Good old Staffordshire Council

Yesterday the local council (horticultural dept) had a plant sale. It was brilliant. Most of the workers who grow the plants here are special needs

and they do a fab job. They were selling trays of every veg going for £1.00. Individual squash plants were 50p and I bought a huge pot of

comfrey for £2.00.Pots of herbs (lovely plants)were 50p. It was a steal really. There were dozens of people and great to see so many buying veg

 plants for the first time. Certainly it feels that a grow your own revolution is going on. We bought 40 litre bags of brown bin compost for £2.00. I

also bought a leaf litter bin (one of the springy up types with netting ) off the council for £1.00.There were posters everywhere with information of where local allotments were in the various areas of Burton , Stapenhill

and even the villages. It was a really good morning.

Certainly it feels that a grow your own revolution is going on. .

not surprising as the last time I went veg shopping an aubergine was a pound, as were 2 pakchoi.