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November 2003
Get an allotment and grow your own!
Alan Titchmarsh holding some soil
Sick of the supermarket? Grow your own!
It's healthy, it's fun - and it gives you good things to eat! What could be better than having your own allotment, says Linda?
SEE ALSO

Have a crafty little Christmas

Make Christmas decorations

Get growing - with an allotment!

Spruce up an old T-shirt

Make a scrapbook

Phone on a shoestring...

Bake a cake!

Beachcombing

Bonkers for conkers!

Local theatre

Feed the ducks

Free stuff!

Salsa - it's hot!

Surf BBC SY!

Sweetie hunt!

Cub scouts

Line dancing

Volunteering

Win, win, win!

Spider hunting

Camping out

A walk in the woods

Cheap cinema

Go fish!

Orienteering

Get your skates on!

Animal farm

Going to the dogs

Parklife!

Popcorn with subtitles

Half way to Halfway

Curtain up!

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Contact your local council for details of the allotments they oversee:

Barnsley Council

Doncaster Council

Rotherham Council

Sheffield Council
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If you're interested in getting an allotment, your local council is a good place to start.

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What's your name?
linda stalker

What's your fun on a shoestring idea?
for £20 you can rent a council allotment

Tell us about it:
get fit, eat healthily, and make new friends! it's good fun entering into shows too.

Arthur Fowler
Allotments aren't just for Arthur Fowler!

What do you enjoy the most?
the achievement of growing something to eat

Who would enjoy it?
Everyone!

How much does it cost?
£20 for a year of pleasure, and so much saving on shopping bills

Is there any special equipment you need to do this?
a few tools from boot sales, or swopped for veg

Where and when can you do it?
most towns and villages have them,and you can spend as much or as little time as you like all year round

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