1. Age - 47yrs.
2. Marital Status - First marriage.
3. How did we meet? - Well, Ming simply happened to land in my shed. It was a Thursday afternoon - and I was weeding. He opened the door and walked into sunlight for the first time on earth.
It was shock at first sight.
I offered him a cup of tea (as one does!) - and, well, you know the rest!
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4. Education - Minor public school in Kent.
(i.e. Fee paying but not famous.)
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There was no stress on academic achievement but we did grow our own food and learnt how to preserve it for winter. We also learnt to cook. (Which is unusual.)
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Quite a large number of its ex-students are now working in horticulture and market gardening.
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A few have opened their own whole-food restaurants serving organically grown food.
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5. I rely on the mundane to keep me calm. On rainy days, knitting fulfills the same function as gardening.
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6. My first income came from knitting school jumpers.
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7. I find small talk difficult. That's why cups of tea are useful. They define the length of a visit.
If you enjoy a conversation, you can offer your visitor 'another cup' - except sometimes you can't - because offering a second cup is frequently used as a polite indication that your guests should leave.
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8. I live in permanent fear of catastrophe: nuclear war, famine, that kind of thing. By growing vegetables, I provide myself with delusions of safety.
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By growing bushes and plants I help save The Earth - simultaneously creating somewhere pleasant to sit while waiting for the disaster which (almost inevitably) will come.
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9. I like tatty clothes. The best scent is bonfire.
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10. I like my hands to be coated with dried earth - then I don't mind picking up worms.
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Ron asks for my life in six words:-
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Me, Ming, Didcott, Worthing, Garden, Blog.
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Yes, I think that sums it up pretty succinctly.
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Me, Ming, Didcott, Worthing, Garden, Blog.
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Yes, I think that sums it up pretty succinctly.
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