Most of my days I spend thinking. Churning over plans, ideas, problems and endless to do lists as I potter on with my chores.   Even in the middle of the night my mind keeps working, it’s an annoying habit I wish I could break.  I have high hopes that the latest additions to the kitchen garden will be the perfect antedote to a restless mind.  A place where you can just sit awhile and be.  It won’t be compulsory to think as you sit but if mind games are the order of the day it will at least be a place to be comfortable.

We took delivery of two art and craft style benches similar to the Thakeham Bench designed by Edwin Lutyen.  I thought that they might be a little too fancy for a kitchen garden but now they are in situ it’s an incentive to smarten up the garden itself.  I’ve already tested them as a spot for morning coffee and afternoon tea.  A little more experimentation is required to confirm that these are an all day place for relaxation but I’m pretty sure that with these benches the kitchen garden has been transformed from a working garden to the perfect place to sit a while and just be.