Harvest all remaining summer vegetables this month as well as your autumn crops of leeks and sweet potatoes. Crops grow best during the long, warm days and high light levels of late spring to late summer, and for this they need plenty of leaves. Fruit bushes and trees will have shed their leaves and will be entering their dormant phase, so now would be a good time to prune them, with the exception of cherries and plums. Never forget planting instructions: Take a picture of your the seed packets and upload the the planting row in your allotment plan. Soils, especially clay ones, are often impossible to work in wet periods and can be damaged if you try.

Strawberries- plant new strawberry plants, sooner they are in, thesooner they establish and therefore produce a bigger crop next year. This month offers thelast opportunity to sow many seeds however it does offer the first opportunity to harvest some crops. Prioritise key garden tasks, learn crop rotation techniques, and try step-by-step garden projects, such as sowing peas in guttering and making your own compost bin. Ideal for first-time vegetable growers, urban gardeners, and seasoned allotment owners alike, Allotment Month by Month has everything you need to know to make the most of your plot. Courgettes, marrows, pumpkins and squashes- these can all be planted out in June, allow plenty of space and keep them well watered and mulched.Salad Crops- sow winter lettuce and further batches of rocket and land cress along with a few last minute radishes may give you a final crop before the end of the year. Harvest hardy winter brassicas (cauliflowers and cabbages) and root vegetables (swedes and parsnips).

The RHS Digital Editor forShows, Jenny hashad allotments for nearly 15 years, andcurrently hasa plot in Buckinghamshire.

A new edition of the bestselling guide to making the most of your allotment, with seasonal advice, essential to-do lists, and more than 60 fruit and vegetable crop planners. Ripen and pick tomatoes- to encourage tomatoes tofatten up andripen remove all lower leaves from the plants and keep picking. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act also authorized additional nutrition benefits in an amount equivalent to what a family loses because who are no longer in school are no longer receiving free or reduced cost meals through the school. Go for a plot size suited to your needs - half a plot is adequate for most people and ideal for beginners.

States may request emergency allotment approval for one additional issuance month if the Secretary for Health and Human Services public health emergency declaration remains in place, and the State-issued emergency or disaster declaration has expired or will expire in the current month. You would be very unlucky toexperience any frosts now but unfortunately attacks from insects, birds, slugs and snails is more likely. Allotment Month by Month takes the uncertainty out of your harvest with clear, reliable gardening advice for every month of the year. Grow fresh, seasonal produce in your allotment or kitchen garden all year round with the bestselling guide from Alan Buckingham.Top tasks for April- with Aprilbeing a lean month for harvesting but it is a good month to get ahead by sowing seeds indoors or outside in a cold frame. With more than 60 fruit and vegetable crop planners, this gardening book is your go-to guide to growing fresh, seasonal produce in your kitchen garden, on your plot or in smaller city spaces.