 It's dull and rainy today and a few weeks ago. I'd have probably got up in the morning. I thought oh, it's raining again But after about three weeks of sunshine and I said gradually emptying our water tanks Watering things like the conservatory here and some of the things we've been planting very much go up thinking hey, it's raining and so It is this idea that when we're looking at something and we're seeing it as a problem it's all to do with our perspective really and that we need to be thinking at everything that you know what is the gift in everything they're looking for the gift in everything and of course that can be quite difficult when big things are happening at the moment, of course there's the COVID-19 thing going on and People are dying and this can be difficult particularly if you're in the middle of that to really see the gifts in that but also We are starting to see Some great qualities of humanity and community and so on coming out of that On a smaller scale in the greenhouse and I could look at this so this is perhaps what you don't normally see when you think of radish and So I planted these in the autumn hoping to get a radish crop, but the conditions in the greenhouse Not really ideal for making radishes It's a bit too warm and it wasn't quite enough light and so all they've done instead is just make big plants just grown into big plants and And they've flowered which of course all plants flower that's part of their life cycle But they come in here now in the mornings for the last few weeks and just this heady aroma It's just this beautiful beautiful scent which reminds me a little bit of jasmine actually and we tend to grow plants like jasmine for the smell But most of us don't think of growing radishes For the scent, but they're absolutely beautiful and what these will also go on to do once they flower they will make pods and Whereas if you get a little radish root and you eat it it's gone in one go Whereas if you allow a plant to flower and make pods they're starting to do it here look these Little pods will become bigger and fleshier and as a period before they get too woody Where they're crisp and they're juicy and they taste a radish and you can put them in salads and they're fantastic so I've looked at these very much as a happy accident a serendipity and Really enjoying the scent and the fact that you know, it could be very easy Could have been easy for me a few weeks ago to think are they getting very big I started eating the leaves because you can also eat radish leaves and they're very nutritious In fact, they're better than eating the root itself. It's not quite as peppery and I could have thought well They're taking up a lot of space and spring is the time where There's a lot of things going on in the greenhouse and spaces are at a premium. So I could have just Hiked them out, but I Stayed with it. I thought well, they will flower and flowers flowers are nice and they'll attract pollinators in and so on Actually, I've been treated to this fantastic display and every time I come in here. It's just Fantastic, so they're very much worth their space and it's worth remembering even if we can't see it in the moment But what are the gifts in this situation? What are the good things that will come out of this rather than just saying the bad?