A Gardener's Miscellany

This week it’s:

A lot of allotments

We look at some of the facts behind a very British form of gardening – the allotment

DESPITE a near revolution in general gardening activities over the past few decades (such as awareness of environmental concerns, the use of peat in composts, single-use plastic and recycling), when it comes to renting and tending an allotment the ethos remains the same as it always has been – the ability to grow food on a patch of land, that is not your own, to give you a sense of achievement, to eat well, to exercise and to save