
Allotment Month By Month: Grow your Own Fruit and Vegetables, Know What to do When (Hardback)
Alan Buckingham (author)Published: 07/02/2019
A new edition of the bestselling guide to making the most of your allotment, with seasonal advice, essential to-do lists, and more than 60 fruit and vegetable crop planners.
Grow fresh, seasonal produce in your allotment or kitchen garden all year round with the bestselling guide from Alan Buckingham. Allotment Month by Month takes the uncertainty out of your harvest with clear, reliable gardening advice for every month of the year.
In-depth crop planners show you when to sow and how to cultivate more than 60 herbs, fruit, and vegetables, including kale, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, and apples. Month-by-month alerts help you guard against the season's garden pests and diseases to ensure a top-quality harvest. Prioritise key garden tasks, learn crop rotation techniques, and try step-by-step garden projects, such as sowing peas in guttering and making your own compost bin.
This new edition has updated recommendations for the best varieties to grow and all the latest advice on pesticide use. Ideal for both urban gardeners and seasoned allotment owners, or as self-purchase or gift for first-time vegetable growers, Allotment Month by Month has everything you need to know to make the most of your plot.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 9780241360002
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 1203 g
Dimensions: 240 x 201 x 32 mm
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“Very good and informative”
I have a greenhouse and an allotment and its not easy to know what to grow and when. This excellent book breaks it down in an understandable way -- with good illustrations and diagrams to back up the text. Good book
“Great step by step guide”
A brilliant guide for allotmenteers novice and experienced. It is always a flick through reference for old timers, and is a crucial step by step guide for newbies. Everything is covered, no matter when you get/start... More
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