Hedgehogs are a vegetable gardener's best friend! These welcome visitors gobble up pesky slugs, snails, and beetles, keeping pests under control naturally. 🦔🍂
Take extra care when clearing autumn leaves or compost piles—a sleepy hedgehog might be nesting underneath!
Real garden horror doesn’t wear a mask—it hides in your soil. 🎃 Clubroot, blight, and white rot wait years to strike if you plant the same families in the same beds. Avoid the curse with effortless crop rotation warnings: vegplotter.com/blog/nightmar… #AllotmentLife
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 Wishing everyone a spooktacular night filled with fun, frights, and plenty of treats! 🍬🕷️ Whether you're dressing up, carving pumpkins, or enjoying scary movies, have a hauntingly good time. Stay safe and enjoy the magic of the season! 👻🦇 #HappyHalloween
With its airy, feathery foliage, fennel makes a striking addition to ornamental borders. Pair it alongside roses and lavender for an unusual, fragrant contrast of soft textures and summer blooms! 🌿✨
Find the complete Florence fennel grow guide here:
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Brighten your plate with peppery nasturtium flowers! Their vibrant, edible petals pair deliciously in salads with rocket/arugula, crisp cucumber, and rich quail eggs. Easy to grow and a pollinator magnet. 🌸🥗
Find the complete nasturtium grow guide here:
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Trim the tops of your leek seedlings when planting out to speed up establishment and cut moisture loss! Drop each into a 15cm hole, leave the hole open, and just water it in to let it swell.
Full planting & blanching guide here:
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Pinch out the top 10cm of broad bean shoots once plants are in full flower! It deters black bean aphids (who love tender young sap) and directs energy into plump, uniform pods. 🫘
Read the complete growing & care guide here:
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Always plant sweetcorn in blocks, never single rows! Corn is wind-pollinated, so grouping plants in a dense grid ensures pollen reaches every silk for full, juicy cobs instead of missing kernels. 🌽
Get the full planting & spacing grow guide here:
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For a thriving cauliflower crop next year, sow winter-hardy varieties like ‘Aalsmeer’ now to overwinter. Start seeds in modular trays, thinning to one per cell. Throughout winter, keep plants sheltered in a greenhouse or cold frame. In spring, transplant to garden beds to enjoy a bountiful harvest.
Framing your front door with potted bay trees (*Laurus nobilis*) instantly adds timeless curb appeal and elegance. They thrive brilliantly in containers, love sunny spots, and keep fresh culinary leaves on hand year-round.
Get expert planting & care tips here:
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Craving the ultimate jacket spud? 🥔
Early 'Duke of York' is delicious boiled young, but leave it to grow large for a superb baked potato! Maincrops 'Maris Piper' & 'Pentland Squire' make top bakers too.
Spud grow guide: vegplotter.com/grow-guides/p…
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Got a plum glut? Turn them into prunes for winter treats! 🍑
Slice lengthways (keep halves joined) & place on a tray under glass by a south-facing wall for a few days. Finish in an oven on the lowest heat with the door slightly ajar, turning often to dry evenly.
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Peas need sturdy support to keep them off damp soil away from slugs and dirt! 🫛
Space twigs or bamboo 20cm apart or in a teepee: use 40cm stakes for dwarf types, or 1.2m for climbers to protect your yield.
Check out this pea grow guide: vegplotter.com/grow-guides/p…
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Protect your brassicas from cabbage root fly maggots! 🥬🪰
Fit snug collars of cardboard, carpet, or shop-bought discs flat around plant stems. This stops the fly from laying eggs in the soil from April to Sept. A simple barrier for healthy roots!
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Too much nitrogen? Your onions will grow lush green tops at the expense of big bulbs! 🧅
If your soil has excess nitrogen, interplant onions with leafy greens like lettuce. They’ll soak up the surplus so your onions can focus on swelling.
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Allotment gardening isn't just about veg & fruit—your harvest relies on pollinators! 🐝 Attract bees & butterflies by adding flowers to your plots.
Check out this hibiscus guide to boost your blooms: vegplotter.com/grow-guides/h…
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Hammering down with rain, but had to get up to the allotment and check the damage after the storm! 🌧️💨
A few blown-around pots and the pea supports took a hit, but nothing we can’t fix.
How did your plots hold up in the wind?
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Don't clear your garden just yet! Save your summer harvest for next year by collecting seeds from your best plants.
Beans, peas, lettuce, tomatoes & peppers are super easy to harvest and store.
See the top 5 seeds to save & step-by-step tips:
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Autumn is prime time to give bush roses a light tidy! Cut stems back by about a third to stop wind-rock tearing roots in winter gales, and remove dead or diseased wood. Save the hard prune for late winter.
Check out the full rose grow guide here:
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