Huge unsatisfied demand for allotments today, as councils try to get out of their statutory duty to provide them under pressure from private housing developers. We waited 5 years for a plot in Edinburgh 20 years ago. The wait for the same site today is 7 years, and for the most popular site 11 years.
For WW2 and food security (including allotments but also specialist nurseries, landed estates, plant breeders, seed merchants etc), do read Ursula Buchan's A Green and Pleasant Land. One of the best books I've read on any subjects!
Huge unsatisfied demand for allotments today, as councils try to get out of their statutory duty to provide them under pressure from private housing developers. We waited 5 years for a plot in Edinburgh 20 years ago. The wait for the same site today is 7 years, and for the most popular site 11 years.
For WW2 and food security (including allotments but also specialist nurseries, landed estates, plant breeders, seed merchants etc), do read Ursula Buchan's A Green and Pleasant Land. One of the best books I've read on any subjects!
When reading today's references to allotments I wonder of their origin. Thank you for enlightening me. 🌱