The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot

by John Harrison

In recent years allotments have grown in popularity with demand far outstripping supply. John Harrison shows how to improve your chances of getting an allotment and move up the waiting list. In this all-encompassing guide, he also advises on clearing an allotment, planning what to grow and how, building compost bins, using raised beds – plus detailed instructions on growing the best vegetables and fruit.Praise for John Harrison's Vegetable Growing Month by Month:“…solid words of advice, written in a way that everyone will understand.”Medwyn Williams, Chairman of the National Vegetable Society and member of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 26, 2009

About the author

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Reviews

[sarah lowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

Having just acquired my first plot I can see this book becoming an excellent reference guide. Concise and down to earth! (Pardon the pun).

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, so I don't actually have an allotment yet, but I am on the waitlist (which averages 6-8 years here) so no harm in reading up in advance. This book is especially geared towards the British allotment grower, which is good because a lot of the plants I had in my head as normal home gardening plants from my childhood in Ohio don't really work here, and of course other crops work better here than in Ohio. It made me realize just how much I don't know about how to grow vegetables and properly manage a garden. He's much more into building stuff than I think I could be (I can't see myself building my own greenhouse anytime soon) and he's more geared towards England than Scotland, but still a good general guide on what the heck to do with an allotment.

[Charlotte Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book when starting your own allotment

[Craig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read for having just started growing at an allotment. I shall be referring to this book as the season goes on, and throughout the winter as it still has useful info for the offseason.

[Claire Marshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great! Packed full of useful info and tips. One to keep in the shed up the allotment.

[Duncan · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an excellent book and a must for any allotment holder. Great reference book to be used again and again.