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an allotment for our local pre-school any ideas for things to plant now that will get the little ones interested in Sept / Oct? does anyone know when sweet potatoes are ready to harvest? i have grown them for the first time, through mypex and they look very

the bug big time. Ive already turned half my garden into a veg plot.I know allotments are very hard to get hold of so would it be worth putting my name down already so that when i get more experience i can jump straight in?its shocking to see so many

an allotment. Having had a garden more than a hectare in South Africa, an allotment is a significant downsize. The is just one problem I've encountered which is how to identify the weeds but over the years with a small garden at my terraced home, I've come

hi, I have been digging on my allotment and found lots of flatish orangey wormlike beasties in the soil. What are they,do they cause damage and how do I get rid of them? If they are wireworms then they will eat the roots of anything you give them

. Is there a safe additive I can use to stop saved bathwater going musty in a butt? I have found one commercially available but seems v. expensive and they don't say what it is. My allotment has just installed some water butts which has really helped.We need a

Suggestions please for what to buy to keep my one foot wide allotment paths permanently free of weeds and grass Dont want to use gravel or paving stones

Personally I'd stay away from Nigella which now come up all over my allotment every year! im growing sun russain gaint sunflowers up and down mt plot on the borders there great massive bin lid heads plus great for the birds when they go to waste

tend to be 4ft, 5ft etc as you have no doubt discovered. Is there anyone else on the allotment who has what you're looking for and can tell you where they got it? Otherwise, how 'handy' do you feel?! Tom they (parish council) can be fussy ! the sizes

Spent the best part of 6 hours on my allotment today trying in vain to break up the soil a little as it is so wet I wanted to help it drain but also as the weeds are starting to come I wanted the frosts we are supposed to be getting to kill them so

://thehorticulturalchannel.info/2012/03/bbc-allotments-show-needs-you/ The BIg Dig went out mid afternoon and everyone complained that anyone interested in allotments was either at their allotment or collecting their kids from school so an evening slot seems eminently reasonable to me