The world is in a right old state. We are now as a country going through experiences not seen since the last war. But, in with the doom and gloom, the selfish members of our society that buy and hoard far more than they can ever use, in with all that there are the shining examples of selflessness and kindness. The members of local communities that check on our vulnerable citizens to make sure they are ok. Our NHS workers who are working so hard.

But have we become a society that relies on the fact that with one phone call or email almost anything can be delivered to our door? I was told recently that grow your own is now even more popular. I hope so. I hope when we come out of this awful experience we all if we can, turn to helping ourselves a bit more. I was caught out when all this started. My garden has nothing growing because I am re designing it. I shall start filling the polytunnel as soon as I can. I’m not saying that having a bed of potatoes is going to make any big difference, but GRO IS a small bit of independence from the supermarkets. GRO is fresher, readily available and easily accessible. We have land all over the UK that could be used for community gardens.

My new e book “The Strawbale Gardeners Handbook Vol 1” was released about the time we had become aware of this virus in this country. Its doing fairly well. I hope more people will take a look and it might encourage them to give it a grow.