March on the Allotment Garden
By Richard Chivers For gardeners, the arrival of March arouses a sensation others savour only at Christmas. Winter is always a long season for us allotmenteers. Dark, cold and when…
How to make your own compost – and why we all should
As any gardener will tell you, the compost heap is the beating heart of a garden. The cherished ‘black gold’ is essential for the health of your garden and plants;…
Top Winter Vegetables: Best Hardy Varieties to Grow
Many of us grow an abundance of wonderful crops for harvesting over summer and autumn. In the meantime, winter vegetables are too often overlooked! However, there is no reason you…
Dobies Group Scheme Offers Discounts
Dobies Group Scheme offers generous discounts to allotment groups, garden clubs and societies Members of amateur gardening clubs can benefit from the generous discounts offered by the Dobies Group Scheme.…
Gardening Groups & Societies
Gardening remains a highly popular hobby across the UK. No matter how much or how little space people have they enjoy creating and maintaining their patch, be it several acres…
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Progress in our ‘Dobies’ garden plots
We’ve gone from four inches of rain in two days to nights of heavy frost and freezing temperatures. But on the good days in between I was actually able to…