{"id":520,"date":"2015-11-02T21:35:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2015-11-18T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T21:42:52","slug":"lurchers-for-beginners-3-we-were-gardeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/lurchers-for-beginners-3-we-were-gardeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Lurchers for Beginners 3: We Were Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

or Right, I’m Concreting Over the Lot<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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As Jane Auste<\/strong>n wrote in her early draft of Lurch and Lurchability<\/em>, \u201cIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a gardener in possession of a good longdog, must be in want of his wits.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sadly, Ms Austen was later converted to spaniels by an over-amorous curate from Tiverton, and wrote no more on the subject of the lurcher or the longdog. She didn’t say much more about gardening either. So it falls to greydogtales<\/em> to expose the sordid truth about trying have a lurcher and a garden at the same time. This third section of Lurchers for Beginners<\/em> is drawn from painful experience, dear listeners, and therefore not a Laughing Matter.<\/p>\n

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The typical lurcher is a long-legged, light-footed beast, able to dance nimbly between two of the feathers on an angel’s wings and turn on a pinhead. Clearly the ideal companion for the keen gardener. Oh dear. Only we will tell you the truth\u2026<\/p>\n

Some of you, no doubt, will have that gentle creature who trots straight down the garden path, has an inconspicuous pee and returns to sit quietly at your feet. We at greydogtales<\/em> have not yet met this sub-species. Many lurchers consider the garden to be a place for army manoeuvres and major earth-moving projects. For those of you who are in doubt, let us examine some of the main components of a garden \u2013 and their fate…<\/p>\n

THE LAWN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also know as the Main Runway<\/strong>. It is used for take-off attempts, such as squirrel catching, fence jumping and flying after the neighbour’s cat. It also makes a nice arena for chasey-chasey and bitey-face, which are sadly not yet Olympic sports. Typically the suburban dog lawn consists of three parts:<\/p>\n