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What you need to start on an allotment

Posted in my allotment, tagged allotment tools, bamboo canes, bamboo sticks, bricks, cheap tools, cloche, compost heap, dibber, draw hoe, dutch hoe, egg shells, essential tools, flask, fork, garden hose, garden twine, gardening gloves, gardening shoes, grass clippings, hoe, horticultural fleece, kitchen gardening, marking out, mat-hook, mulching, netting, old newspapers, paving slabs, poly tunnel, polythene, rake, recycled, roof tiles, saw, scissors, secateurs, secondhand tools, seeds, sharp knife, shredded paper, soil sieve, spade, string, tape measure, trowel, trug, used teabags, vegetable peelings, water bottles, watering can, watering can rose, watering reservoirs, weights, wellies, what you need to start an allotment, wheelbarrow, wooden pallets on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, I’m no expert, but this is what I have learned so far:
For the Allotmenteer
Enthusiasm and determination!
Decent Gardening shoes/wellies
Proper Gardening gloves
A notebook/diary and pen/pencil
A flask (for tea/water)
Starting out and standby tools
A tape measure
Garden twine/string
Bamboo sticks or other posts for marking out
Wheelbarrow or at best – a lightweight trug
Some seeds!
Essential Tools
Scissors/sharp knife/secateurs
Trowel
Spade
Dibber
Fork
Hoe (draw hoe preferrably, but [...]

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I feel like I am getting somewhere!

Posted in my allotment, tagged potatoes, garlic, bindweed, propagator, windowsill, veg plot, brambles, netting, weeds, weed suppressant, membrane, onions, cloche, poly tunnel, sowing, Gartenperle, Tigerella, Coure De Bleu, Millefleur, Alicante, Super Roma, Harlequin, Sakura, tomato, Pepper, Big Banana, Salad Festival, germinated, Lovage, Curly Leaved Parsley, Flat Leaved Parsley, Coriander, Basil, Common Thyme, Lemon Grass, Sweet Cicely, Summer Savoury, Oregano, Mint, Russian Tarragon, Stevia, Cucumber, Burpless Tasty, Broccoli Claret, Celery, Full White, Asparagus, Connovers Colossal, Aubergine, Chillis, Anaheim, Heatwave, Jalapeno, Strawberries, Cambridge Favourite, Judibell, butter bean, dwarf french bean rocenforte, Runner Bean Best Of All, Cannellini Beans, Borlotti Beans, rain, weather on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Well, last Sunday I decided I really need to brave the weather and go and do some allotmenting. The previous two weekends had brought snow, and the forecasts for Sunday were for rain showers and hail. However, it turns out that the weathermen got it wrong.
I trundled over to the plot and decided to start [...]

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Growing your own veg and herbs, or filling up a window box – everyone can have a go at gardening. It’s really not complicated either. As with many things these days, a good place to find information is on the internet, and so I’d like to share what I know.

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