GYO has evolved
Amateur Gardening|January 18, 2020
We’ve come a long way since The Good Life, says Peter.
Peter Seabrook
GYO has evolved

THE hot summer of 1976 and soaring vegetable prices – along with TV show The Good Life – encouraged a greater interest in grow-your-own fruit and veg. Lawns were dug up, demand for allotments increased, and sales of vegetable seeds were greater than those for flowers.

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