We weren't going home until Sunday afternoon so we went for a visit to the hidden vegetable gardens. I WISH my camera was working for this but it wasn't. The garden was magnificent. It was in a large walled area and when you go through the door, you are standing at the top of rows of millions of vegetables. Well, thousands.
This isn't the best picture of it because it's from the side, kind of. The vegetables can be found at the back there, where the brown field bits are. I think this picture from the internet was taken in winter. It was chock-full of veg and fruit when we were there. We all snapped up some veg. Mary and Rebecca Rose got a bagful each. Jess got herself some quick vitamins in the form of tomatoes picked half an hour earlier and proceeded to munch them there and then. I got Jason a squash and some lovely onions. It was a great way to deal with a hangover.
The garden is tended by the locals who devote their spare time to it. There is an honour system in place if no-one is there. You weigh your veg and leave your money in the box. Only on Islay.
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