Seven chatty folks congregated at base, such was the gushing flow of conversation it was a challenge to get to the traditional weekly question in " what's ostensibly nice on the outside, but rotten and bad on the inside?" Food seemed the obvious answer: cheese and onion pasties, soft mushy apples shining bright, dry tangerines. We also had: my twin brother, trickle-down economics and Rishi Sunak. A solid array of food preferences, economic theory, political distrust and familial mocking in one fell swoop.

A midweek dose of covert group gardening, under the darkness of tree canopy and a fallen sun, the team set about the eleven tasks swiftly. Team Prince chopping and harvesting the succulent cherry tomatoes. Hils and Will did a solid stint on the compost turning, trying not to impale the frogs living there. Rosa smashed through the watering task...she didn't even scream once due to spiders, oh no wait, she did. But hats off for facing the fears. Charlotte, did a bit everything, swept a few leaves, pulled a few courgettes out and ate a few tomatoes. You can't hold her down, like a talented number 10 that needs freedom and support to express themselves.

Well in guys, you did manage to complete all the jobs with plenty of time to spare. Next week we head to Nomadic Gardens for our second session, sign up here

Till then

B