So will your vegetable plot beckon you this Christmas Day? I wonder how many people actually go down to their allotments or venture on to their garden veg plots on this special day. An escape from the hordes of relatives may prompt a sudden interest in bare earth and dead and decaying stems of old crops. Maybe you have been super organised and are harvesting your Christmas lunch from your plot? Perhaps the cold weather and sharp frosts have meant you lifted some leeks early and heeled in loose soil, so come Christmas morning they could be lifted with ease. Maybe you have parsnips ready for the plucking.The adventurous among you may have buried some treasure a while back. Tins of sand or compost holding their precious cargo of potatoes and carrots stored beneath the cold earth. On Christmas morning the anticipation and excitement in lifting the boxes far exceeds the moment you opened Aunt Sal’s present, knowing it was yet another Christmas jumper.