Lovely to gather a carrot crop from one of my

Hope they were tasty Diane...

I can remember as a child pulling up Carrots from my dad's garden, wiping the soil off with my hand, and loving the flavour.

Yes and the lovely fresh peas straight from the pod as we were picking them, I can also remember the clip around the ear we got because they were meant for dinner, lol...

It distresses me to hear of children being hit because they did something wrong that they hadnt been told about.
Reading Tiger Woods biography it was the same, his mother believed in hitting children in this way when they were vulnerable. I admire modern mothers who are so much better. See a lot of them as the local children all come to school by my flat.
They are all happy.

Different times Diane, those were the days when the children could get a rap on the knuckles at school or even the cane if considered really naughty, have to say that we never saw all the bullying that goes on today and certainly never heard of kids beating up old people just for a laugh, so it certainly makes you think that some do need more discipline than they are getting..

It makes me very happy to read/hear about any children who are taken to allotments and actively take part in gardening. Without realising it I learned all the plant names from my parents as a child.