We’re back. Time is a social construct anyway.

February arrived whether we were ready or not. The rain has briefly stopped, the soil is pretending to cooperate, and we’re calling that hope.

This month’s veg is celeriac, a root vegetable with the energy of something that’s survived a long winter underground and isn’t thrilled about being unearthed. Ashley grows it. Alan cooks it. We drink coffee and discuss our life choices.

There’s cautious optimism. There’s seasonal delusion. There’s at least one moment that absolutely should have worked …but didn’t.

One grows it. One cooks it.

It rarely improves.