[Rachie]

HI I have just got myself an allotment and I don't really know where to start with the whole fruti and veg growing. My first task is weeding which is relatively simple but as for the veg........Any ideas for a first time grower

Thanks

 

[Manlea1]

I would go for tomatoes,runner beans,lettuce anything thats easy to grow and forgiving if i was you 
Loads of great info on here from very experienced peeps so just ask away  im new so learning aswell lol 

Lee

[compostqueen]

courgettes are dead easy and you get rewards fast, and the good news is that you can share all this bounty with your friends and neighbours 

Radishes and spring onions are easy and rewarding as well. Little Gem lettuces and there are still onion sets in the shops. 

You could clear a small bed first and plant it up so you have something to give you a boost while tackling the next bed, and the next and so on 

[Yorkie]

Welcome to the site 

Have a look at the pages and threads in these links, they'll give you some really good advice

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?board=36.0

http://www.allotment-garden.org/growing_information.php

[jondav]

I would go for runner beans, raddish,and garlic,if you like it,get a bulb or two from a supermarket split the clloves and just plant with the tip showing,also cut and come again salad leaves are reletively easy

[flitwickone]

defo plant garlic but watch the super market ones they may have been heat treated so they wont do much anyhow welcome to the forums

[digalotty]

onoin sets and potatoes if you can get them now, most salad crop are easy and beans too runners and broad and french, beetroot and carrots