June on the allotment is the when all the hard work of the past few months really starts to show rewards. Early crops should be in full production, main crop varieties will be growing away steadily and all the cloches…
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May in the veg plot
May on the allotment or in the vegetable garden can be very frustrating, the weather can be ‘high summer one day and then ‘mid winter’ the next. Gardeners have to be on their guard to cover tender crops that will…
April in the veg plot
The month of ‘All Systems Go’ every thing suddenly starts to burst in to growth as the soil warms up and the suns strength increases. On an allotment or in the vegetable garden this is probably the busiest month of…
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March in the veg plot
This month has to be the most difficult of the vegetable growing season, yet one of the most enjoyable. Trying to time seed sowing, so the plants are ready when the worst of the frost has gone is an art…
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February in the veg plot
So UK gardens have just suffered the coldest December/January since the winter of 1981/82 and Scotland was bathed in its lowest temperatures since records began in 1914. But look on the bright side, the slug, snail, aphid, root fly and…
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