All the latest ‘From Plot to Pot’
This is where you’ll find the latest updates from the allotment – what’s growing, what’s being harvested, and what’s making its way from plot to pot.
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Kohlrabi (Noriko)
A stunning red curly leaved variety, best sown in spring and autumn. Solid hearts and very good flavour. Type: Leaf cropSow: Mar–AugHarvest: May–Oct Notes:
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Lettuce (Marvel of Four seasons)
A stunning red curly leaved variety, best sown in spring and autumn. Solid hearts and very good flavour. Type: Leaf cropSow: Mar–AugHarvest: May–Oct Notes:
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Pea Sugar (Norli)
Small deep green pods with delicious flavour, best picked when 5cm long. The true French green mangetout. Resistant to fusarium wilt.
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Turnip (White Globe)
Smooth round, white roots with a bright purple flash on the top. The flesh is white throughout and extremely tender.
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Pea (Kelvedon Wonder)
A popular RHS AGM variety for successional sowings throughout spring, and a particular favourite for June sowings. Pea ‘Kelvedon Wonder’ produces 2 pods per node with each narrow pod containing…
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A Harvest from the Plots
Here’s a wonderful selection of produce harvested from one of the group allotments last season – a great reminder of what can come from a few months of care, soil,…
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A Beautiful Red Onion – ‘Red Karmen’
🌱 Photo shared by a fellow Lauriston allotment holder. A fellow allotment holder recently shared this impressive red onion variety called Red Karmen. Red onions are a favourite on many plots…
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Two Types of Potato Growth Habit
🌱 Shared by a fellow allotment holder A fellow allotment holder kindly shared this excellent hand-drawn diagram explaining the two different growth habits of potatoes. It shows the difference between determinate (mostly early…
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A New Pear Tree in my Garden
Photo: Fiona and the Canopy Communities team planting my new pear tree in Granton. There’s a really positive project happening around Edinburgh just now that I thought would be worth…
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Simple Garlic Butter
A quick and versatile garlic butter that works beautifully with fresh vegetables, bread, or new potatoes. This is one of the simplest ways to make the most of a good…
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Garlic
Garlic is one of the easiest and most reliable crops for our coastal Edinburgh conditions. It fits perfectly into a no-dig system and requires very little maintenance once established. We…
