Welcome to the Allotment Book.

A website dedicated to growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and on an allotment.

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Welcome to the Allotment Book.

A website dedicated to growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and on an allotment.

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Free Guides

Starter Guides

Composting

Netting

Watering Guides

Germination Techniques

Polytunnel Growing

Growing Ideas

Vegetable Varieties

Explore the wide range of vegetables that can be grown in the UK. Explore varieties, save your favourites, and create your growing plan.

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Fruit Varieties

Discover all the different types of fruit that can grow in the UK. Explore varieties, save your favourites, and create your growing plan.

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Herb Varieties

Herbs are an excellent addition to a kitchen garden, providing interesting flavours in the kitchen, interesting flowers and scent, and loved by beneficial insects.

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Planning Tools

Allotment Planner

The Allotment Planner & Record Keeper is designed to help fruit and vegetable gardeners plan and record their growing successes.

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Planting Month By Month

Month by month planting guides for growing at home or on an allotment, including fruit, vegetables, herbs, and links to varieties.

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Harvest Month By Month

A month by month harvesting guide to avoid a glut of homegrown food in any month, or a period when nothing is available.

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Fruit Growing Guides

Reference guides on growing fruit in UK gardens and allotments, including planting, harvesting, and growing tips.

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Vegetable Growing Guides

Reference guides containing key information on growing vegetables, including planting, care, harvesting, and varieties.

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Growing Vegetables In Pots

A guide to growing vegetables in pots, including pot sizes, watering, pest control, growing media, and suggested varieties.

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Allotment Recipes

Vegetable Recipes

Recipes showing how British grown vegetables can be transformed into wonderful snacks and starters.

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Fruit Recipes

Simple, declicious, and wonderful desserts made from fruit that can be grown in the UK.

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Soup Recipes

Homemade soup is an easy and enjoyable way of eating vegetables and makes nutritious meals.

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Hot & Cold Drinks

Yummy vitamin packed cold drinks and a selection of hot drinks to enjoy at home.

Hot & Cold Drinks

Sweet Treats

Indulgent treats for all ages. The emphasis is on enjoyment, with a hint of British grown ingredients.

Sweet treat recipes

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Allotment & Garden Sheds

A selection of allotment and garden sheds with a wide range of lengths and widths, including overlap or tongue and groove panels.

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Polytunnels

A selection of polytunnels for anyone growing fruit, vegetables, herbs, or flowers at home or on an allotment. 

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Greenhouses

A selection of greenhouses with a variety of widths, lengths, and price points, making an attractive addition to a garden.

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Fruit Cages

See a wide selection of attractive steel and wooden fruit cages Don't let the birds and animals eat your harvest!

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Raised Beds

A selection of raised beds to suit allotment, garden, or patio growing. The beds come in a range of wood finishes, lengths, and widths.

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Growhouses & Coldframes

A selection of growhouses and coldframes. Ideal for protecting frost senstive plants in spring, and heat loving plants in summer.

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