Video guides
The National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG), to which all our member are members of, have been participating in a new TV channel called Horticultural TV which specialises on giving advise on allotment gardening. The main page of the show is at the following address Main Horticultural TV page. You have to subscribe to it but it offers a lot of helpful hits and tips.
Also the Royal Horticultural Society offers extensive advice. Of particularly interest is the Veg A to Z. Take a look. There are lots of helpful videos on the site particularly for things like pruning.
Claire’s Allotment
A fantastic series of allotment video guides on specific subjects. The main page of the channel is here
Potatoes
Potatoes- Claire’s Allotment part 10
Earthing up your potatoes – Claire’s Allotment part 26
Dig up your potatoes! Claire’s Allotment part 47
Dig up your spuds! Claire’s Allotment part 56
Chitty chitty ‘tatoes – Claire’s Allotment part 60
Sweet potatoes Claire’s allotment part 78
Sweet potatoes (part 2) – Claire’s Allotment part 80
Dig my sweet potatoes – Claire’s allotment part 89
Comparing Sweet Potatoes – Claire’s Allotment Part 124
Garlic, Onions, shallots and carrots
Planting garlic & spring onions – Claire’s Allotment part 8
Planting onions & carrots – Claire’s Allotment part 9
More onions and carrots – Claire’s Allotment part 25
Lift your shallots – Claire’s Allotment part 43
Are your carrots ready? – Claire’s Allotment part 54
Onions and garlic, a quick update Claire’s Allotment part 64
Planting garlic and onions – Claire’s allotment part 69
Storing onions – Claire’s Allotment part 119
Showing off my carrots! – Claire’s Allotment part 120
Giving your onions and garlic a head start – Claire’s allotment pt 59
Elephant garlic, man! – Claire’s Allotment part 130
Borettana Onions – Claire’s Allotment Part 136
Tomatoes
Planting tomatoes in trays – Claire’s Allotment part 11
Planting tomatoes – Claire’s Allotment part 44
Tomato Blight – Claire’s Allotment part 121
Cucumbers and gherkins
Cucumbers and gherkins – Claire’s Allotment part 13
Aubergines
Aubergines – Claire’s Allotment part 14
Planting aubergines – Claire’s Allotment part 50
Peas and beans
Bean troughs and poles – Claire’s Allotment Part 30
Peas – Claire’s Allotment part 15
Runner beans and coriander – Claire’s Allotment part 20
Planting Mangetout – Claire’s Allotment part 28
Planting Peas – Claire’s Allotment part 29
Are my peas ready? Claire’s allotment part 83
Mangetout & Bush Beans – Claire’s Allotment part 16
Planting out your runner beans – Claire’s allotment part 39
Harvesting French Beans! Claire’s Allotment part 45
Peas are ready! – Claire’s Allotment part 46
Planting mange tout and peas – Claire’s allotment part 71
Broad beans and bonus parsnips! Claire’s Allotment Part 92
Broad beans – an apology – Claire’s Allotment part 96
Chillies and peppers
Chillies and peppers – Claire’s Allotment part 18
Potting up your peppers! – Claire’s Allotment part 37
Pot-up your chilis and peppers – Claire’s allotment part 52
Mushrooms
Planting mushroom – Claire’s Allotment part 32
Checking on your mushrooms – Claire’s allotment part 38
Mushroom magic – Claire’s Allotment part 61
Mushroom update 1 – Claire’s Allotment part 62
Mushroom update 2 Claire’s allotment part 66
Mushroom update 3 Claire’s allotment part 67
Brassicas
Cauliflower, broccoli, brussels – Claire’s Allotment part 19
Potting up your cauliflowers! – Claire’s Allotment part 36
Dig up your turnips! Claire’s Allotment part 48
Putting in cauliflowers etc. – Claire’s Allotment part 49
Harvesting cauliflower – Claire’s Allotment part 126
Kohlrabi – Claire’s Allotment part 101
Potting up Kohlrabi
Planting Kohlrabi – Claire’s Allotment part 109
Cabbages – Claire’s Allotment Part 140
How to put in cabbages – Claire’s allotment part 79
Cabbage and lemon balm Claire’s allotment part 73
