I seem to make a habit of living next door to, working with and/or being friends with a progression of smartypants. You know the sort “Did I show you the proton reactor I knocked up this afternoon?”, “Must rush, the Dalai Lama is popping by for a cup of tea and some advice”, “Of course that was before I played Ophelia to Gielgud’s Hamlet” and “Would you like to see the model vegetable garden that I created in just a few weeks?”. This final quote refers to a gentleman who has grown some impressive monster (certainly not monstrous) specimens in his recently constructed raised beds – cartoon carrots, fantastic fennel, lettuce leviathans, squashes like small landing craft, it is like a scene from Land of the Giants. Annoyingly they are also delicious, no bland beans or cannon ball beets here! I cannot help thinking there may be witchcraft involved, I have heard tell that a large hound with shining red eyes and a deathly howl has been roaming the area ……
ps This is one of his artichokes which are so prolific he has allowed it to flower. I rest my case.
Off The Edge Gardening 
I’d like one of those beds, mine produced some silly odd shaped carrots this year. Lovely artichoke flower 🙂
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The carrots were particularly impressive, I have never been able to grown one that actually looks like a carrot!
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Loved your description of the gentleman’s veggies. Hope he shared with you. I also loved the word “swotty”. I can translate it, but I had never heard it. I think I’ll steal it.
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Hurrah, you are here! Thank you for following. He has shared, I have had some wonderful fennel and beetroot and lettuce. He has worked very hard. Glad you like the word “swotty” I was trying to remember the word I learned from your blog was it something like lollying?
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Lollygagging! Isn’t it great to be able to share words? And to know that neither of us are lollygaggers!
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That is the one, brilliant “lollygagging”!
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Very amusing and very true…. 🙂
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And they are always lovely, just for extra annoyance!
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I am speechless….signed swotty ex neighbour….note the ex!!!
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You will always be my swotty neighbour and smartypants friend, where ever we live x
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Obviously witchcraft. Does he have a cat called Hecate?
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Just looked that up, you are always educating me!
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Green fingers and then some….
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Yes, it is good to see “the touch”!
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As Mark Twain said, “There is nothing so annoying as a good example.”
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