Planting Guides

Crop Rotation Guide - More Variations and Details can be found on

Year/Bed	Bed 1	Bed 2	Bed 3	Bed 4
Year 1	Potatoes followed by lime	Legumes, Beans, Peas followed by additional manure	Brassicas & Other Crops (Lime around brassicas at planting time)	Onions & Roots followed by heavy manuring
Year 2	Legumes, Beans, Peas followed by additional manure	Brassicas & Other Crops (Lime around brassicas at planting time)	Onions & Roots followed by heavy manuring	Potatoes followed by lime
Year 3	Brassicas & Other Crops (Lime around brassicas at planting time)	Onions & Roots followed by heavy manuring	Potatoes followed by lime	Legumes, Beans, Peas followed by additional manure
Year 4	Onions & Roots followed by heavy manuring	Potatoes followed by lime	Legumes, Beans, Peas followed by additional manure	Brassicas & Other Crops (Lime around brassicas at planting time)

Planting Guide - What and When

Vegetable Sowing and Harvesting Chart - Click to display

More information can be found on John Harrison's website 'Allotment Garden'. His site has guides for all aspects of allotment gardening.

Check out the monthly 'Vegetable and Fruit Growing Guides' and his 'Polytunnel Growing Guides' for what to do each month.

“Grow Your Own” magazine have FREE downloads of “Growing Guides” on various fruit and veg and other related subjects.