Allotments
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From onions as big as babies to pumpkins that weigh more than a car, it has been a record-breaking year for oversize veg. But what motivates someone to grow an 8-metre beetroot – and is skulduggery involved?
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Despite confusion over rules and shortages of compost and seeds, UK allotment holders have cherished their plots
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UK allotment holders took comfort from their plots in the worst days of the pandemic. They are now reaping the rewardsGallery
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Bristol photographer Chris Hoare was commissioned by the city’s photography festival to create Growing Spaces, a project focusing on local allotments. In collaboration with allotment holders, societies and food producers, the festival will create an archive of images representing this aspect of city life. National Allotments Week lasts until 16 AugustGallery
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Applications to join waiting lists rise sharply as consumers turn to ‘the good life’ in crisis
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Beans, berries or begonias? Tell us how your allotment has sustained you through the pandemic
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Growing our own potatoes is fun – but the pandemic and looming trade deals have exposed Britain’s fragile food security, says author Alice O’Keeffe
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Gardeners are enjoying normality and a chance to ‘clear your head’ during the coronavirus lockdownGallery
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Other lives: Examinations officer at Newcastle University for 25 years who had a knack for drawing people to her
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Letters: Allotment holders should be allowed to tend to their plots for short periods, says Christopher Jenkins, while Sarah Munro and Prof Andrew Russell plead for more considerate behaviour during these trying times
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Allotments deliver more than just a physical harvest of flowers, fruit or veg. They create true communities
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When his wife became ill, Barney Norris found that growing his own food helped him through the trauma
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I started to rent an allotment with great intentions, but it is now hopelessly overgrown
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Anger at attempt by ‘green aristocrat’ Earl Percy to develop wilderness site in London
Letters: give us the space to grow our own food