Allotment guides for the UK
Grow more, waste less, enjoy every season on your plot
Practical, no-nonsense help for UK allotment holders: what to do each month, how to rotate your beds, and the kit that’s really worth buying. The first full guides arrive this winter, in time to plan the new growing year.
🌱 New guides growing here soon
On the plot in this month
Typical UK timings for 59 crops. Pick any month.
These are typical months across the UK. In the north and on cold, exposed sites, start a couple of weeks later; in the mild south-west you can often go a little earlier. Always check the seed packet.
Coming soon
Month by month
A short guide for every month: sowing, planting, harvesting and the jobs that save you work later.
Crop rotation made simple
Four beds, four groups, four years. How to plan it, and what to do with the crops that don’t fit.
My allotment kit list
The tools, netting and supports that earn their place, and the ones you can skip.
Free printable
A UK sowing calendar to pin up in the shed.
Google Sheets template
The UK Allotment Planner
- Sketch your plot and its beds
- 59 UK crops: choose Growing, Maybe or Never
- A four-year crop rotation
- A sowing calendar with this month’s jobs
- A harvest log that shows what your plot saves you
Coming soon to Etsy
