Allotment Month By Month: Grow your Own Fruit and Vegetables, Know What to do When

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Crop planners that provide a catalogue of more than 60 fruits, vegetables, and herbs that can be grown in an allotment or kitchen garden

It’s worth investing in a push hoe, a draw hoe, and a short-handled onion hoe to be fully equipped to deal with any weed problems. In-depth crop planners show you when to sow and how to cultivate more than 60 herbs, fruit, and vegetables, including kale, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, and apples. No more forgetting what you wanted to plant, when or where. You can design your allotment in minutes, using our Allotment Planner with its inituitive drag and drop interface. By autumn, growth is tailing off in lower light levels, so little rain is needed; warm, dry weather is better for ripening produce now. Wet weather leads to rots, unripe produce that won’t store well,

This new edition has updated recommendations for the best varieties to grow and all the latest advice on pesticide use. Ideal for first-time vegetable growers, urban gardeners, and seasoned allotment owners alike, Allotment Month by Month has everything you need to know to make the most of your plot.

Harvestnew season early potatoes, peas and broad beans, onions, beetroot, summer salad crops and fruit such as strawberries, gooseberries and cherries Perennial crops such as asparagus and fruit need no cultivation or sowing, but must be planted in areas that are clear of all perennial weeds. In-depth crop planners show you when to sow and how to cultivate more than 60 herbs, fruit, and vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, and apples. Month-by-month alerts help you guard against the season's garden pests and diseases to ensure a top-quality harvest. Prioritise key tasks, learn crop rotation techniques, and try step-by-step garden projects, such as sowing peas in guttering and making your own compost bin. Start with a few choice crops and see how you get on, then gradually increase your workload as you become more experienced. Stay organised, with the help of our monthly lists of allotment jobs: Wet, but not too wet, summers are far better for allotments than hot, dry ones; crops need water to grow. Autumn

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Cauliflowers- August is the time to transplant winter and spring cauliflowers. If they overwinter successfully they should give you a harvest in the new year, January onwards. Businesses in Coalville are being encouraged to sign up to a best dressed window competition as w... Weeds are the main burden of work for plot-holders, and most allotments need continual hoeing and weeding. Planning allotments to limit weeding is a good first step: Fruit trees and bushes -plant new bare root trees and bushes during the winter months when they are dormant Brussel sprouts, cabbages and cauliflowers- July is the time to sow cabbages for next spring and your last chance to plant out sprouts, winter cabbages and autumn cauliflowers