29. A surprise
Nicole came to help and what a joy it was to share the endless tasks of watering, pruning, staking up, pest inspection. It cut my time in half so I was able to get a swim in later in the day 😀
1. The School Garden project – the beginning
How it all began... I started a container garden in our new place in Taradell, Catalunya last summer (2021) and I had no idea I would love it so much. It grounded me during the pandemic, consoled me during my language struggles and soothed my anxiety about venturing out of the safety of our house. I grew tomatoes from seedlings, strange I know as I don't even like tomatoes but I loved seeing them develop more leaves, a flower and a tiny tomato! I watched them grow, and grow, and grow into a forest of tomato plants. It was so joyous. I'd had a dream to grow tomatoes and chillis to make peri-peri sauce which I eventually did 😊 Fast forward a year and I started dreaming of having a garden made of earth rather than containers. Jim talked about finding me an allotment ('hort' in Catalan), something very common here. Everyone with a piece of land grows an abundance of vegetables in the summer. Soon the town grapevine was activated. My walk and talk friend, Raqel, hear...
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