The Allotment Book
How to Make the Most of Your Land
$29.90
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2026
Summary
This remarkably relevant historic text provides sound advice to allotment growers and includes a handy month-by-month guide.
Published to help civilians grow vegetables during the First World War, The Allotment Book is a practical guide to making the most of whatever size allotment you have. Though written more than one hundred years ago, it contains easy-to-follow, reassuring advice, which still feels pertinent today, from an expert who firmly believes that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851246687 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1851246681 |
| Author: | Walter Brett, Allan Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 110mm |
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Critics Review
With a new introduction by Allan Jenkins, who wrote a column about his allotment for The Observer, this is a wonderful book for even the armchair horticulturalist
– Ette Neil-Gallacher * Nature’s Bounty *Illustrated throughout with simple line drawings, The Allotment Book is both a practical handbook and a delightful gift for anyone with a passion for growing.
Written during the First World War, this is a no-nonsense classic. Walter Brett’s advice remains as relevant today as ever.
– Sharon Amos * Garden Shopping *If you are interested in gardening in the early part of the last century the book is well worth a read and may persuade you to try some of the techniques.
* Simply Vegetables *About The Author
Walter Brett
Walter Brett (1887–1944) was a fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and editor of The Smallholder magazine.
Allan Jenkins is the author of a memoir, Plot 29, and a former editor of the Observer magazine.
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