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What a great chance to check out what other plotters are doing nearby! Events will be going on all over the country as part of this annual allotments week so keep your eyes on the local press for details. Or check out the ever useful worldwide web

We've just received our letter of renewal on the allotment lease - it always reminds me of how fortunate we are to be able to rent the land for such a small amount of money. Others might not be feeling so content.  At this time of year some plot

We've just been allocated more space on the allotment, so we now have a full sized plot. As well as planting many more spuds - which will keep the 'old man' happy - we can also plant the cutting garden my daughter always wanted. Despite

Hi. I have just got an allotment and want to know if I should have rows running East to West or North to South. The allotment has it's longest side running east to west. Any help would be appreciated. The best idea is to note what the existing

Caught fox on camera set up on my allotment. It has been digging holes and buried the remails of pigeon! You can see film on my youtube account at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZd5ZBZkCYM   Hey, wasnt he cute? I'd like one of those cameras. I

It's so hot I'm having to water my vegetable crops up to twice a day at the moment. Everyone on the allotment is desperately trying to keep the plants productive and, more to the point, alive.We're lucky to have taps dotted around the site, which

Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes: The site I have an allotment on is due to become self-managed. One of the new rulings that the new committee (they're the same old committee just with new powers) is trying

!I was busy, though, while the snow was lying deep and crisp and even all over the allotment. I spent a couple of happy evenings planning the plot and deciding on my crop rotations for this year. I kept to my New Year resolution and decided to only plant

hi ,I have aquired some tadpoles and have them in a small plastik pond that used to be in my back garden,I have installed it on my allotment and used only rain water to fill it how long doe's it take for them to grow into frogs, regards derek,. What

on coming back. I dug out as many of the deep white roots as I could in winter, but it's a bit like digging for Australia - you'll never get there. Bindweed is very like couch grass in that respect, which is another of my allotment problems.As an organic