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Here
you might find Mr Loads - or you might not! Since he has retired,
he spends most of the time at his allotment. It's the centre of his
life. It helps him get out of the house - and out from under his wife's
feet! In the Book of Genesis, one consequence of Adam being thrown out of the Garden of Eden was that he was forced to start gardening for himself… Here is Holbein's vivid woodcut of Adam desperately toiling to grow food for his wife and family.
Mr
Loads doesn't see his allotment as a punishment at all. For him,
digging keeps him fit and helps him produce lots of delicious fresh
food. Why not consider acquiring an allotment yourself? All over
the country allotments are closing because of lack of use, or pressure
to use the land for other things. The Bible says that Adam was made
from the earth - that we are part of God's wider created order.
Digging the earth helps remind us of our essential connections.
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