"PLOTTY" wrote in message
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Allotments were pieces of land provided to workers during the
industrial revolution to give them the opportunity to get out of the
heavily populated, cramped and polluted conditions of the towns and
cities, to grow their own healthy produce whilst in cleaner air and
getting exercise at the same time. The areas of land are rented by the
tenants for a very modest amount, for example one of my allotments is
100ft x 35ft and costs about $40 a year to rent which is great value
considering how expensive the cost of land is here in the UK, hope this
help explain them better regards Steve.

PLOTTY

I enjoyed your page. These set-ups are called community gardens in
North America. I did a search and was surprised to see that my
city has 30 of these. My mom has or had one even though she
has a nice sized backyard. I might also look into getting one if
there seems to be some extra plots just going to waste. I look
forward to your updates.
Karen