And so farewell, it’s time to say goodbye to my gardening column

Moments in the sun: ‘The best part of writing this column has been you, the reader community.’ Photograph: Howard Sooley

So here, my final Observer column. Plot 29 has reached its autumn. Maybe me, too.

I stepped away from the Observer on Friday 13. Twenty-five years on my favourite paper. Ten as editor of the weekly magazine, 14 on the food monthly.