My friend Gill recently remarked that she had not appreciated the extent of the allotment plot. So here’s my attempt to show the length; there are 12 raised beds, six on either side. And at the far end the shed and compost area behind is complemented on the other side by the box-edged square plot that I scratched back from the stony wilderness 2 years ago.

And to change the scale, here’s the green drama of rampant swiss chard – variety ‘white silver 2’.