Final reckoning

Measuring day. It’s time to take the tape measure to our tallest sunflower, grown in memory of a young friend. Here’s my daughter wielding the ruler. All the flowers nurtured for #JohnSlavinSunflowers2018, with accompanied fund-raising for the mental health charity CALM, are being height-checked today. The growing challenge has raised £3,000 for the charity, a worthwhile result. Fingers crossed that our good Kentish soil has produced one of the tallest ....