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Saw my allotment for the first time last night, it's a half plot and although it needs a good digging the weeds don't look too established! Good job it's a bankholiday this weekend!

The allotments next to me look well loved and I'm looking forward to a successul batch of winter crops. Thoughts Leeks, Kale, Brussels, Spinach, Onions, Broad Beans. Any others?


Any tips to get started? Plan to spend an hour every night this week digging, pulling out weeds, get one bed ready for winter crops, manure rest of plot ready for the spring.
Sue

You've listed the three main categories of vegetables so you may as well make a planting plan, bearing in mind crop rotation, and plant accordingly!

Don't overdo it on the Bank holiday weekend though!

Welcome to the vine!

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My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

Congrats on your new plot

Now the fun begins...

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I've had my weetabix...

copy of a post I sent to someone else, see if you can find these books at the Library... very good for ideas.


How to Plant your allotment.... by Caroline Foley
Your Organic Allotment ....Pauline Pears
The Allotment Handbook by ...Andi Cleavely
Allotment Gardening : An Organic Guide for Beginners By ...Susan Berger

All the Above are available from Amazon, just type allotment in the search

These Below from amazon also but dirt cheap from The Book People.

www.thebookpeople.co.uk

Grow Your Own Veg by Carole Klein
The Half Hour Allotment by Lia Leendertz.............both of these dirt cheap from

Finally think about what fruit you might like, we are coming up the the ideal planting season, ie autumn

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Roll on Summer.

Welcome firsttimersue. As mentioned earlier, don't try too much at once. Doing one bed at a time will make the job seem a lot easier. You could always try covering part of the lottie with cardboard or something to help keep weeds down.

Phil

thanks for all the good advice, we started digging last night, soil is very good.
Thought about planting Rhubarb and Raspberry canes this year.
Sue

congradulation on renting your own piece of england , i'm just up the road from you and last year i planted garlic in november and had summer cabbages in the ground from a feb sowing in pots, onion from seed planted at xmas in by march, and leeks started in feb planted in july.
this month i,ve sown spring cabbage , swede and garlic will be in november and will be trying something a little diffrent and sowing some parsnips that go against all the advice in the books.

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now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08