Of Cabbages and Kings (eBook, ePUB) - Foley, Caroline
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"An excellent account" of Britain's tradition of parceling out land for the public to grow food on, and the colorful history behind it ( The Independent). This lively book tells the story of the private garden plots known as allotments-from their origin in the seventeenth century, when new enclosures that deprived the peasantry of access to common lands were fiercely protested, to the victory gardens of the world wars, and into the present day, when they serve less as a means of survival than as a respite from the modern world. While delving into the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, the Corn…mehr

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"An excellent account" of Britain's tradition of parceling out land for the public to grow food on, and the colorful history behind it ( The Independent). This lively book tells the story of the private garden plots known as allotments-from their origin in the seventeenth century, when new enclosures that deprived the peasantry of access to common lands were fiercely protested, to the victory gardens of the world wars, and into the present day, when they serve less as a means of survival than as a respite from the modern world. While delving into the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, the Corn Laws, and the utopian dissenters known as the Diggers, the author reveals the multiple roles of allotments-and champions their history in the hope of protecting them for the future. "Foley's book reminds us that the right to share the earth has always been an asymmetric struggle." - The Guardian "Fascinating and handsomely illustrated." - Daily Mail "Well-told.... [a] gallop through the history of useful rather than ornamental crops." - Spectator Australia
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Caroline Foley is the queen of allotments. Her Allotment Handbook (£9.99) has been a bestseller since 2004, has sold more than 45,000 copies. Her Practical Allotment Gardening, 2008, (£12.99) has sold 23,000 copies. Both are published by New Holland. Caroline Foley is a freelance gardening writer and author who contributes articles to many magazines. She is the editor of Topiarius, the journal of the European Boxwood and Topiary Society. She has taken practical gardening and garden design courses at the English Gardening School. She lives in London near the Culpeper Community Garden of which she is Secretary.