Allotment gardening

Need some allotment ideas? What should you plant and when is the best time? Here's a month-by-month allotment planner to help you make the most of your little slice of gardening heaven...

Discover five ways to get the most out of your allotment, when you have limited time. Allotment gardener Rachel Bull shares her top tips

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If you're new to allotment growing, give this informative guide a read.

This post probably doesn't need much introduction, does it? Yep, we finally have an allotment - it's something we've wanted for a LONG time and I'm SO excited to share that we now have one! It was about a year ago that we decided to put our name down on the waiting list for a

You won’t believe your empty mason jars or newspapers could be useful in the garden until you see the list of garden hacks below. After reading the article, you can take advantage of your old items lying in mess around your kitchen or garage, and then turn them into helpful things for your garden. Now, instead of throwing them out, let's save them and give them new missions, they promise to keep you amazed.

Creating a new veg patch or allotment, how to get started

The RHS No-Dig Allotment Garden demonstrates how to grow abundant food all year round without digging or disturbing the soil. Here's the full plant list.

*AD: This post is part of a paid partnership with Bosch Home & Garden. Back in July, we took on an allotment plot after putting our names down on a waiting list last year. I shared a little look around our new allotment soon after, although admittedly, it just looked like one crazy overgrown mess!

Colourful allotment