"It just gets you away from everything!"
It's some years since Tom and Barbara Good's efforts at self-sufficiency graced our screens in the comedy sitcom 'The Good Life' (apologies, younger listeners).
But, decades later, the popularity of allotments and growing your own veggies is said to be off the scale.
This week has been National Allotment Week - celebrating the joy of 'growing your own'.
Simon Richardson grabbed his wellies and headed to the west of the Island to find out from celebrated 'allotmentarian' Pete Heyes about the great allure of the veggie patch:
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