It has never been more fashionable to grow your own. With living costs still ludicrously high and suspicion over processed food rising by the day, the ability to nurture homegrown - and free - grub has never held more appeal.
The thing is, trying to channel The Good Life when you live in the urban sprawl of London is a challenge, to say the least. Council allotment spaces are few and far between, and when they do come up, the race to get one is more fevered than trying to procure Glastonbury tickets.
