It's tempting, given the current slew of grow-your-own campaigns, books and newspaper articles, for anyone in their 20s or early 30s to assume that the movement is something completely new and innovative.
It is, of course, a movement far older than that: springing from at least as far back as the first and second world war "victory gardens", then the 1970s "back-to-the-land" movement epitomised by Mother Earth News in the US and the BBC TV sitcom The Good Life in the UK.
The recently reinvigorated Garden Museum in London is asking anyone with photographs, diaries, posters and newsletters, recipes, packaging or other objects that document their GYO experiences to contribute to their upcoming Good Life exhibition this autumn.
Get rooting around in your cupboard, shed and loft, and if you have anything you'd like to donate to the exhibition, you can contact the Curator, Mary Guyatt, at mary@gardenmuseum.org.uk or on 020 7401 8865 824, with a brief description or photograph of your items.
In the meantime, I'd love to know how long gardening blog readers have been GYO-ing. Add a comment below and impress me with your history of self-sufficiency: or introduce yourself as a newbie. Everyone's welcome.
