How to Keep Your Allotment Going When You're Busy
Busy life making it difficult to keep up with your allotment? Here are some practical ways to keep your plot productive without spending every spare hour gardening.
After the Summer Harvest — What To Do With Your Allotment Harvest
Got more tomatoes, courgettes, beans and berries than you know what to do with? Here's how to make the most of your allotment harvest — from freezing and preserving to storing, sharing and simply knowing when to stop.
The September Sowing Gamble — What I'm Actually Planting and What's Probably Too Late
September is a slightly strange month on the allotment. Summer crops are still producing, but I'm also looking at the gaps they're leaving behind and deciding what can squeeze in for the rest of this year — and what might give me an early harvest next year.
You’ve Just Taken On an Overgrown Allotment. Where Do You Start?
You’ve got the keys to the gate, a brand-new sense of optimism, and a plot of land that looks like a forgotten corner of the Amazon rainforest. When you stand at the edge of an overgrown allotment, the issue usually isn't a lack of gardening knowledge.
The Late-August Harvest Flood: Apple Crumble, Jam, and Realistic Scale Math
Harvesting is officially in full flow. The tomatoes are coming thick and fast, the French beans are producing daily, and my blackberry bush has been yielding punnet after punnet.
The 15-Minute Allotment Routine: What I Actually Prioritise on a Lunchtime Visit
Got 15 minutes on a lunch break? Trying to do it all is a recipe for plot burnout. Discover my strict midday routine: visual scan, harvest first to store in the shade, and targeted root watering. Plus, see how quick visits helped push our 100kg Plot Tracker to 32.8kg!
How to Safely Harvest and Cure Onions for Long-Term Winter Storage
Growing onions to size is only half the battle. If you want your home-grown bulbs to survive dark winter nights without turning to mush, turning your focus to harvesting and curing is where the real work begins.
The August Heatwave Grind: Late Harvests, 30kg Milestones, and an Outdoor Tap Win!
It’s been insanely hot, and while everything feels like it’s coming in slightly later than last year, the harvest floodgates have finally opened. A massive surge of tomatoes, blackberries, cucumbers, courgettes, and garden grapes has pushed our harvest tracker to 29.770kg.
The August Sowing List—5 Fast-Growing Crops I’m Sowing Right Now
If your plot is currently giving you a slight case of high-summer fatigue, you aren't alone. Between heatwave survival, deep-watering routines, and the wait for maincrop heavy-hitters to tip the scales, it’s easy to feel like the sowing season is over. Here is the secret: it isn't.
Cresting the High-Summer Wave: Garden CASUALTIES, Allotment Heatwave HACKS, and Planning for 2027
The tomatoes are heavily setting fruit, the pumpkins are sizing up nicely, and the blackberries are just ridiculous right now. But high summer isn't easy. While the allotment is verdant, it's a constant battle against the relentless heat grind.
Why do allotments have a harvest lull in early July?
The July Lull is real, and it is a test of patience. The early summer rush of beetroot and cauliflowers has been harvested and weighed, but the heavy autumn hitters—our maincrop potatoes, winter squash, and greenhouses full of green tomatoes—are stubbornly taking their sweet time.
The 100kg Strategy: 12 Tomato Varieties Selected for Pure Weight and Zero Drama
Balancing a demanding job, young kids, and an unruly allotment means tomato selection is a high-stakes strategy. Here is the honest breakdown of the 12 varieties fighting for greenhouse space this year—and exactly how they earn their keep on the scales.