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is the perfect time to start.It's too late to sow onion seed now, but you may find that friends still have some sets left over (my allotment neighbour gave me some surplus red onion sets - 'Red Baron' I think). I also bought white onions ('Marco' F1) from

It's this time of year when the allotments become a frenzy of activity. Everyone is digging, composting and manuring like mad. My neighbours Mr and Mrs Ron wait until Easter, then till and plant their three plots within a week. The rest of us just

was depressing to see from the window, especially remembering what a pretty garden it had once been.So, last season I decided to take a few short cuts on the allotment in order to give myself more time to change things at home. I cadged spare plants from friends

blackberries into large colanders.I say all this wistfully, because I still haven't found a good jam-making blackberry that I want to plant on the plot. An allotment friend has kindly given me a rooted cutting of 'Black Butte', but I note from the details

It's time to say goodbye!  This is going to be my last blog for a while because I'm preparing for exams, so it's a case of 'something's got to give'.I came dangerously close to giving up the allotment as well since we have raised beds for vegetables

. Nothing more exotic than that - bit disappointing really!Once you've planted Jersusalem artichokes you've got them for an awfully long time. Even the tiniest bit of tuber will sprout and grow so it's easiest just to devote a corner of the plot to them

Last summer was not a great one for many of my crops but it was simply fantastic for all of our fruit bushes. Our little shrubs of black, red and white currants fruited their socks off and it was all we could do to keep up with them.We planted

christmassy, I get all bulby! I also love being out in the garden with the kids. So what better way to enjoy my two great loves than to plant spring bulbs with my children?I'd definitely recommend writing with bulbs. Even tiny kids tend to recognise their own

[brightcove exp=1463233149&vref=1600262047]I'm here at BBC Gardeners' World Live in Birmingham...I'm on Joe's allotment...I thought I'd check out what the competition was like.These are the veg I would recommend for beginner growers. They're really

about balance, and as long as it looks green who cares what plants make up your lawn (well, I could do without the moss!).Then there are the brambles. Now those I hate, but they keep invading from neighbouring gardens. Long stems twine their way through