Special Plant Nursery courses

Special Plants Nursery Gardening Courses The following gardening courses which may be of interest to allotment gardeners are being held at a commercial nursery near Bath. Contact the nursery for…

Avon Organic Group Talks

Avon Organic Group is the local group in Bristol for everyone who is interested in organics gardening and organic foods. It is affiliated to Garden Organic and the Soil Association.…

Gardening for wildlife

Gardening for wildlife

Why consider wildlife on your allotment? There are many advantages of encouraging wildlife into your allotment plot. These include: Better pollination of crops by insects you’ve encouraged on to the…

Allotment jobs month by month

Allotment jobs month by month

January Vegetables Plan this year’s vegetable plantings, ideally rotating crops by not planting in the same place as last year.. By mid January, start ‘chitting’ tubers of early potatoes in…

Horsetail

Horsetail

Horsetail – Equisetum spp., approx 30 varieties. The one which grows in our allotments is probably Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense), although it may be others. It likes damp/wet/marshy ground, but…

Greenhouse or Polytunnel Gardening

Greenhouse or Polytunnel Gardening

Points to consider Seasonal uses  Potential Issues Points to Consider A polythene tunnel or a greenhouse is an expensive addition to an allotment. If you are thinking of making this…