Radishes and melons

A couple of days ago Spuds and I went on an outing to our local garden centre.  We have not yet built our fruit cage, and the weather was miserable, so we thought it would be the ideal to time to stock up on a few components.  But in recent years the old-fashioned nurseries of my early days have been transformed into profit centres, packed full of enticement (Hell and Damnation be upon all Marketing Depts) and before we had been there for 2 minutes we were both checking out all sorts of seedy temptation.  Then I heard somebody singing away behind one of the display stands to the tune of "Oranges and Lemons."  You've guessed it: there, sitting on a large plastic mushroom, was Spuds happily chortling:

Radishes and melons...


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  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2023 at 1:01 AM

    Well it makes a change from "One potato, two potato, three potato, four ..."! Good for Spuds, I say!

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