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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: DrJohnH on September 22, 2017, 19:15:21

Title: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: DrJohnH on September 22, 2017, 19:15:21: Recently, I have been reading a book called "Plot 34" by Mark Keenan.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8665674-plot-34 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8665674-plot-34)

It's an amusing account of ups and downs of a first plot with some side stories/factoids thrown in for good measure. What other allotment related books/films/TV series have you enjoyed?
Title: Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: Pescador on September 23, 2017, 07:20:26: My life on a hillside allotment by Terry Walton, is well worth a read.
He runs the Radio 2 allotment and can be heard on The Jeremy Vine Show reporting in once a week.
The book is entertaining, not intended as an instruction manual.
Title: Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: Duke Ellington on September 23, 2017, 21:42:58: I loved a film called *Grow Your Own* recently shown again on BBC 2

DUKE
Title: Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: pumkinlover on September 24, 2017, 08:08:00: I love that film Duke.
It makes me laugh and cry and is about so much more than Allotments.
Can't recommend it enough.
Title: Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: DrJohnH on September 24, 2017, 08:21:23: Quote from: pumpkinlover on September 24, 2017, 08:08:00
I love that film Duke.
It makes me laugh and cry and is about so much more than Allotments.
Can't recommend it enough.
Missed it on BBC iplayer- I'll have to see if I can get a copy on DVD next time I am in the UK.
Title: Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
Post by: saddad on September 27, 2017, 07:48:18: I have the DVD... worth a re-watch every now and then... especially as the committee implodes yet again!