of cowboy hat so trial and error is the answer and optional hats i've got a quick and dirty one for you dirty dirty oh i love it dirty fiona yes as a designer early on in my career i really cut up to you both oh that's nice um question for jojo what size duvet do you use in comparison to the bed i notice on Pinterest and retailers websites, they always use bedding that overhangs the bed and reaches the floor. Is this impsized duvet and for a super king you buy a super king so a duvet will overhang so if you buy a super king duvet for a super king bed it will overhang the sides but she makes a very good point with that

question is i know exactly what she's talking about where they sort of all drape and they're almost pooling on the floor because it's so umptuous that's not you that's not usually the duvet that's usually the bedspread that's that's the bedspread that's that's what you throw over it usually trails all over the floor yes that has to be bigger that's sort of yeah that tends to go a bit bigger hard to find actually really big but yes they tend to be a bit bigger and that's what you kind of do all your layering with but the duvets themselves are your standard size so whatever your mattress size is that's the size of bed you want to go for because there's nothing worse than having a

you know having a a double duvet on a well that would be in bed it's gonna be far too small and you're gonna we'll be fighting over it you'll be fighting over it roll it up like a sausage roll around me right i'm gonna hop out into the garden this one is from georgie georgia blinston jones we've got a small strip of grass at the front of our south facing front garden it's hideous it dies every year as a pain we would love a little privacy and something gorgeous to replace the grass there any tips i have so many tips georgia i am so glad you've asked this question because if you have a small front garden i firmly believe you shouldn't have lawn in the front of it like what purpose is that serving it's just something else you have to know i would much rather plant than have lawn in the front so if

you want some privacy it's i don't really know what your garden looks like but i mean i imagine if you want privacy then a hedge would be the way to go um and so you've got choices you could go for an evergreen my all favorite you could go for an evergreen, my all favourite. You could go for yew, which is very formal though, so it depends where you live. If you want a bit more rural, you could go for Prunus lucitanica, which is Portuguese laurel, which I think is just a slightly more relaxed vibe, depending on where you live. If you want deciduous, then I will always love a hornbeam hedge. And then planting, I mean, it's sort of, I don't know your aspect or anything to say. So I'm hoping previous podcasts will will teach you something there but i mean i like a front

garden to mark the seasons because you're walking it every day to get to your front door so i like things like hellebores which are going to give you some winter interest you know i'm going to say sarkococca because i love to have sarkococca near a front door is a hellebore is that the one that i love the hellebore is it like a little sort of sweet flower? Yes, it's got sort of a green serrated strap like leaf and then it's got lovely white or dark purple, usually crimson, white or very can be very dark plum as well. If you're at a point in life when you're ready to lead with purpose, we can get you there. The University of Victoria's MBA in Sustainable Innovation is not like other MBA programs.

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Some of my favourite climbers for a really, really sunny spot. I love jasmine, trachylus burn and jaspinoides, which is star jasmine. I love it because I like the evergreen sort of shiny leaves, but also the scent that it pumps out in May, June. It can get a bit slow to get going, but I just I think it adds great depth. It's a great one for covering a fence. I would plant quite a few of them if you want it to sort of cover it quite quickly. For shadier spots, one of my favourites is climbing hydrangea. It's prolific. I would say that about it. So I mean, if you have a house that a north facing or east facing house and you want to sort of soften it with planting, then hydrangea, climbing hydrangea, I love because it really does.

My goodness, it does a good job of that. I love an akibia as well. It's a beautiful little chocolate vine that's worth looking at. Not so many people use that one. Obviously, all the clematis. You can't beat a Montana for some early spring interest. And again, pretty prolific. So a great one if you want to cover a fence with

that as well all right then that's it that's five minute and a half yeah good job today okay tell you what love i've got to get through this we're doing a quick fire round i think it's fine goodness so bossy bossy bossaroo today you? Okay, my question for Jojo. Would you ever use a porcelain wood effect tile in a large downstairs space? I'm renovating my great-grandmother's house in Scotland. It's in a small beach town in Fife, and so dogs, wellies, sand and children are absolutely going to feature. The main lounge has beautiful old wood floors, which we are restoring.

