If, like me, you haven’t had a garden of your own until very recently, you’ll understand why I had to rush out and take a picture of my very fragrant and flourishing sweet peas. It’s also compensation for the fact that having planted everything that smells beautiful near the house, including lavender for the benefit of those who hate moths (you know who you are), I now find that everyone close to me has hay fever so badly that they look at me as if I was armed if I have a flower in my hand.