What to grow in your first allotment year
A first allotment can swallow every weekend. Grow a few easy crops well, cover the rest of the plot, and learn your soil before you plan big.
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Plant garlic in autumn for a summer harvest
Plant garlic in autumn and it needs almost nothing until summer. Choose good cloves, plant them pointed end up, and keep the bed weeded.
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Make a no-dig bed in one afternoon
A no-dig bed turns a patch of weeds into a bed you can plant the same day. You need cardboard, compost and an afternoon, not a spade.