Allotment Gardening

Gardening Poetry

Sprout — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:11:07 +0000

This is a guest post from Kate Williams, who is a many-times published poet. Now specialising in garden poetry, which she reads to gardening clubs around the country. The two gardening poems below are just a small selection from Kate’s website, Kate Williams Poetry Our Allotment We don’t get a lot on our allotment, [...]

Chitting Seed Potatoes

Sprout — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:34:47 +0000

Seed Potatoes. These are the tuberous growths on the roots of the potato plant. Grown in disease free conditions and harvested before maturity. Stored in a controlled environment until conditions are right for planting the following season. Chitting Seed potatoes. This is a method of starting the small seed potatoes into growth before out [...]

Allotment Shed Security

Sprout — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:20 +0000

Top Tips for Allotment Security Renting an allotment opens up many exciting opportunities. It allows you to grow fresh fruits and vegetables and to be a part of a fun community effort. As wonderful as renting an allotment can be, there are problems that may arise. Allotment security is an important issue. Instances of theft [...]

15% Off Every Thing At B&Q

Sprout — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:25:07 +0000

15% Off Every Thing In Store or Online at B&Q This Weekend. Whether you are making a large purchase or just stocking up on gardening supplies, B&Q is offering 15% OFF everything online and in store from 10th to 13th June inclusive. *No minimum spend. *Perfect opportunity for Father’s Day presents! In Store Discount: To [...]

Diary – May 2011

Sprout — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:58:27 +0000

The hot dry weather continues, it’s an absolute pleasure to be gardening in shirt sleeves this early in the season. Night time frosts were forecast as a possibility in the first week, so the early potatoes were covered with straw to help protect them. This is something that is usually done as soon as they [...]

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Sprout — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:52:51 +0000

Just about now the first crops will be ready to harvest, and that leaves space for a second crop. After the really warm spring most have enjoyed, the soil is just at the right temperature to sow seeds out side, and there’s still bags of time to sow and get the full benefit of the [...]

Allotments Under Threat

Sprout — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:35:04 +0000

The government is carrying out a wide ranging review of local authorities statutory duties. One of these duties is to provide land for the use of allotments, if there is sufficient call from local people. As we all know some local authorities have a very unique way of interpreting their obligations to people, so [...]

Diary-April 2011

Sprout — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:19:36 +0000

This April was all about watering, the only rain that fell on the allotment was a brief (1 hour) long thunder storm on the 23rd. Great weather for getting things done on the allotment but seeds and newly planted veg really struggled to get started. Week One Onion sets that were started off in cells [...]

Diary-March 2011

Sprout — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:17:12 +0000

What a month! Never know a March so warm and dry, hardly any rain what so ever.The day time temperature has been in the middle to high teens most days (a lot higher in the sunshine), although we had some cold nights, this lead to some wild max-min temperatures in the cold greenhouse. The settled [...]

Time Saving Veg Plug Plant Offer

Sprout — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:15:44 +0000

If you are just starting out on the adventure that’s allotment gardening, or have a busy work/family schedule but still want the pleasure of growing your own vegetables, the next two months can seem hectic. Soil to prepare, seeds to sow and then comes the pricking out to do. A neat short cut to all [...]