how does your garden grow?

For the past few days I have been in Exeter, Devon, with the boyfriend visiting his family. And what with the weather being so glorious, a certain amount of roaming around the countryside ensued. As is well known if you have read my other entries, I am somewhat influenced by good weather, feeling anything is possible, a deep desire to go outside and engage in some sort of activity engulfs my very being and I start to feel giddy considering the upcoming summer months and what fun can be had! Luckily, we had things to do in the great outdoors in Devon (nothing too dramatic, mostly drinking in beer gardens) and one of these things was a walk with the dog so I could Czech out the local gym (as I will be moving to Devon for a little while) and whilst there, we had to drop some suncream off with my boyfriend's dad, at his allotment.

I had never been to an allotment before and I wasn't really expecting to get as enthusiastic as I did, but when there, it all seemed rather lovely. To have your own little patch of land, and to eat what you grow, knowing it's beautifully fresh and healthy. He is growing a wonderful array of plants; sweetcorn, carrotts, butternut squash, beans, peas, mint, rocket, raspberries, and much more! Whilst there we dug up some potatoes for dinner that night. Meandering through the greenery we could even pick strawberries straight off the vines, yum yum yum. Now i don't know the first thing about gardening, I've had a couple of plants in my time and they have always died somehow or other, but I remember when my sister and I were much younger, our parents giving as a little patch of the garden in which to grow things. A mystery pack of seeds later and we had our own flower patches! And of course there was halloween when the pumpkin competitions ensued, my sister and I battling to grow the biggest, I'm not sure who won now. But growing things is a lot of fun, at primary school we grew broad beans in jars, and cress on kitchen roll, someday I think I'd like a little patch to call my own again.