Goodwife wrote:If the UK only ate the fruit and veg grown in the UK we would effectively run out of food on 1 august each year. Ie we only have enough that would last the timescales of Jan -August
A lot of fruit and veg comes from outside of the EU so it wouldn't be an issue
Not a gardener then or ever seen an allotment.
Maybe those sprouts you had for Christmas dinner were harvested in July and frozen then defrosted for sale at Christmas...