Court Lane Allotments

All the crops are ripening on the allotments with some gluts (particularly courgettes)! Yesterday we went blackberry picking on the waste ground behind the allotments. It reminded me of this song my daughter sang at primary school at harvest time.

Cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green,

Strawberries sweeter than any I’ve seen

Beetroot purple and onions white,

All grow steadily day and night

The apples are ripe, the plums are red,

Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed

Blackberries juicy and rhubarb sour,

Marrows that are fattening hour by hour.

Gooseberries hairy and lettuces fat

Radishes round and runner beans flat

The apples are ripe, the plums are red,

Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed

Orangey carrots and turnips cream,

Reddening tomatoes that used to be green,

Brown potatoes in little heaps,

Down in the darkness where the celery sleeps

The apples are ripe, the plums are red,

Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed

I defy you not to sing this when you’re next harvesting your crops!