Last evening I phoned my parents to catch up and talked to my dad about his father's passion for gardening. He had 3 allotments and a backyard flower garden so he kept very busy tending his plants. Dad said he had a passion for gardening but it was also driven out of necessity to provide food for his family.(particularly during the Second World War when people were encouraged to grow their own crops to assist with food distribution). I asked dad if he helped out in the garden and he said other than as a young boy "no".
It was raining steadily yesterday which is great for the garden and the trees but unfortunately the change of weather through off my "garden time". I attempted to weed in the rain and did so for about 20 minutes but got distracted when I noticed the gutter downspout was blocked and rain was pouring over the side of the evestrough-so a change of direction was dictated by necessity.
This morning I harvested a handful of chives and put them into my egg salad English muffin. Excellent taste....
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