Printable Allotment Sowing Guide
Right, so here's a turn up for the books. I've actually beaten myself to something for once. Regular readers will know that last week Sam, Iris and I stood over one very sorry-looking allotment , admitted defeat, and put it to bed early for the year. And regular readers will also know that about four days later the heavens opened and gave us more rain in two nights than we'd had all summer, because that's just how it goes round here. You wait, you moan, you give up, and then the sky finally does something about it. Typical. But here's the silver lining. With one plot resting and the daily watering-and-picking routine on the other easing off a touch, I've actually had an afternoon or two spare before my shift starts, which doesn't happen often. So I've spent it doing something I usually mean to do every January and never quite manage: getting properly organised for the sowing year ahead. Every year I tell myself I'll sit down with a cup of tea an...
