doing gardening

"at the garden" - We use only "in the garden. (Meet me at the garden gate.)

"She is gardening in the garden." This is like "typing on the typewriter." She is working in the garden. She is gardening

"She is cleaning weeding / tending the garden."

- A.

Thanks. Can I say,

(a)He is cleaning the grass.

(b) He is planting some flowers in the garden.

(c) He is planting (the plants) in the garden.

(d) He is planting in the garden.

P/s: I'm confused. We can say, "in / at / around the park", but we can't say "at the garden", why?

Vincent Teo(a)He is cleaning the grass. We don't use this expression with natural turf, but it might be used with the new artificial turf. I'm not sure.

We say, "cutting the grass, mowing / raking the lawn."

(b) He is planting some flowers in the garden. Good.

(c) He is planting (the plants) in the garde

Hi Vincent,

In Western English culture, we don't usually call a woman a grandmother, unless she is our grandmother.

We'd typically just say 'a woman' or perhaps 'an elderly woman', although grandmothers these days are often not at all elderly.

Clive

Clive we don't usually call a woman a grandmother

Hi Clive. Just being my obstreperous self:

I try to give some leeway because the posts necessarily present things out of context.

Wouldn't it be natural to say, "In my favorite sitcom, the father is always chewing out the son, and the grandmother is always taking the son's side / part." ?

Hi,

Hypothetical Situation: If some people were having a show in front of those people who have been marooned in an island for their younger years and have been rescued subsequently. What if they had to showcase some of things they do in their houses, like gardening, fixing the sink, etc. Could they say like this?

OK, we are going to perform gardening for you.
OK, we are goin

As a footnote:

Instead of "cleaning the garden", you could say "tidying (up) the garden".

MrP

Anonymoussome of things they do in their houses, like gardening, fixing the sink, etc.

OK, we are going to perform gardening our favorite lawns for you.

OK, we are going to perform fixing a faucet for you.

Hi, Anon. The trick here is that (as far as I know) to fix is [only] transitive and to garden is [only] intr

MrPedanticInstead of "cleaning the garden", you could say "tidying (up) the garden".

Hi MrP. This rings a bell with me. I think we'd say "cleaning up the garden" in the same way as "tidying up the garden." I think we agree that "tidying the garden" is acceptable while "cleaning the garden" is not. Neither could be substituted for "weeding

Yes; I might say that I'd "tidied" the garden if I'd straightened the water ****, picked up a few stray crisp packets, pensively deadheaded the odd hollyhock, etc., all the while hoping that someone else would decide to deal with the impressive sow thistle in the middle of the lawn.

MrP