Green fingers.

This is my favourite time of year – the warm weather and long sunny days mean that the garden is at its’ best, particularly the flowers. I’m a keen gardener but I have to confess that I prefer weeding and tending the borders to growing vegetables – that’s a “blue job” in our house. When our young friends decide they want to have a go at growing I’m specially thrilled as a love of gardening isn’t to be taken for granted. So hearing of successes with their allotment or pots of seedlings is just lovely. In the USA green fingers are known as “the green thumb” but whatever we call it they are learning the names of plants and their preferences , knowledge which is fascinating, culminating in the satisfaction of their harvest, whether fruits and veg or flowers. And of course spending time outside is a great way to unwind after a week at work.