Anna Chinn

Giants have been in the news again.

In which a subeditor writes an email to the garden writer, and then decides to make a blog entry of it.

Dear Mrs Vine,

I write to blame you.

This comes from under a rainy tarpaulin that fills and spills into an enamel bowl here, plastic buckets there, halfway up a hill near Motueka.

It was night-time. A man stumbled halfway up the steps of the old chief post office and said, "Hey, wanna earn some money?"

"Hm, no thanks," I replied from the shadows.

"You sure?" he said.

"Yes, I am just here to tidy the library."

Anna Chinn examines, and plays with, the contents of Dunedin gutters.

Anna Chinn examines, and plays with, the contents of Dunedin gutters.

Anna Chinn examines, and plays with, the contents of Dunedin gutters.

Anna Chinn examines, and plays with, the contents of Dunedin gutters.

Fruit and veges can sometimes be found in the gutter. By squishing something that seems to be thoroughly rotten, we can determine whether it has any remaining food value. The pictured orange had very little.

Anna Chinn examines, and plays with, the contents of Dunedin gutters.