Kate Vercoe is general manager of the Otago Farmers Market.
What was the best birthday present you ever received, and why?
When I first met my husband, Terry, he gave me a birthday month. I was spoilt and indulged for the whole of the month. Understandably, I found this concept to be enormously appealing!
What smell do you find irresistible?
Every year, I grow sweet peas because I adore their scent. I had my first garden as an 8-year-old and I grew sweet peas with the help of my dad. These days, the perfume of sweet peastransports me to a place rich with love and memories.
If you were going to an island and could take only three things, what would they be and why?
I would take seed potatoes because the potato would have to be one of the easiest and mostuseful things to grow and I love eating them; a fishing net because, again, I am thinking of mystomach; and, a library because I have to keep my brain engaged, right?
What's something only your family knows about you?
That I rock out on my ukulele and sing at the top of my voice when I am home alone. And, no, I am not about to start busking at the market!
You are a new addition to the crayon box. What colour are you, and why?
I am a rainbow because diversity is something I value more than just about anything else. Ifpeople respected differences, the world would be in much better shape.
