Chitting potatoes

Chitting potatoes The 80 Minute Allotment The Green Fingered Blog

Chitting potatoes gives your spuds a head start, and is as easy as...well, as easy as putting some potatoes in an egg box in a cool light room.

Getting the vegetable garden ready for spring

Getting the vegetable garden ready for spring Green Fingered Blog
If you want to grow your own fruit and vegetables on an allotment, in a vegetable patch, or a kitchen garden, preparing the soil for planting is really important. I've got less than a couple of hours a week to spare, so I've been doing it a bit at a time over winter. But it's not too late to start now either. Here's what I've been doing to ensure a great harvest later this year...