Allotment Manual

Allotment Manual Synopsis

• The plot: finding the right plot; growing fruit, vegetables and flowers; sheds and greenhouses; communal tools; dealing with weeds; entering competitions.
• Sheds and greenhouses: learning the rules.
• Soil management: fertility, raised beds, rotation.
• A-Zs: growing vegetables, growing fruit, the greenhouse, weeds and allotment pests.
• Livestock: hens, bees; thinking about larger livestock.
• The Allotment Society: policy-making, security, gaining grants for disabled access, toilets and education.
• Raising standards: improving an allotment to include signs and pathways.
• Planning projects: improvement of soil, drainage, items for a shop.
• How to get along with fellow allotment keepers: neighbours, bartering, allotment politics and how to complain without losing friends.
  

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