Allotment gardening: fresh food, exercise, rewarding, social and fun

This site provides the knowledge to make it easy to grow vegetables with allotment gardening for your family.

Allotments, once the preserve of the poor, are now enjoying a renaisance with rising demand and much enthusiasm from people of all ages.

Whether you are wanting;

• fresh food
• to know how and where your food was grown
• organic vegetables
• the satisfaction of growing your own veg
• to reduce your grocery bill
• to garden and talk with neighbours with common interests

Allotment growing is great fun as I can testify from my own experience. I have focussed on helping you with the practicalities of gardening as the detail on each vegetable is well covered else where.

Follow the guidance here and you too can enjoy fresh food produced yourself.

The key elements are covered;

• Find an allotment nearby by contacting your local council. Visit the site and look at vacant plots. Choose one with good; access, drainage, soil condition and easy weeds.

  Stake your claim, or join the waiting list - quite likely now allotments are more popular.

• Planning is a vital starting point
• Design your layout from a choice of options to suit your needs
• Knowing about your soil and good soil preparation are crucial
• Weed control: find the techniques to minimise boring effort
• Rotation of crops reduces disease and increases yield
• Planting in the right way and at the optimum time maximises success
• Learn how to grow vegetables using a variety of labour saving techniques

Combine the techniques and ideas presented to benefit from gardening an easier way.

To fulfil your allotment dreams approach your local council for a plot and get further information on allotment gardening to develop your plans and guide your growing passion and success.

Cautionary note: You will have more than enough space with a full allotment; make sure you have the time and energy necessary. Otherwise you should consider half a plot, or share with a friend, or ensure you have the support and help of your family!! Allotment gardening needs good planning for greatest success.

For further information

• Check out my recommended allotment books
• Allotment Vegetable Growing: Allotment diaries, photographs, advice about growing vegetables, fruits and herbs with a forum for chatting on the plot
• To return to home of easy vegetable gardening