I want to put a light but warm grey oak in throughout the kitchen utility, family room and shower room. But I know that the other houses in the village have very shabby looking wood situations, which is lovely in its own way. But I'm someone who likes a very neat house and I feel maybe this is the way to go. Practical for a beach house,

but something is stopping me. Please help. And that's from Claire. Oh, what a doozy. That's a good question. That is a cracker. I'll tell you what, I'm surprise you here go on i don't mind a wood effect tile if if it's done really well like so and and that they used to be god awful and i actually think there's some nice ones out there i would always choose wood or a sort of a lovely tumbled limestone or yorkstone

something before choosing a porcelain personally if i if i could okay um however there's a lot to be said for the the position and where she's talking about having it essentially a beach house kids of sand sand is incredibly erosive as we know and if you are running in and out and you've got sand on your feet it's going to absolutely torch a wood floor it's going to it's immediately going to take the varnish or the oil off the top and it will damage it really quickly so i think if you went for a really really good quality uh porcelain wood tile effect floor then i think great and i have seen them done and they have been done nicely and i've almost been like oh i stayed in the village you know in pulia

um years back and i remember walking in and being like the floor felt cold so that's one thing that's what i've absolutely got to say yes the floor will be cold um but i remember looking down at it thinking oh god i always look look get right down and touch it. And I was like, oh my goodness, it's not wood. It was brilliant. But I would get under full heating under it because it's going to be cold. So that's that one.

Goodness me, that did surprise me. This is from Sarah. What to do with a squeaky bed if you like the headboard? Do you go to van and keep the headboard? Yes, definitely go to van. Why is it squeaky? Now listen, squeaky beds usually happen because they tend to be frame beds they usually made i didn't think you were going that way with it

uh i'm behaving myself today i've noticed snore so uh yeah it tends to be wood or metal and over the time you know of much there we go here we go here it comes tossing and turning tossing and turning from you know sleep restless sleep which is what we do in bed much much restless sleep will cause things to loosen up and hence the squeaking and if the wd-40 ain't working um then a divan base is a great option most of the beds i specify for our clients are divan bases and then we put a nice balance because you keep the headboard though because if it's from a frame can you just take off the frame and keep the headboard I wouldn't be able to say that looking at it because it would depend on how

it's fitted you could if you love the headboard and you want to get a divan base my advice would be take the headboard off look at getting a um what do you call it a baton yeah a wooden baton attached to the back of the headboard and then actually attach it to your wall so that when you get back to those extracurricular activities in your bedroom you never need to worry about that headboard going anywhere i need to do that actually because i've got a uh i've got a brand new house nine headboard oh yeah very beautiful dark green get it on the wall get i think a lot of people think, assume it needs to attach to the bed, fix it to the wall, and then it's just not going to move.

Okay. One for you, Paul. Outie, outie. This is from Jen. We have a very large north-facing bed that slopes up away from our house, so it gets full sun in summer months, moving to full shade in winter behind the house. Do I go for full sun loving plants, assuming that shade loving plants would fry in the summer,

but will no sun at all in winter kill off the sun lovers? We've had a few questions like this actually. And so when I talk about a plant needs six hours of sun, it's six hours of sun in mid summer. Don't worry about winter. Because like, how much sun do we get in winter? We could just have blooming, you know, months of cloud. It's six hours in summer.

So yeah, plant it for sun because any shade lovers, exactly as you say, are going to get baked if you put them. So treat it as, you know, more or less from kind of May, June through to September, October. If it's getting that six hours plus, then it's sun lovers you're planting in that. And I get that a lot. So yeah, ignore the sun in winter. We don't have any sun in winter. So when you look at the label on the back of a plant and it says like needs three hours sun or whatever, that's summer? Yes. Because obviously the sun is so much lower. I mean, otherwise, God, I mean, so much of my garden would be in shade all the time in winter because the sun's so low.

Yeah. Okay. I am staying in the garden. And this one is from Jessica. Morning. I love the podcast. It's the highlight of my Tuesday mornings, occasionally Wednesdays. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible knowledge.

