Botanics @ Lanloch Farm

“I’ve never been green fingered so I wasn’t sure how I’d get on. I remember my first day, feeling apprehensive. Am I ready for this? Is my head ready? Still feeling extremely tearful. I was anxious about all of that. People made me feel so comfortable asking if I would like a tea or a coffee. We sat down in the polytunnel with our drinks, and I thought, this is nice. It was as if someone had taken the panic away. Then I met the dogs and I melted. I’m such a doggy person. That was it for me. (Some of the team members bring their dogs to work.) Our job that day was to plant out the parsley. I was being really neat and tidy putting them in rows. One of the guys was passing me the plants, and he said, oh, I’ll not give you this one. And it was right tiny. Tiddly. I said, give it here, that’s mine. I planted it, and it grew and grew until it became the biggest of the lot. I’ve always had a reason to get up, but for other people, not me. Now Wednesdays and Fridays are my days. They’re for me”