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From the author of one of the UK’s best selling gardening books, Vegetable Growing Month by Month, The Essential Allotment Guide is aimed at those with an allotment, looking for an allotment or growing on a larger plot and is complimentary to Vegetable Growing Month by Month.

Chapter List for The Essential Allotment Guide

• Why Get an Allotment
  What do you get from an allotment?
• A Brief History of Allotments
  It’s a fascinating subject, but I’ve kept it to the point!
• How to Find and Choose an Allotment
  It’s the big problem for many, so some tips to help you find and sneak up the waiting list.
• How Much Time Does an Allotment Take?
  You need to know what you are letting yourself in for
• Pests and Problems
  Not just the bugs and so on, some advice on the two legged rats as well.
• Health and Safety
  You need to know a few bits so your hobby doesn’t end you up in hospital
• Children on the Plot
  Allotments provide a great opportunity for children, both learning and social.
• Planning the Plot
  You need to know what you are going to do
• Clearing the Plot
  The other big one. You take on your plot and the weeds are hiding the trees!
• Constructions on the Plot
  Greenhouses, sheds, coldframes and so forth. DIY
• Livestock
  Allotments are not just vegetables, you can keep poultry or even bees on many sites.
• Tools, Equipment and Techniques
  What you need, what you want and how to use them
• Manures, Fertilizers and Compost
  What they are, what to do and how to use them
• Vegetables
  A brief guide to growing various vegetables
• Fruit
  A brief guide to growing fruit
• Sowing and Harvesting Chart
  A quick guide as what to do when
• Saving Your Own Seed
  Frugal lot, allotmenteers – here’s how to save a few bob
• Glossary
  Gardener’s have their own jargon and specialist words, hence a short jargon busting glossary.
• Further Information and Contacts
• Index

“Britain’s greatest allotment authority” – Emma Townshend in the Independent on Sunday