It has inspired me so much with my renovation. I have an outie question. I have a long, narrow, south-facing garden, 130 130 foot by 30 foot that needs to serve multiple purposes man shed garden office play area and trampoline and somehow have enough grass to play cricket football on how do i design it so that i can serve it can set all these functions and still be beautiful and feel like a corridor of things thanks so much wow jess Jessica. Okay, Jessica, you have faced me with an age-old dilemma here, which is your list is too long and you are going to have a corridor of things. As in...

Is this where you want to say you can't have it all? You can't have it all. I think the red flag for me was manshed plus garden office, plus play area, plus trampoline, plus big lawn. That to me is a walking red flag because you are basically stuffing so much in that you cannot expect that to then be fabulous design in so far as good design is restraint good design is less so questions for you do you need to have a man shed and a garden office or can we turn the garden office into something so what I would do is put the garden office all the way at the end of the garden you've

got 10 meters put it there and and get the shed to be combined with the office so that you don't have two structures you have one that sort of fills the back okay that's number one number two we're gonna if you can sort of give yourself some really nice planting in front of that shed shed office and then I guess the play area careful with your play area because your kids are only kids for so long and it's best not to try and design it too much for the kids because they grow out of these things so either sink the trampoline which instantly is going to make it vanish compared to an above ground one and immerse it in some planting uh and then you're going to have to give yourself a lawn my concern is with everything that you want you've got a lot of things and it

sounds like you're not going to have a lot of plants and you know how much i preach about that balance between mass and void so if you can i would try and get as much of these things as far you've got a nice long garden so get them down the end and then get so get your shed office down the bottom and then maybe the play area and then oh it's i feel like a broken record then maybe bring in something like some hedging or some planting borders which come into the garden let's try and make it feel wider by cutting into it and then you can have your sort of lawn the cricket pitch and then please just make sure that you have plenty of planting near. I presume you also want like a dining space or seating space by the house as well.

So but if you can try and blend that office and the manshed all into one, that's a good thing. If you can kind of resist needing to put in an entire player play area and climbing frames, everything and only go for like one thing. Is it a climbing frame? Is it a trampoline? and climbing frames and everything and only go for like one thing is it a climbing frame is it a trampoline i think try and think if there's anything you're willing to sacrifice because less stuff more just kind of planting in and nature is going to feel way more designed than exactly as you say the corridor great advice okay i've got one from claire i'm thinking of knocking my living room and dining room through with doors that i can close when i want to make it more cozy i live in a victorian terrace house i'm not sure if I'm going to regret this.

What do you think? I'm in a Victorian terrace. I would tend to knock through two rooms. It's quite a, it also, look, it very much depends how you live. And some people like to have segregated rooms to that each service closed off purpose. Other people like to have segregated rooms to that each service have closed off purpose other people like to have open plan living so really before you make this decision think about how you like to live um i i like personally open plan living spaces so where the dining room can meet the living room and it be open it can still feel like a separate room and I always talk about this when you open up between the spaces essentially you're creating a big hole between the two rooms you can put something in like an embrasure which is essentially like an architrave around the opening of the door

an embrasure so well instead of just if you imagine you punch a hole through a wall yeah and it's usually just plastered and then it's just sort of a very squared off plastered edge you can bring in something like it's essentially it looks like a wide architrave that you'd have around a door that goes around the around the and the arch and it just creates a sort of a feeling of separation between the two spaces and it also allows you something to bring your paint color up to so that if you did want to create a separate space with your dining room and make it feel different whether it be wallpaper or a different shade or something a bit moodier you can separate the two spaces that still have it open so it doesn't feel quite so exposed so but again it's all about zoning areas um just think about

how you like to live but i like what she suggested about having doors that she can close if she wants to. If she wants to compartmentalise, that's quite a nice, flexible solution. It also depends how much space you've got as well to do that. You know, don't forget doors eat into space. Doors are usually about 70 centimetres wide and standard. And therefore, when you open that door, that's completely sort of taking away that entire space. And therefore, just think about where they're opening, you know, before you put them in. that door that's completely way sort of taking away that entire like and space and therefore just think about where they're opening you know before you put them in and again if you are going

