One man and his plot
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780571279593
Subjects: Allotment gardens; Humor; Self-reliant living; Vegetable gardening
Description: "Writer of The Times Diary, Michael Leapman, became a tenant of an allotment next to Brixton Prison for 35p a year in 1974 when food and energy shortages inspired many people to attempt self-sufficiency. This book tells the story of the plot and the author's first year of cultivating it, written with humour and wit while providing a wealth of information for the would-be urban horticulturalist."--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Easier clichés; title: First the farmer; title: Learning to love my weeds; title: First fruits; title: 'Marrows at forty paces'; title: Rampant fertility; title: Earthing up my mind; title: Limits to growth; title: Pondering the imponderable; title: Idle gardener's almanac.