Catalan Veg Plot

We've had a break from our allotment spending the last two weeks in Catalonia. We had a week with my friend in Barcelona and a week walking in the Pyrenees. I don't know if it's just me but whenever I'm away I love seeing other people's gardens to get an idea of what they're growing and possibly pick up some tips to take home. On this theme we stayed at the most beautiful campsite in a village called Espot which had the feeling of somebody's garden that you were allowed to camp in.

All the camping plots were surrounded by beds of marigolds, dahlias and cosmos, with apple and pear trees for shade and an amazing veg plot which was fairly small but packed with a huge selection of veg. It reflected the style of the veg gardens throughout the village and was particularly nice because all surplus veg was for sale in the teeny "supermercat" in the village. Despite what greenwashed advertising campaigns to the contrary  may try to persuade us is true, you certainly don't get a service like that in my local supermarket - no, not event in the "finest range".

And the other good thing about the garden? It was a real conversation starter with the lovely couple who owned the campsite giving me a perfect opportunity to try out my less than perfect Spanish. The universal language of gardening you see - it means that you've always got something to talk about to fellow gardeners, regardless of the fact that that may be the only thing that you've got in common and it's one of the things that I love most about being a grower.

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We went to Madiera and not that I speak Portuguese, but the words 'Agapanthus' sprang up all over the show as the island is covered in them - the international language of gardening (for me), and football (for him - Alan Shearer, Newcastle United!)