Comment: The plot thickens for bonds

Jonathan Stapleton talks allotments and allocations

Jonathan Stapleton
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Not many people know this, but I am a keen allotment gardener in my spare time. One of the things about growing vegetables is that what grew well last year always (in my case at least) seems to have a problem the next.

You see, there is just so much that can go wrong. Last year, for instance, we had widespread problems with leek moth – a small, inconspicuous, brown insect. This prompted many of my neighbours to d...

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