When I was 11, we (1)_________ to a large Tudor house in East Anglia which (2)_________ three acres of garden. We had a gardener who lived in a little cottage at the end of our drive. I (3)_________ to spend hours (4)_________ him work and talking to him. I think I picked up a lot about gardening without realising it, because one summer, when I was still at school, I (5)_________ a job at the garden centre and I knew all the names of the plants, and I could give people advice. Then I went to university and it was a disaster. After a term I told my parents that I (6) _________ to give it up and go back to work in the garden centre. They were furious. We (7)_________ a terrible row, and they (8)_________ to me for months. But I knew it was a waste of time to carry on studying archaeology, and the moment I started gardening again, I knew I (9)_________ the right decision. I (10)_________ every moment of the last four years and my parents have learned to accept what I do, not only because they can see how happy I am but also because a lot of my university friends have found it difficult to find good jobs.