allotments

George Monbiot shares his vegetable growing tips.

A newspaper article on a popular urban agricultural project that took place for the first time last year in the poor town of Middlesbrough, North East England as part of a design initiative called Dott07. The project now in its second year goes from strength to strength with 2000 informal 'urban farmers' due to plant this year and reap the harvest at a large-scale town meal. More on the strategic spatial and land-use planning issues at http://tinyurl.com/2843d9.

Update on the 100-year-old Manor Gardens Allotments, due to be demolished to make a path for the month-long 2012 Olympics, and a rant about why it matters.