Just so you know, I’m keeping on walking – in accordance with government guidelines, naturally. There are lots of cats and birds just walking in the road – because there’s so little traffic. There is also an increase in road kill – not cats, but pigeons, plus the occasional rabbit and hedgehog.
But how about this for a surprise – growing up in the road between the tarmac and the kerb – garlic!! Or so I thought. Greener people than me have suggested it's probably chives, and they're surely right. But it does smell very garlicy.
So I don't know if it’s some wild variety or an escapee from somebody’s garden. It smells great, and in general I believe in foraging but somehow gutter garlic or even gutter chives seems a bit unappealing. Call me overdelicate.
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And I talked to my neighbor a couple of days later - she tells me they're all escapees from her front garden - and she doesn't like the taste of chives!!
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And I talked to my neighbor a couple of days later - she tells me they're all escapees from her front garden - and she doesn't like the taste of chives!!
