Sunday, January 13

So where did the idea of keeping an allotment come from?

As the weather is still too damp to do much on the site you may like to read the very short history of allotments on the web site. Click here to read more.
The photograph below shows the Piermaster's Wartime Garden in Liverpool. This is a reconstruction of how even many very small town gardens were 'given over' to the production of vegetables during the 'Dig for Victory' campaign on World War II.

The pier master's war time garden

Thanks to Joe for supplying the photograph.
Posted by Sue Garrett at 4:41 pm

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