Allotments are currently held by 250,000 people in the UK. Some figures suggest there are a further 200,000 people now on waiting lists who would like to grow their own - and spend money on gardening products. But how many allotments have grown over in the 60-odd years since the war -the last time that grow-your-own was as popular as it is now? Back then, grow-your-own was a necessity. Now it is a hobby. Few seriously suggest they can save much money. But the everlasting satisfaction of producing food for yourself means the allotment is the new must-have commodity for the upwardly mobile.
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