The Allotment Book

Name: The Allotment Book
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ISBN: 9781851246687

How to Make the Most of Your Land

Walter Brett, Allan Jenkins

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Bodleian Library
19 March 2026

Gardening: growing fruit & vegetables; Organic gardening; Allotments

This remarkably relevant historic text provides sound advice to allotment growers and includes a handy month-by-month guide.

Published to help civilians grow vegetables during the First World War, The Allotment Book is a practical guide to making the most of whatever size allotment you have. Though written more than one hundred years ago, it contains easy-to-follow, reassuring advice, which still feels pertinent today, from an expert who firmly believes that we can all grow crops successfully, whether our allotment is tiny or large. The chapters cover digging techniques, making compost, clearing neglected ground, fertilisers, recommended varieties, a handy month-by-month guide to what to do at the allotment through the year and hints for novice growers. The philosophy of growing could not be more apt for our times: 'There is comfort in the fact that all of us, farmers, allotment-holders, and cottagers are inclined to get all we can from our land during our tenancy, without putting any more into it than we can help.'

Charmingly simple line drawings and diagrams accompany this timeless text, an ideal gift for allotment growers everywhere.

By: Walter Brett
Introduction by: Allan Jenkins
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 110mm,
ISBN: 9781851246687
ISBN 10: 1851246681
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 19 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Walter Brett (18871944) was a fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and editor of The Smallholder magazine. Allan Jenkins is the author of a memoir, Plot 29, and a former editor of the Observer magazine.

Reviews for The Allotment Book: How to Make the Most of Your Land

With a new introduction by Allan Jenkins, who wrote a column about his allotment for The Observer, this is a wonderful book for even the armchair horticulturalist -- Ette Neil-Gallacher * Nature's Bounty * Illustrated throughout with simple line drawings, The Allotment Book is both a practical handbook and a delightful gift for anyone with a passion for growing.