...would you turn round and walk out on me? lend me your ear and I'll sing you a song and I'll try not to sing out of key. oooh I get by with a little help from Goodgym. mmm gonna try a little help from Goodgym. do you need anybody? I need somebody to weed. could it be anybody? I want somebody to prune.

Mr V did not do a rendition of the Beatles, but if he had, that is how it would have gone. So David and I weeded and pruned and the front garden was swiftly tidied.