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to get it ready. (weather, work etc has prevented me from getting it done in time) I'm wondering      if I plant them temporairily on the allotment what damage that will do to them? Currently they are in bags in my kitchen sitting in bowls of water! so

Bank holiday weekend was a bit of a blur, it went by so quickly. I didn't spend it on my allotment I'm rather sad to say, especially as the weather was so lovely. But I did get lots of fresh air and exercise, and talked allotments with Laura, an old

One of the greatest pleasures of allotment life is getting to know my neighbours. Ron, Beryl, Vic and Tony are a lovely bunch, although we disagree on quite a few things. Vic doesn't like my raised beds, which he regards as a waste of space and a

M. allotment is in northwood kirkby knowsley nr liverpool and i am there five days a week most times i love growing plants of all sorts i have a veg garden and a flower garden on my allotment two ponds one a fish pond and the other a wild life

hi all I am very excited at being given a 1/4 plot after waiting 3 years for an allotment. There are some raised beds already in place and I wondered if its too late to be getting manure and putting on the beds, i don't really know what the soil

Hi I am about to take on my first allotment in scotland and I want to grow everything. I have some experience growing veg in containers but never anything of this scale and I can't make my mind up. Any advise on what tends to survive better. Many

ive just got my 1st allotment and its a new expierience for me, it is full of weeds & grass, obviously i will have to dig it over & theres going to be a lot of waste can i use the waste ( grass, weeds ) to start a compost heap or will i have

Add recipes here to create a useful RECIPE BANK of dishes using mainly typical allotment food.

I'm not a great one for going to meetings — there always seems to be something better to do. Weeding, reading or even cleaning are often more attractive options than going to a meeting. But this week the plot holders of Bathampton Parish allotment

People with allotments always lament the fact that their gardens at home suffer terrible neglect - if only it were possible to serve two masters at once.After years of frowning at my own back garden, I could take it no longer. The whole area