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Growing back in time...
Growing back
in time... 21
years ago
Allotment & Leisure Gardener Issue 2.1996
“A woman running an
allotment! Outrageous!”
Maggi Brown from the Henry Doubleday Research Association submitted an article on Organic Gardening. Her focus was
on Pauline Pears, a lady who, along with assistance from her husband, had taken on a plot ve years previously with the intention of growing organically.
It was not unusual to nd organically managed allotments in the early nineties apparently but it seems that a woman running an allotment was still considered decidedly odd.
The article read, ‘There was plenty of teasing from existing allotment holders as well as indifference, unwanted advice and disapproval!’
Needless to say, Pauline and her husband worked very hard and her plot was a superb example of how successful organic gardening can be.
Competition Draw
Test your knowledge with this competition from the past and win £35* worth of gardening related books.
Set by Erica Gibson from Grimsby in 1996
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1. Woe is me!
2. An English girl
3. Take a girl in a boat
4. Artist on a plate
5. Actors speak!
6. Stick in the mud carries shopping
7. Blow is me!
8. A fast pulse
9. A burning rod
10. Rhoda meets Dennis and Ronald
Closing date: 13/4/17. Please email your 10 answers along with your contact details to beth@crestpublications.com or send in your entry to Crest Publications, 1 Rothwell Grange Court, Rothwell Road, Junc 6, A14, Kettering, Northants NN16 8FB. T&C apply, please see p3. (Three sets to give away. Your prize will consist of three or four books depending on the RRP of each book)
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