Grow your own - A plot to reclaim our lost values

AT one end of an economic cycle we usually see excess on a grand scale, bling made universal as it were.

At the other end we see conspicuous frugality and endeavour almost Calvinist in character. Public penance made practical, uplifting and, with a bit of luck, edible.

One of the commendable responses to the collapse of loads-a-money silliness is the renewed enthusiasm for growing your own food, especially vegetables.