Waiting for a Plot

"PEOPLE who want plots at some of the city's allotments face a wait of up to seven years because of a surge in popularity in healthy, organic food.

Gardeners are calling for the city council to provide more sites after a new study revealed the waiting list has topped 1000 in Edinburgh, while there are only 1400 plots.

The Capital had the longest waiting lists in Scotland, the report by Scottish Allotment Gardens Society found."

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