Wartime Garden

This War is a Food War…'' In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: ''Dig for Victory'' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to ''Spend an Hour with a Hoe'' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper classes turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens o...