We thought it was just London allotments that were in short supply but news reaches us of 1000 plus waiting lists in Wales. With so many wannabe growers out there ethical clothing label howies might well be onto something with their Allotment Envy t-shirt part of their new spring/summer range.
As the plot-less Welsh and DF Randell of Allotments Alive point out according to Section 23 of the 1908 Allotments Act we are all entitled to a plot of our own - so maybe it's time to pick up our forks and make some demands.
One plot of allotments no-one is envying is the new Olympic allotments in Leyton - the replacements for the Hackney Wick site concreted over for London 2012. It appears around a third of the allotments are waterlogged and unusable. Despite the £40,000 spent readying each plot sadly it wasn't worth the wait.
