Gardening Advice

Jobs to do now on the allotment or veg patch

Suggestions for successful sowing and germination

Early February: Propagating tomato seed

Making planting plans and choosing seed

Seasonal advice for all asparagus growers

(Nearly) all you need to know about what and how to mulch

Autumn harvest

Carrot fly damage and how best to prevent it

Gardening hints and tips for early June

Have a go at growing this wonderful climbing bean

Down among the vegetables in mid-May

International Compost Awareness Week 2019: 5 to 11 May

Protect those tender tips

Early April fun on the allotment or veg corner

Making a seed bed for sowing winter brassicas - late March

Hints and tips for veg growers - mid-March

Things to do on the allotment or veg patch – February week 1

Hints and tips for January fun

Suggestions for November gardening tasks

Helpful advice for new allotment tenants

Garden fun on your allotment or veg patch - early September

Some helpful tips for fruit and veg gardeners

Late summer news from the allotment

The joy of allotment gardening

Things to do in mid-July (written 2018)

Tasks for the tail end of ‘Flaming June’!

Ideas for vegetable planting in late June

Midsummer in the vegetable garden

On your allotment – in the veg patch: June week 1

Jobs to do on the allotment at the start of June

A list of easy-to-grow vegetable and flower seeds that children will enjoy sowing, along with some tips for sowing seed.

May week 3: Jobs for this week on your allotment

Down on the allotment or in the veg patch – May week 1

Advice for veg growers at the end of April

On the allotment…in the veg patch: April week 3

Things to do on the allotment and in the garden in early April

Things to do on your allotment or veg patch in mid-February

Things to do on the allotment or veg patch – February week 1

Tasks to do on the allotment and garden veg patch during January week 2

Seasonal tasks

Tasks to do on the allotment during December

On the allotment – in the garden: November week 3

Time to sow on your allotment or veg patch - October week 4

Time to plant on your allotment - October week 2

Things to do on your allotment or in your veg patch – now!

Things to do on your allotment or veg patch in early September

On your allotment – in the veg patch: early September

On your allotment – in the garden: end of June

Allotment and veg patch advice: June week 2

On your allotment – in the garden: early June

Clever veg growing – May week 3

Protection from all manner of creatures - on the allotment and veg patch: May week 2

On the allotment and veg patch – April week 3: Sowing Cucumbers, Courgettes, Squash and Melons

A guide to protecting plants from the damage caused by slugs and snails including a guide to some of the best mollusc resistant perennials and vegetables.

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden – April week 2

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden in early April

Things to do on the allotment or veg patch – March week 4

The secrets of germinating and growing Parsnips

Sowing, planting and harvesting Lettuces on the allotment or veg patch

Things to do on the allotment or veg patch – early February

Tasks to do on the allotment and garden veg patch during January week 4

Tasks to do on the allotment and garden veg patch during January week 3

Tasks to do on the allotment and garden veg patch during January week 2

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden during January week : Planting, feeding and forcing rhubarb

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden during December week 4

Tasks to do in the garden and on the allotment during December week 3

Tasks to do in the garden and on the allotment during December week 2