Terry Walton has become a regular on the Jeremy Vine show

Terry Walton's allotment in Tonypandy in the Rhondda valley became one of the UK's most famous after being 'adopted' by the show.

Mr Walton has been giving regular updates on the show about his garden for nearly four-years.

His book traces his life story and the history of allotments in the valleys from the turn of the 20th Century.

Mr Walton said that since becoming the Jeremy Vine gardener his life has turned "180 degrees around".

"I had finished in work and I was preparing for a life of sitting and working on the allotment and then after one episode on the radio my life changed," he said.

I wanted to tell how the allotment keeps me sane Terry Walton

"It's fabulous though."

He started writing his book after his publisher heard him speak at a festival in Abergavenny two years ago.

"It's a book about my life story from being a little boy on the allotment," he said.

"It's also about what the allotments means to the valleys, right through from 1909 and then in 1926 when the strike was on and the allotments fed the people.

"It goes up to the 1960s when the allotments started to lose their appeal until now when it has been revived."

The book also includes a gardening tip of the month and a recipe for the month.

"It wasn't that hard to write, I wanted to do something a bit different to a gardening book, I wanted to tell how the allotment keeps me sane," he added.