Care home is gardener's world

THE tastebuds of care home residents are being tickled by the green-fingered efforts of a long-time vegetable grower.

He said: "I'm just pleased I've been able to continue doing what I enjoy."Instead, the former pit worker has found a new role - catering for fellow residents at the Terravis Park Care Home, near Morpeth with his cabbages, tomatoes, peas and potatoes, after care home staff created him his own vegetable patch.PERFECT PATCH Former allotment holder George Glasper, who is growing vegetables at Terravis Park Care Home, near MorpethFor five decades George Glasper, 87, has been growing on an allotment he's spent years cultivating.But when he had to move into a care home earlier this year, he feared his love of gardening would wilt as he left behind his home in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland.

PERFECT PATCH Former allotment holder George Glasper, who is growing vegetables at Terravis Park Care Home, near Morpeth