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Readers of this blog may recall that I have recently 'delegated' the compost-making in the family to my husband. He's so taken by his new role that I sometimes catch him slipping gardening books into his shoulder bag in the morning to read

in my gardening habits, so you'll rarely find me on the plot on 21 December.There's still plenty of time to order and plant shallots or find them in garden centres - I've got away with planting them in at the end of April and still had a good crop

regular habits. It's like farming or gardening, he explains: there are some tasks that just can't be 'crammed,' they have to happen bit by bit and in the right season.But if you look around you, people have all sorts of working styles. The world often