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How Does Your Garden Grow

Or ... How Would You Like Your Garden To Grow?

Do you remember the nursery rhyme ...

mary growing everything in her garden

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockleshells
And pretty maids all in a row ...

I loved this nursery rhyme as a child ... did this mean I was destined to become a gardener? Probably not, as I also liked ‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall’ but I have haven’t got the inclination to keep falling off walls ...
Anyway, the nursery rhyme ‘Mary, Mary’ got me to thinking ... if you could grow anything in your allotment (other than the stuff we ‘can’ grow) what would it be?

OK, OK ... I know you’re all shouting at the screen ‘money’ ... but let’s take that one as a given! At the moment in my dream allotment I’ve got ...

jelly beans, freshly picked from the allotment



Rows of Jelly Bean plants ...
pods of every hue waiting to be picked ...
full of gloriously sugar laden jelly beans ...
mmm...




raspberry ruffle, chocolate and coconut growing at the allotment




I’ve also got some Raspberry Ruffles growing on tomato sized plants ...
bit trickier these to grow as they are somewhat of a rare commodity and need tender care ...



coconut mushrooms, do these grow like ordinary mushrooms

And, of course, I’ve got some Coconut Mushrooms growing, well, just like mushrooms ...


I hope you can appreciate the research I had to go to in order to make these choices ... oh the pain and anguish of having to eat jelly beans, smarties, raspberry ruffles (gosh ... I love raspberry ruffles) minstrels, revels (trying to avoid the coffee ones of course ...), coconut mushrooms ... and all for this blog ... what more can I say, my dedication knows no bounds ...

Posted by Greenhouse Girl at 03:53 PM on

COMMENTS

Time (as opposed to Thyme) as I never seen to have enough. And sleep. And veggie sausage butties. And cups of tea.

I'm a savoury Burro, me :)

Posted by: Thoughtful McBurro at September 11, 2006 08:57 AM

Maltesers (sp!) as you would grow peas, in chocolate pods....but much bigger than peas, obviously.

Posted by: joce at September 11, 2006 03:11 PM

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