Hedging my bets as garden drops down priority list

OUR next door neighbour is selling his house. It has been empty for a while now, but he comes around a few times a week to do the garden, which contains rows of perfectly organised flowers. He is very polite.

This is why talking to me about my hedge is so obviously painful for him.

My hedge is a bit of a landmark. Whenever I’m giving directions to people, all I have to say is to follow the mile of neat front gardens until half way down the hill there’ll be a hedge you can’t miss.