About this box
A whole plot takes more than the basics. The Allotment Collection (20 Packs) is our full plot in a box: twenty reliable vegetables that between them fill the root bed, the brassica bed, the bean rows, the greenhouse and the salad patch, with something to harvest in every month of the year.
It starts with the twelve essentials. Broad Bean 'Aquadulce Claudia' for the first crop of summer, Pea 'Hurst Greenshaft', Carrot Autumn King 2, Beetroot Boltardy, Parsnip Tender & True, Onion Ailsa Craig from seed, Leek Musselburgh, Tomato Gardeners Delight, Courgette All Green Bush, Lettuce Little Gem, Radish Sparkler and Kale Nero di Toscana.
Then eight more widen the plot. Tomato Moneymaker adds a classic full-sized tomato alongside the cherries, and Cucumber Marketmore 76 crops happily outdoors. Broccoli Early Purple Sprouting crops in late winter and early spring, the hungry gap when little else is ready. Cabbage Greyhound gives quick pointed heads, and Pea Mangetout Carouby de Maussane climbs with purple flowers and flat pods to eat whole. Squash Turks Turban is as handsome as it is good to eat, Rainbow Chard keeps giving colourful leaves for months, and Spring Onion White Lisbon finishes the salad bed.
A year on the plot
- Autumn: broad beans, to overwinter.
- Late winter to early spring: onions, leeks, tomatoes and early cabbages under cover.
- Spring: peas, mangetout, roots, chard, kale and purple sprouting broccoli; courgettes, squash and cucumbers indoors to plant out after the frosts.
- Spring to late summer: lettuce, radish and spring onions a little at a time, every few weeks.
Full instructions are printed on every packet. Twenty full-sized packets in our signature eco-friendly packaging – a generous gift for a new allotment holder, or a year's sowing in one box for anyone who already has one.
