Allotment garden design

Need some allotment ideas? What should you plant and when is the best time? Here's a month-by-month allotment planner to help you make the most of your little slice of gardening heaven...

Discover five ways to get the most out of your allotment, when you have limited time. Allotment gardener Rachel Bull shares her top tips

It's been an entire year since we took ownership of our allotment plot - and what a crazy fast year it's been! We knew having an allotment was going to be a challenge, being complete novices to growing fruit and veg and not forgetting the fact we also had a newborn on our hands too!