There are some who would say no, because, like a tidy kitchen it’s a sign that not much is happening. Maybe a bad analogy as a dirty kitchen can kill. Having said that, it hasn’t got me yet.

This is what we ended up with after a weekend of labour interspersed with visitors and scarecrows.

When all is going wrong, like the newly flattened leeks or the Mystery of the Trampled Rhubarb, it’s nice to reflect we did one thing that looks good this week.