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Advice on taking on an allotment required
Hello,
I'm on a waiting list for an allotment plot but have no experience of growing fruit / veg. Can anyone recommend a couple of books that may give me a few pointers on how to get started. I'm hoping to be able to grow things such as potatoes, tomatoes, brocolli, green beans, onions, salad leaves, herbs, courgettes, etc. Thanks, Jason. |
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Advice on taking on an allotment required
"Jason" wrote in message 9.130... Hello, I'm on a waiting list for an allotment plot but have no experience of growing fruit / veg. Can anyone recommend a couple of books that may give me a few pointers on how to get started. I'm hoping to be able to grow things such as potatoes, tomatoes, brocolli, green beans, onions, salad leaves, herbs, courgettes, etc. Thanks, Jason. The vegetable and herb expert By D.G.Hessayon. Excellent book, available at garden centres etc, and inexpensive. And don't forget your local library will have all manner of books to help. Good luck with getting an allotment, you won't regret it. Steve |
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Advice on taking on an allotment required
"Jason" wrote
I'm on a waiting list for an allotment plot but have no experience of growing fruit / veg. Can anyone recommend a couple of books that may give me a few pointers on how to get started. I've just taken on an allotment after being on a waiting list for over 3 years. My first stop was to my local library, where I borrowed loads of books on allotments and veggie growing. I also trolled charity shops and got some great bargains. B&Q sell a series of gardening books, one of which is on veggie growing. |
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Advice on taking on an allotment required
"Jason" wrote I'm on a waiting list for an allotment plot but have no experience of growing fruit / veg. Can anyone recommend a couple of books that may give me a few pointers on how to get started. I'm hoping to be able to grow things such as potatoes, tomatoes, brocolli, green beans, onions, salad leaves, herbs, courgettes, etc. Too late to grow any of those this season but the sooner you get your plot the sooner you can get it started, ie getting rid of the rubbish (we had lots of plastic bag bits and bottles and glass), spraying to rid it of perennial weeds, digging it thoroughly as deep as possible to see whats there ( we found a 3ft wide brick path 6 inches under the soil the full length of ours and more glass and some big stones etc) and what the soils like, checking pH and changing it where necessary, staking out the rotation beds (4 year?), incorporating manure etc where appropriate. That should keep you busy until next season which starts in Sept/Oct with the Garlic planting. :-) A book we like a lot is "The Complete Manual of Organic Gardening" edited by Basil Caplan. We are not organic gardeners (I will use chemicals rather than lose a crop) but it's an excellent book which is probably out of print now, no doubt Amazon can find you one. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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Advice on taking on an allotment required
Some of our allotments you can take on for the first year free of
charge, but only if you ask. Always ask for a better plot than that given. Especially if there is only 1 tap 100m away. If you get one this time of the year, and it has not been maintained. Get them to spray it with weedkiller for free. |
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Advice on taking on an allotment required
"Jason" wrote in message 9.130... Hello, I'm on a waiting list for an allotment plot but have no experience of growing fruit / veg. Can anyone recommend a couple of books that may give me a few pointers on how to get started. I'm hoping to be able to grow things such as potatoes, tomatoes, brocolli, green beans, onions, salad leaves, herbs, courgettes, etc. Talk to the other allotment holders, they will give you advice on what will grow well in that area. Alan Thanks, Jason. |
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