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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Allan Jenkins

High summer on the plot and the flowers are relishing their moment in the sun

Plot 29, August 18
Making scents: sweet peas picked to be enjoyed at home. Photograph: Allan Jenkins/The Observer

Quiet at the allotments with many gardeners away. I am here in the early morning to water, stroll through the site. Sometimes to say hello to the young wrens and baby robins as they flutter among our taller plants.

Most days I take home a handful of beans, tidy a bit and keep the sweet peas in check. It is our first year of growing from seed and I have wildly underestimated the height, the spread and the amount of flowers from two tents. Luckily, they’re our favourite scent.

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