Born on May 10

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A little string, a spare hinge and an afternoon: you make a lot out of very little, and people keep asking how you did it.

Their vegetable patch began as a handful of cuttings in yoghurt pots and a bag of borrowed compost, and these days it keeps the whole street in tomatoes.

They need no one to get them started, and their drive is catching: by mid-morning the neighbours have wandered over to help with the weeding. The 10th makes them a finisher, so every row gets its label.

When a crop fails, they’re back the following weekend with a better plan and spare seedlings for anyone who wants to try. Visit in summer and you’ll leave with a bag of beans and a jar of something they’ve pickled.

A gift idea for someone born on May 10

A good leather key fob or a set of brass key tags, so every key on their ring can have its label.

Never miss their birthday

Zodiac Birthday Tracker reminds you before each friend’s birthday and gives you a card written for their exact day.

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