The creepiest phrase in this is “allotment patch”.
Long British tradition..
THere may be more to the story
A parliamentary committee will investigate the plight of allotment gardeners this month as their plots are eaten up in the rush to build new housing. Enthusiasts hope MPs can persuade ministers to act but, writes Fran Abrams, there has been little sign that this will happen.
Almost 50 of England’s 7,800 allotment sites have been sold off to developers with ministers’ blessing since last May, it emerged last week. In some areas allotment holders are “digging in” to protect their land as the bulldozers prepare to move in.
Seems like this guy is ahead of the curve...
As a long-time allotment holder I can assure you there’s nothing creepy about allotments - a fine British tradition originally conceived to give working men trapped in high-density inner-city housing a piece of land to grow their own produce; and subsequently reaching its apotheosis in the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign of the Second World War. Indeed so well-tended are most allotments that creepy-crawlies threatening the vegetables don’t stand a chance.