Gardens: ‘Good plotholders take holidays in winter’
The car was packed to go off on holiday but I still had to make one urgent last call at the allotment. Leaving the plot for a week at the height of harvest can be quite a wrench.
Last week I quickly picked all the sweet peas and gave them to a neighbour lest the plants stopped flowering and set seed in my absence. Fortunately, self-catering accommodation meant that I could take some home-grown produce with me. All the courgettes went into a bag in case they turned into marrows before my return. I also picked a bunch of French beans, a cauliflower and a few onions.