What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

Never thought about them Mary.......but why not? .....another polytunnel arrived last Tuesday (as a spare) Wednesday the (spare anti fog polythene arrived )enough to cover three polytunnels.......2018 should be my finest hour if all go's well.....i am very determined to excel in the garden.....i have the time.....and finally the dedication ....this is what i want this is the way i want to live my life........living off the land and all the goodness i can extract
from it.....one Sunday morning 55 years ago i happened on Sam Green walking past the chapel (in the back lane where i lived) he was carrying a wicker basket ....this was full of veg
"take a look at this young un" Fresh potatoes,Fresh carrots,Fresh cabbage,Fresh parsnips ALL provided by the LORD above with a little help from me .....Can you SMELL that ? ...NO ...that smell is lamb my boy.....Mrs green is roasting ...."you can't get better boy! out of the soil straight into the pot!") and to top it off .....its a beautiful day , i thought he was nuts as i watched him open his back gate and disappear up the path and through his kitchen door .......i think of Sam a lot these days when on my garden....lots of good memories ....along with other old coal miners ....glad to be above ground working their allotments....this was not hard work for them.... but a pleasure...breathing FRESH air rather than coal dust.......to be born WELSH is a Privilege ...good enough for me.

One good point about growing old, is remembering stuff that's profound ....without realising the importance of statements made and conveyed in the distant past ...and when you reach a given point they explode like a grenade and make complete sense....and you get the full meaning (and the intent) on the storey teller /teacher....Nice one SAM ....i now understand it all .