Digging up ideas for Jeremy Corbyn's new party
In view of the commitments that setting up a new party involves, maybe Jeremy Corbyn, come next February, might try the no-dig method on his allotment. It will save time and his back.Chris PalmerDoonfoot, Ayrshire
My apologies to Jeremy Corbyn (Letters, 8 August). I am with him on the folly of selling allotments. Let's hope climate change does not also rob us of the joy of lifting parsnips from frozen ground on our allotments with a pickaxe, as I have occasionally. But then I am a bit long in the tooth.Dariel FrancisTunbridge Wells, Kent
Wondering about Jeremy Corbyn's gardening practices, I recall the plight of Lonnie Donegan. His follow-up to the magnificent Rock Island Line was Diggin' My Potatoes, which was banned by the BBC for being too suggestive. I hope there's no one trampling on Jeremy's vines.Ed MarshallScrooby, Nottinghamshire
Stephen Pound, ex-MP and chair of Framfield Allotment Association, plants his spuds on Good Friday (Letters, 8 August). That, however, is a movable feast; in Ireland we plant them on St Patrick's Day, and harvest them on the Twelfth of July.Sharman FinlayPortrush, County Antrim
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