Mrs Agnes Root

 

Mrs Agnes Root spends most of her time in the allotment, digging. She prefers this to talking and is widely considered content. She hums while she works, though never the same tune twice, and names her vegetables after neighbours, a habit she keeps to herself. She laughs at inappropriate moments, alone, usually when something unexpected turns up in the soil.

Mrs Root is known for bringing very good lunches wrapped in cloth, which she eats sitting on an upturned bucket. No one is quite sure what she is planting or why she always returns to the same patch, but things grow. This is generally felt to be sufficient.