1. Homemade blackcurrant jam -- it's a summer afternoon that you can put on a toasted bagel.
2. Nick exclaims rather happily, 'Broad beans are nothing like they used to be.'
3. Granny and Bettany go through the toyshop's Christmas catalogue.
1. When I turn out a pot, I find fat worms writhing in the soil, and a bright gold centipede, and a handful of bulbs waiting for next year. ...