One Man and His Dig (eBook): Adventures of an Allotment Novice

Synopsis

A funny and original look at the various crops and characters the author encountered during his years tending a west London allotment.

When Valentine Low decided to forego his world of dinner parties with the chattering classes to take on a pastime usually indulged in by old men with flat caps and rollups, he had little idea of the sea change it would bring about in his life. A year down the line he had developed a worrying obsession with potatoes, a resourcefulness that borders on kleptomania and an ever-strengthening relationship with a cheery Irishman named Michael (who thinks that zeitgeist is something nasty you get on your cucumbers).

By turns entertaining and informative, and packed with allotment wisdom - everything from who was responsible for the desecration of the purple sprouting broccoli (that'll be the pigeons) to how to build a proper manure heap - One Man and His Dig is an indispensable guide to allotment life for all green-fingered urbanites.