ALLOTMENT DIARIES (HB)

February produces an abundance of leeks; May inspires blackberry ketchup. June's glut of courgettes demands endless recipes; August's blight strikes the tomatoes. December's branches 'die back', yet life still stirs under the soil. The Allotment Diaries follows the year Thom joined his father on the allotment. It is a year of growing and pickling, musing on wildness and cultivation, documenting his family's odd yearly rituals, and unknowingly saying a last goodbye. Above all, it is a melodious, nourishing month-by-month portrait of the earth we all have in common.