Bucolic Cousin Prospering...

[sandyRoe]

I bought a box of tomatoes in M&S yesterday and it was only when I got them back home I noticed who'd grown them. Isn't it nice to see a country cousin doing well?

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xoozgh&;s=8

[sunny-dave]

Very handy that :)

[anneasquith]

your posh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,M&S :),,,,,,,,,,,,how is andy ?

[sandyRoe]

I hope he's doing well. I was thinking of writing to M&S and asking them to pass on a letter to Andy. In it I'd remind him of the impoverished Row's back in the old country.

[gness]

First make sure he grows other stuff too, Sandy....there's only so many tomatoes a man can accept.....x

[berniecuddles]

excellent

[sandyRoe]

I was thinking more along the lines of greenbacks. That would save the cost of transporting perishable goods.

[gness]

Much more sensible, Sandy.....here was me thinking you were going to open an Irish branch of the family business selling veg on the market.....☺

[shoota]

Does he make shandy as well?

[anneasquith]

off course ' andy ' may well be from the side of the family no one talks about.

[aelmpvw]

his sister erika is well known for her plums

[anneasquith]

ael,,,,,,,,,,,,,me thinks your reply will be ' lost' on some people. !

[shoota]

Not on me - I remember them well.

[Captain2]

A bit errr big for plums were they not?

[sunny-dave]

She was a bit of a star ...

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5d/db/f7/5ddbf7b8ced6de0f5a7ef8229a529a96.jpg

[shoota]

I knew the coppers who 'dealt' with her.

[humbersloop]

dunno about plums, but other soft fruit are also available

http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/food-drink/the_groundbreaking_tomato_grower_developing_new_varieties_in_banks_1_1646292

[gness]

Honestly! Mention Erika's plums and Shoota's in like a streak of lightning..☺

[shoota]

There is a dearth of decent plums round here at the moment.....

[sandyRoe]

Melons, rather than plumbs, surely?

[sandyRoe]

where did that B come from? ^