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Growing guides, gardening tips, and urban agriculture insights.

How to Start an Allotment in the UK: A Complete Beginner's Guide

Jun 12, 2026

How to Grow Tomatoes in the UK: A Complete Guide

Apr 1, 2026

Crop Rotation for Beginners: How and Why to Rotate Vegetables in the UK

Mar 15, 2026

Companion Planting in the UK: Which Vegetables Grow Well Together

Mar 20, 2026

Raised Bed Vegetable Growing: A Complete UK Guide

Feb 28, 2026

How to Grow Potatoes in the UK: A Complete Guide

Jan 28, 2026

What to Plant in June: Your UK Growing Guide for 2026

Jun 15, 2026

What to Plant in July: UK Allotment and Garden Guide 2026

Jul 1, 2026

UK Allotment Waiting Lists: How Long is the Wait and What Can You Do?

Jun 10, 2026

Private Allotment vs Council Allotment: Which is Right for You?

Jun 5, 2026

The Complete Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables in the UK

May 20, 2026

How to Grow More Food in a Small Garden Plot

May 28, 2026

Allotments: Can a British pastime help solve the looming food crisis in our cities?

Jun 19, 2019

Autumn Gardening Tips: Preparing Your Plot for Winter

Sep 28, 2023

Building Soil Health in your Vegetable Garden

Dec 15, 2022

Common Plant Pests Found In Your Home & How To Deal With Them

Feb 19, 2021

December: What veg you could be harvesting this month, and how.

Dec 6, 2022

February Growing Guide: What to sow in the coming month in your vegetable garden 🌱

Jan 26, 2023

Greenhouses & Rooftop Growing - why some urban farmers are looking up to move forward

Jul 12, 2019

Growing guide series: September

Sep 5, 2022

Growing Underground: The world's first underground farm is changing the way supermarkets source food

Jul 31, 2019

Guerrilla Growing: Tactics & tools from the people & movements changing urban farming in our cities

Jun 26, 2019

Garden Hosting Best Practices

Sep 14, 2022

How AllotMe safeguards Hosts

Sep 21, 2022

How are we going to feed ourselves in 30 years?

Apr 30, 2019

How to List your Garden on AllotMe

Oct 14, 2022

How to multiply your plant using cuttings !

Feb 28, 2022

How to Re-Wild your Garden and Improve Biodiversity

Mar 25, 2021

How to rent out a Plot with AllotMe

Nov 19, 2022

How you get paid as a Host on AllotMe

Sep 26, 2022

Introducing AllotMe V1.1

Aug 4, 2022

Is my garden a good fit for an AllotMe Plot?

Aug 30, 2022

One of the biggest problems to come out of 2 Lockdowns and why it's not going anywhere post-pandemic

Nov 19, 2020

The 10 best veg plants to grow in your first season with an AllotMe Plot

Dec 11, 2022

The 10 best vegetable plants you can grow in the shade

Feb 9, 2023

The Benefits of No-Dig Gardening & How to Get Started

Mar 28, 2023

The Most Nutritious Salad Leaves You Can Grow at Home this Year & How to Start

Mar 29, 2022

AllotMe's Heatwave Gardening Tips

Aug 12, 2022

Vegetable Gardening in March

Mar 9, 2023

Vertical Farms: how technology and innovation is boosting the potential for urban food production.

Jul 3, 2019

5 Non-Toxic Ways to Deter Slugs and Snails from Eating Your Vegetable Plants

May 11, 2023

What to consider when starting your first vegetable plot

Jan 3, 2023

What to do in your garden in December ❄️

Dec 10, 2021

Why that herb plant you buy at the supermarket always dies, and how to stop it !

Aug 17, 2021

Why the NHS are turning to gardening as a remedy for mental & physical health issues

May 26, 2021

Why we created the GrowPod

Jan 15, 2021