Our Allotment

You can also follow our allotment blog 'Under the Owl Box' on the website here or at www.undertheowlbox.blogspot.com

Resources

Websites

My go to resource has to be John Harrison's Allotment Garden it has how to articles, recipes, monthly jobs, books and an active and knowledgeable forum.

YouTube

There are lots of helpful videos if you learn that way, I'm a reader, but have found the following channels useful.

Simplify Gardening

Grow Veg

Library

If you have library membership (UK) you can access books and magazines online for free. You won't get the free seed packets but you can read magazines such as Kitchen Garden and Gardener's World.

Other People

If you have an allotment on shared land you'll find that some people have been working on their allotments for many years. They will have local knowledge of what plants work well in the soil and whether the area is prone to certain pests or diseases.

There will also be an Allotment Association or some form of governance that may have a newsletter or website.

Planning

If you are growing vegetables in the ground you will need to think about crop rotation to avoid problems with pests and disease. You will also need to consider the amount of food you need to produce and whether you have enough room for everything. Garden planning tools are useful for this although a plan on a piece of paper, if you can remember where you've put it, is just as good.

GrowVeg have a comprehensive planner but I was frustrated at the inability to access it with a smart device. There is a significant rewrite underway which will have this integration but for me the yearly cost is too high.

Plants and Seeds

Real Seeds heirloom and heritage vegetable seeds specially chosen for home gardeners

Organic Plants Deftland Nurseries organic plants for gardens and allotments