help needed please

I have only just got my allotment and whilst we are currently preparing the ground i wandered if anyone could tell me what i should start to plant now or start off in pots at home ready for planting outdoors ! would appreciate any tips and advice if anyone has any.
many thanks
jennie

You could consider buying plants at the garden centre when you are ready - that will save you a month (which is about the time from sowing-to-planting if you start things off in pots).

But as DD said if you have a conservatory or greenhouse etc. then starting some things off would buy you some time on getting the allotment into perfect working order but otherwise I think you will be faffing about trying to keep things alive on windowsills.

My sowing schedule is here:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=56389.msg800654#msg800654

not a lot has gone in yet, as you will see and most of what I have started off are greenhouse crops.

There is a timetable of Sow / Harvest here:
http://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/general/sowing-harvest-vegetable-chart.php

Hi jenjen, As stated,fruit bushes can go in now and of course fruit trees. On the veg front you can start off all the following in pots without too much worry. Cabbage,cauliflower, sprouts and leeks. I say this with total confidence and I dare say other growers will extend this list. 

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Thanks for the info.

http://www.vegetableplantsdirect.co.uk/

Just a warning that unless you have a greenhouse to put them into, it is still probably too early by a few weeks to be starting tomatoes off indoors.  They can't really go outdoors until early June, so the risk of them getting too large and leggy indoors in the meantime is quite high.