Don't look a gift horse...

 While I was tapping away about food yesterday the doorbell rang.

It was a friend from round the corner brandishing rhubarb! He's got an allotment at the top of our road and often drops some spare pickings from his patch. It's kind of accepted round here that we do each other favours like this. 

It’s easy where we live as all the neighbours have got to know each other over the years and are happy to keep an eye out for each other. The neighbourhood is really friendly and the more we get to know each other the easier it is to find help.

When one of us is away another household will water plants or make sure the post isn’t sticking out of the letterbox for example. If one of us is stuck with a computer glitch or plumbing issue another of us is able to fix the problem.

Month 4 - Bite 20

Accepting help and trading favours comes from the relationships we’ve built together. Because our community is happy to get to know each other we’re relaxed about the giving and receiving that goes on.

Today I’ve a couple of job list to-dos on this one.

First I need to pop across the road to let one neighbour know we’re going away soon and ask her to check now and again that any post is pushed right through the door - she’s got a key too just in case she needs to get in.

Secondly I must sort out the leftover fencing wood and roofing felt from work on our garden to deliver to our rhubarb gifting friend who wants to use it up on the allotment........