The British have brought the world many wonderful things, not the least being a love of gardens and gardening. Pushed to boiling point by Brussels bungleaucrats they chose Brexit, promising an end, amongst assorted indignities, of being unable to indulge in bent bananas and crooked cucumbers. And don’t ask about lawnmower insurance. Of course bizarre regulations have never been limited to the fertile minds of EU officialdom. In Western Australia, it’s illegal to be in possession of more than 50 kilograms of potatoes. And it’s illegal to hurt a homing pigeon in the states of Victoria and South Australia.