Does watering count as gardening? If so, I've been doing an awful lot of gardening in someone else's garden these past two weeks. My brother away filming, and my sister-in-law away in Spain with their boys. This year they have developed a wonderful vegetable garden and built a green house. Really serious dedication to domestic agriculture. I just had to volunteer myself to keep everything alive until their return last Sunday. I could not imagine anything more dispiriting than returning home to rotting tomatoes, or wilted seedlings. So I watered diligently even though the weather provided almost unremitting rain for the duration.
My reward was to pick as much produce as I possibly could. I have to say that leaving with my pockets stuffed full of baby tomatoes and the occasional runner bean made me feel that I was scrumping.
My joy was diminished, however, when one day upon my return I flopped down into an armchair without first removing my coat and pureed the contents of my pockets.
I took a Harrods plastic bag with me the next time...
No comments:
Post a Comment