National Beanpole Week, 21st to 26th April 2012.
Run by the Small Woods Association, this is an annual event which was first held in 2008, and celebrates Britain’s traditionally managed coppiced woodlands.
Sprout Allotmenteer:- A Yorkshireman who acquired his allotment in 1992. Over the years his soil has improved, and hopefully, his understanding of growing veg, despite his trial and error approach to allotment gardening. Now he also tries to write about his experiences, further examples are listed below.
Can also be found at +SproutAllotmentGardening
National Beanpole Week
How To Make Garden Netting
Making your own Pea and Bean support netting is remarkably simple and quick to do. Depending how large the net links are, a surprising amount of netting can be made from one ball of string. Saving money with very little…
An Organic Guide for Beginners [Paperback]
Allotment Gardening is a practical guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables organically. Aimed at those who have not had an allotment before, or are new to growing their own, it is packed with advice -from choosing and planning…
10 Tips to Grow Vegetables in a Drought
Growing vegetables on the allotment when there is drought can be difficult. Here’s 10 simple tips to get the best from your crops, and make sowing and growing them easier.
Garden Cloche
A garden cloche is invaluable to the allotment gardener. Whether used to warm the soil and get a head start on the sowing season, or protect tender vegetables from cold temperatures. The cloche doesn’t need to be an elaborate structure,…
Gardening Poetry
This is a guest post from Kate Williams, who is a many-times published poet. Now specialising in garden poetry, which she reads to gardening clubs around the country. The two gardening poems below are just a small selection from Kate’s…
Tagged with: Gardening poetry
© 2022
Allotment Gardening