This gardening reference guide is filled with gardening tips on growing everything from herbs and kale to strawberries and rhubarb. The ideal gift for the green-fingered gardener or budding botanist in your life, Allotment Handbook shows that you are more than capable of growing delicious and thriving fruit and vegetables at home!

Ideal for both urban gardeners and seasoned allotment owners, or as self-purchase or gift for first-time vegetable growers, Allotment Month by Month has everything you need to know to make the most of your plot. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. All in all, a well written book, which is easy to read, crammed with information for those starting out in allotment gardening, like myself. The Allotment Society: policy-making, security, gaining grants for disabled access, toilets and education.

This work covers the wealth of vegetables to grow, fruit and herbs as well as favourite allotment flowers. Why not stand out from the crowd with this awe-inspiring allotment book and start your intuitive gardening journey today to reap the benefits of a bountiful pest-free harvest.

The hard stuff - constructing sheds, compost bins, cold frames, fruit cages, ponds, seating and play areas selecting crops - what and how to grow, from parsnips and peas to chilli peppers and lemon grass cultivation techniques - digging, sowing, feeding, weeding and harvesting, plus troubleshooting pests and diseases the allotment calendar - extensive, month-by-month look at what's in season, jobs for now and looking ahead. Written with his daughter, Cara, it aims to give a practical guide to those thinking of keeping poultry. The book works through vegetable-growing from why homegrown is better – principally taste and the carbon footprint – and how to set up an allotment, including the importance of seating and sheds, to how to choose what to grow.

On an allotment you might have responsibilities, but you also have freedom: the freedom to enjoy the company of like-minded, supportive and often highly experienced gardeners or simply to relax in the fresh air, away from modern pressures. The aim of the allotment book is to create a comprehensive collection of resources and information to help anyone growing fruit, vegetables, or herbs at home or on an allotment.

This wonderfully illustrated book celebrates the blood, sweat and joy to be had in ‘growing your own’ in an allotment. Lazy days sitting by the shed with a cuppa, maybe a cold beer or chilled glass of Chardonnay – STRESS FREE. If you find a book you think our visitors would like to read, please let me know – contact page Publishers Please Note: We welcome books to review but will only guarantee to review them honestly. In this all-encompassing guide, he also advises on clearing an allotment, planning what to grow and how, building compost bins, using raised beds plus detailed instructions on growing the best vegetables and fruit. Unused areas or merged plots have been transformed into wildlife sites or communal gardens where schools or special interest organizations can have their own facilities.No longer considered the preserve of old men in sheds, allotment gardening is currently enjoying a renaissance of interest.

An illustrated celebration of the blood, sweat and joy to be had 'growing your own' in an allotment. Although quickly dispersed by the Government of the time, the Diggers gave direction and powerful moral impetus to the general claim to land. So protecting and regenerating these community plots should be a key part of local strategies in the changing environmental context. So many people give up in their first year because it is too much or they don’t get the results they hoped for.Discover everything you need to know to leave the supermarket behind in favour of tastier and healthier home-grown fruit and veg.