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Get Started with Your Allotment

Geoff Stokes

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Teach Yourself
01 October 2010
Are you keen to get an allotment, but don't know where to start? Would you like help to successfully grow your own produce? Are you thinking about keeping livestock on your allotment?
'Get Started with Your Allotment' is written by the UK's leading Allotment Society and designed specifically for all those new to allotments. It will take you step-by-step through the joys of allotment gardening, right from the very first stages of finding an allotment through to keeping livestock. It is designed for both beginners and those with some experience, and has plenty of information for those who wish to involve their children and family members in their new pursuit. With a complete guide to the tools needed, the ideal crops to grow, the soil conditions, troubleshooting and plenty of legal advice, it is the most complete guide available from the country's most experienced and trusted source of allotment wisdom.

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Imprint:   Teach Yourself
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   188g
ISBN:   9781444107388
ISBN 10:   1444107380
Series:   Teach Yourself - General
Pages:   192
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Geoff Stokes was Secretary of the NSALG until 2010. Representing allotments and gardens nationwide, the NSALG provides membership to societies and gardeners. One of the most frequently cited organizations by the national media, it publishes a quarterly newsletter and provides advice and support to the public, and consultation/feedback to local/national government. It has close links with major gardening publications and retailers.

Reviews for Get Started with Your Allotment

'This excellent book...covers everything from tools, recipes, advice of which crops to grow and legal and troubles shooting advice. A perfect starting point for beginners, but it's so full of expertise that even old allotment stagers will like it and learn from it.' -- Oxford Times


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