Queen turns corner of palace backyard into an allotment

Queen turns corner of palace backyard into an allotment (text and video) Caroline Davies, The Observer
Decades after she dug for victory, Queen Elizabeth gives the royal seal of approval to the grow-your-own movement
As a 14-year-old, she picked up a spade and joined with the rest of wartime Britain in the Dig for Victory campaign. Seven decades later, though no longer wielding the spade herself, the Queen, 83, has again embraced the "grow your own" movement.For the first time since the war, fruit and vegetables are to be found in an allotment-sized plot in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.True, the yield will not be sufficient wholly to sustain the royal family and palace staff, while having a 39-acre back garden negates the inconvenience of allotment waiting list times of up to 40 years in some London boroughs.But from now on, token quantities of fresh tomatoes, beans, onions, leeks, carrots and other homegrown produce will be transported to the palace kitchen.
(14 June 2009) 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/14/queen-allotment-organic-gardening
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