One man and his dig - Valentine Low

Adventures of an allotment novice!When Valentine Low decided to forego his world of dinner parties with the chattering classes to take on a pastime usually indulged in by old men with flat caps and roll-ups, he had little idea of the sea change it would bring about in his life. A year down the line he had developed a worrying obsession with potatoes, and a resourcefulness that bordered on kleptomania. Packed with allotment wisdom - everything from who was responsible for the desecration of the purple sprouting broccoli (that'll be the pigeons) to how to build a proper manure heap - this is an indispensable guide to allotment life.