Allotment Growing

Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening

Welcome to allotment growing for allotment holders and gardeners.

Like many allotment holders in the UK, I enjoy growing vegetables and herbs.

When we moved to our new house with its small suburban garden there was little room to indulge my passion. A small herb bed and space for a few salad crops. Around the corner I noticed an allotment site and contacted the local council to see if they had any vacant allotments.

They put me on to the site rep who showed me around the site and the vacant allotment plots. I walked away with a site key, the proud tenant of plot 5 - about 150 sq metres of overgrown, wet heavy clay soil. Wonderful!

Once you have an allotment what could be better than another? So when it became vacant, I took on plot 29.

Allotments are a great hobby. They're cheap, you get healthy exercise without having to pay for a gym or run around in circles and you get to eat healthy fruit and vegetables without all those (not so) yummy pesticides.

Most Popular Allotment Site in the UK!

I started this site as an online diary and to help others growing vegetables on an allotment and now it's the most popular allotment site in the UK! Amazing!

For the benefit of new US visitors - UK Allotments are plots of land rented to individuals to grow vegetables on. There's a brief history of allotments here

About the Allotment Web Site

Diary and Photographs

My diary simply tells of my doings on the allotment and my own photographs are in the Photos section

New on the Site

Val (my wife) has taken over the recipes section of the site and it's been re-organised to help you find what you want. It's still got Val's Chutney & Jam Recipes and Member's recipes as well as Granny Dumplin's recipes.

I've revamped the seeds section of the shopping pages - and what a job it was! You can see Vegetable Seeds listed from Thompson & Morgan, Suttons and Dobies sorted into sections. Useful if you want to compare prices for the same variety. I've also listed the seeds with the RHS Award of Garden Merit and a selection of fruit trees, fruit bushes and nut trees.

In the Links, there is a new section on Gardening Magazines with links that enable you to subscribe at a discount.

One topic that comes up on the forums, is What to do now in the garden? - I hope this new monthly series of articles will be a good guide.

Poultry Pages

A lot of allotment holders and vegetable growers share an interest in good quality home produced food and after vegetables comes fresh eggs from your own laying hens. The Poultry Pages is devoted to 'backyard poultry keepers'. There are aricles on there by Katie Thear whose name will be known to many of you as she's been writing on keeping poultry and self sufficiency for many years.

Chatting on the Plot

If you need help or advice or can give advice, then the Allotment Growing Forum is the place to go. We’ve over 4,000 active members and they’ve posted over 175,000 entries! Once registered, you can put your photographs on there as well. Make your own personal gallery or just pop a photo in the album. The Photo Albums. Why not join in?

Allotment Shopping

I’ve teamed up with TwoWests & Elliott & Harrod Horticultural who have been supplying gardeners with quality equipment and sundries for many years as well as MowDirect for their great range of garden machinery. I know their quality is excellent and so is their service. You can just browse for interest – it’s fascinating what’s available or click on the product link to actually buy from them. Allotment Shopping

Gardening Equipment

Books

A selection of books I find interesting and may well interest you – they’re linked directly to Amazon where you can buy them online. There is also a Bookshop on the poultry pages where you can buy, often at a discount and with free UK delivery direct from Broad Leys Publishing.

Allotment Links

Other sites I hope you will find interesting.

Allotment Advice ,  Allotment Associations ,  Allotment Children ,  Allotment Downshifting ,  Allotment Government ,  Allotment Personal Sites ,  Allotment Sites ,  Allotment Weather ,  Fertiliser and Supplements ,  Finding Allotment ,  Garden Compost ,  Garden Design ,  Garden Equipment Suppliers ,  Garden Pest Control ,  Garden Plant Suppliers ,  Garden Software ,  Gardening Help ,  Gardening Magazines ,  General Gardening ,  Green Living ,  Grow Lights ,  John's Web Sites ,  Merry Tiller Rotovator ,  More Gardening Equipment ,  Organic Gardening ,  Permaculture ,  Poultry Equipment ,  Seeds and Seedlings ,  Self Sufficiency ,  UK Poultry Organisations ,  UK Seed Suppliers ,  Vegetable Societies ,  Weed Control ,