Flower Sprouts – Claire’s Allotment part 104
Harvesting your flower sprouts – Claire’s Allotment part 128
Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn – Claire’s Allotment part 22
Planting out your sweetcorn – Claire’s allotment part 40
Popcorn Claire’s allotment part 77
Popcorn picking – Claire’s Allotment part 122
Popcorn – finally! Claire’s Allotment Part 131
Leeks
Transfer your leeks – Claire’s allotment part 42
Dig my leeks & parsnips – Claire’s Allotment part 91
Courgettes, marrows, squashes, pumpkins
Courgettes and pumpkins – Claire’s Allotment part 21
Butternut squashes – Claire’s Allotment part 33
Planting out courgettes – Claire’s allotment part 41
Huge pumpkins! Claire’s allotment part 75
Planting a butternut squash Claire’s allotment part 82
Picking my pumpkins & squashes – Claire’s Allotment part 90
Planting out pumpkins – Claire’s Allotment Part 141
Herbs
Parsley & Basil – Claire’s Allotment part 17
Dill – Claire’s Allotment part 31
My little herb patch Claire’s allotment part 76
Russian Tarragon – Claire’s Allotment part 100
Fennel – Claire’s Allotment part 102
Cabbage and lemon balm Claire’s allotment part 73
Strawberries
Strawberry Runners – Claire’s allotment part 87
Strawberries – Claire’s Allotment part 94
Potting-up Strawberries – Claire’s Allotment part 112
Planting Strawberries From Seed – Claire’s Allotment part 125
Cucumbers
Pot-up your cucumbers – Claire’s allotment part 51
Parsnips
Parsnips and turnips – Claire’s Allotment part 24
Dig my leeks & parsnips – Claire’s Allotment part 91
Gooseberries
Cape Gooseberries – Claire’s Allotment part 97
Potting-up Cape Gooseberries – Claire’s Allotment part 111
Picking your gooseberries – Claire’s Allotment part 113
Picking your cape gooseberries – Claire’s Allotment part 123
Melons
Potting up your melons! – Claire’s Allotment part 35
Pot-up your melons – Claire’s Allotment part 53
Radish
Radishes – Claire’s Allotment Part 134
Horseradish – Claire’s Allotment part 132
Fennel
Potting up fennel – Claire’s Allotment part 107
Planting fennel – Claire’s Allotment part 110
Flowers
February Flowers – Claire’s allotment part 63
Spring Flowers Claire’s allotment part 74
Summer Bloom – Claire’s Allotment part 114
Spinach and chard
Planting spinach – Claire’s allotment part 70
Chard – Claire’s Allotment Part 135
Artichokes
Artichokes – Claire’s Allotment part 95
Dig up your Jerusalem artichokes – Claire’s Allotment part 127
Globe Artichokes – Claire’s Allotment Part 133
Lettuce and salad leaves
Planting lettuce in trays – Claire’s Allotment part 12
Oriental stir fry – Claire’s Allotment part 99
Oriental salad leaves update
Okra
Okra – Claire’s Allotment part 98
Papaya
Papaya – Claire’s Allotment part 34
Watercress
Watercress – Claire’s Allotment Part 137
Celery and Celeriac
Celeriac – Claire’s Allotment Part 138
Celery – Claire’s Allotment Part 139
Misc
Tidying, digging and mowing – Claire’s Allotment Part 1
One I made earlier – Claire’s Allotment Part 2
Manure! – Claire’s Allotment Part 3
Breaking up your soil – Claire’s Allotment Part 4
Brambles – Claire’s Allotment part 5
Cleaning your greenhouse – Claire’s Allotment part 6
Digging trenches – Claire’s Allotment part 7
Build your own compost heap – Claire’s Allotment Part 27
It must be summer! – Claire’s Allotment part 55
Sorting your seeds – Claire’s Allotment part 57
What is an allotment? Claire’s allotment part 72
Victoriana Nurseries – Claire’s Allotment part 93
Making a scarecrow – Claire’s allotment part 84
Green manure – Claire’s allotment part 86
Conserving water in soil – Claire’s allotment part 81
Where I get my seeds – Claire’s Allotment part 65
Fruit patch – Claire’s Allotment part 23
Container gardening – Claire’s allotment part 88
January Planting – Claire’s Allotment part 58
March planting Claire’s allotment part 68
Scaredy cats – Claire’s Allotment part 103
August Harvest – Claire’s Allotment part 118