"Scooby Doo" wrote
I want to try my hand at gardening and was thinking of getting an allotment
and need a little advice.

As I work out of town I'll only really be able to tend to the allotment at
weekends - what kind of vegetables can I grow whilst only being a weekend
gardener? If there any good gardening books on weekend gardening I'd be
grateful.


I have a friend that is a weekend allotment gardener and he tells me the
biggest problem is other weekend gardeners that come over for a chat
stopping him working during the few hours he has. We are retired allotment
gardeners so that isn't a problem for us.
Most veg would be OK left all week, things like cucurbits (Marrows, pumpkins
etc) and tomatoes would suffer in a hot dry summer if we have one, and you
may find, like us down here, main crop peas are a waste of time for the same
reason. We grow lots of early peas instead.
When watering the thing to do is really soak the plants don't just damp them
down.
Weeds will be your biggest problem so concentrate on keeping your onions and
shallots clear of them as they will suffer most.
Good luck and have fun.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London