I spent a few hours up at the plot continuing with that digging. I won't bore you with that, or put up any photos 'cus you can imagine what a half dug plot looks like well enough. I should have done a stop frame animation....Ah well.
But I met some interesting people today.
one of which was Ivan who was driving a mobility scooter and has had three strokes. Oh what a nice chap. We swapped produce, I gave him some parsnips and he offered me some rhubarb to be picked in a couple of weeks time. -"and to tell Eric he said it was OK." Ivan can't actually eat, but a couple of years ago the wonderful team at Ipswich hospital put a tube in his neck that goes to a bag and he can eat pureed food just for the taste of it. He gets his nourishment some other way. This operation was only the second in the world and apparently they got the information of how to do it from an Internet link. Ivan still comes to the allotment, although he can't eat much that is not soup or smoothies. So there you see, don't just garden for food for the body, its food for the mind too.
Amazing Ivan! Love it that he eats just for the taste of it. So important.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the photo of the half-dug plot? Not boring to gardeners to see work in progress.
It's my Golden Jubilee on Spring Equinox March 21 - am celebrating over several weeks, months, maybe the whole year! You MUST come for a kitchen tea party.
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