Allotments was Humanity

[Guest guest]

> and, a question..just fer us folks across the pond, wot in bacchus'

name is

> an allotment anyways?? i think i have general idea wot it is, but,

its

> foreign to us over here

 

Allotments are patches of land that you can rent, usually from the

council, in order to grow your own vegetables and such like. They

have a long tradition in this country for being the only access to

land that many people, especially the working classes, have.

Many allotment sites are now under threat as local authorities want

to sell them off as prime sites for 'development', so supporting

allotments is becomming increasingly political!

 

Here's a link to Dig For Revolution- a booklet I wrote in the 80's

about allotments & guerilla gardening (not to be confused with

Gorilla gardening!!)

http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/dfr/dfr.htm

 

and a more recent piece for the UK permaculture magazine about

allotments;

http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/essay/allotment1.htm

 

and one about permaculture & food growing for the Raven Anarchist

quarterly;

http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/raven/Ravenpc.htm

 

Cheers Graham

www.landandliberty.co.uk