Why Brexit has driven thousands back to their allotments

In times of crisis, Britons have always turned to self-sufficiency, and this period of political turmoil is no exceptionI had my last allotment for 14 years and in that time I staggered home 14 times with carrier bags full of damsons to turn into jam and wine, luxuriated in 14 still-warm-from-the-sun tomato crops, and exhausted my friends’ and neighbours’ courgette recipe repertoires 14 times.Among these successes were multiple and varied failures too, of course, turning me slowly bu