I'm a veggie grower (She-who-must-be-obeyed deals with the flowers) and our unexpected triumph this year is an enormous pumpkin. We planted a couple of plants & some gourds in a plot we usually used for spuds, having failed to buy our usual spud variety. We intended them for harvest festival decoration and the odd pumpkin pie, but one has gone beserk, with no special care. It is so large I'm thinking of offering it to the Windsor Theatre for their panto. They're doing Cinderella, it would make a good coach! Beans, carrots, parsnips, leeks, tomatoes and courgettes all done well this year. Quite warm and wet in Spring and summer.
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