to put the doors in have glazed doors if you're going to put doors in between two rooms have nice glazed doors they can be closed off with sort of sound and privacy and a bit of screening yeah that would be my advice tip okay mate hopping out here this one is for elizabeth is it okay to run a grass lawn right up to a boundary fence or best to separate it somehow only place we can have lawn is to one side of the garden and it means we put something in between lawn and fence and it makes the lawn quite narrow and i'm not keen on narrow long flower beds not sure if i've explained it well thanks for loving the podcast you have explained it well it's a real dilemma but my general rule is i really hate lawn up to a boundary whether it's a wall whether it's

a fence doesn't matter much the same as I really hate paving up to a fence as well I always always always try and put planting in between but I hear you when you say that you don't like skinny borders and nor do I and that could feel quite token um however I think at the very least what I'd do is do a narrow border and I would just fill it for example with climbers so that it looks like it's purposely narrow and only really there in order to accommodate climbers up the fence or wall or whatever it is that you have just so that it feels intentional I think there's something slightly haphazard about a lawn just sort of meeting a fence that feels unfinished to me um you could just put in something really simple like uh again i've talked about it loads a rigger on along the bottom just because that will fit in a

in a small space at the bottom or or a time just something narrow and small get climbers up and then it just just feels intentional but i hear you don't want to lose loads of the lawn. So in this instance, I'm not going to insist that you have massive borders. Although I'm still going to ask you, do you need a lawn? Could you live without the lawn? Okay. One for you here, Paul and Alty. Grit to green, the name. Can I mix and match trees in the garden or stick to one tree and repeat?

Yeah, you can mix and match. Absolutely. I mean, there's something lovely if you've got for example a driveway and you've got this sort of avenue of the same trees and that has a real sense of formality and grandeur to it and I would argue if you repeat the trees there is more of a formality than if you mix it but you could absolutely mix it and and you should in terms of giving yourself interest at different times of year so you could have some that are blossoming or some have amazing autumn colour so you have my permission to mix. Permission granted. We do have one last thing to do this week and that is to find out what is in and what is out so Polly what is in and what's out? Jojo I have a very exciting business opportunity I want to

share with you for the inn. Oh how exciting. I've had a message from someone called David. Oh, how exciting. I've had a message from someone called David. Oh, hello, gorgeous pink hearts. I hope I'm not causing any disturbance. I stumbled across your profile and I'm ready to spoil and make you happy with all I have, hun. I'm not here for anything sexual or a relationship. I'm a rich man. And I choose to do whatever you want.

I will be giving you an allowance of 5,000 US dollars every two weeks, hun. If you're interested, just let me know. I hope I'm not disturbing you with my offer. Well, listen, hun, the guy's giving you 5,000 US dollars. Every two weeks? 10 grand a month.

But he doesn't want anything in return. What a brilliant relationship. It's not sexual or a relationship. He just wants to give me cash. Should I reply? How epic. What a great guy guy i think you should reply let's reply what should we say let's put this out there what should we say to david what should we say back to david first hi hon what a very kind offer in ease out ease what should we say let us know we will read out the best answers of what to reply to david so please let us know all right what what's out jj um i mean for me it's probably facial movement

i just think you're looking quite smooth it just look it just doesn't my head just doesn't move look oh god i need some i think i've got a little bit too much movement some people might frown some people might frown uh no they can't frown they can't frown at Botox because you can't well they will be frowning if they're frowning it's because they can those who can frown at Botox you frown away girls but listen there's nothing wrong with it it's a personal choice if you want to do it you do it you look cracking don't go knocking others thanks love i've had it once a year in my forehead since i was 25 and there's no shame and if anyone wants any advice come to me i'll give it to you you look sensational i i'd like to book in but i need to i need to pay for a kitchen what i'll do is i'll

save it till the end because it'll be so stressful that then i'll oh my god i'll be like a i'll be like a butterfly no because i think this is what you've got to think of with Botox as preventative. Because it doesn't allow the wrinkles to form because they're never allowed to. I think we're closing the stable door then, my friend. On that one, let's just close this off right now. Oh, good times.

All right, good times. All right, sweet cheeks. Oh my darling, I need to lie down. Yeah, me too. Big love. Love you all. Have a great week, everyone. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye. Bring the colour of true elation. I'm out darling I need to lie down yeah me too big love love you all have a great week everyone bye bye bye bye