{"id":211,"date":"2011-06-21T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T11:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cjcltd.co.uk\/?p=211"},"modified":"2016-05-12T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T13:27:29","slug":"essential-allotment-guide-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/essential-allotment-guide-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot [Paperback]<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418 aligncenter\" title=\"The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-essential-allotment-guide-how-to-get-the-best-out-of-your-plot.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get the best out of your allotment and enjoy the taste of real food.<\/p>\n<p>As more and more of us seek to enjoy our own freshly grown fruit and vegetables, so allotments are increasingly popular.<\/p>\n<p>Expert John Harrison shows you how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get your own allotment \u2013 top tips to help you beat the waiting list!<\/li>\n<li>Clear an allotment and safely dispose of rubbish<\/li>\n<li>Plan your plot for maximum production<\/li>\n<li>Build compost bins and raised beds using recycled materials<\/li>\n<li>Give your family pesticide-free organic food<\/li>\n<li>Reduce food miles and carbon footprint<\/li>\n<li>Keep the children occupied and helping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Harrison has been growing food for his family for over 30 years. He runs two allotments and the much visited website www.allotment.org.uk. He is the author of the best selling Vegetable Growing Month by Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot&#8230; Get the best out of your allotment and enjoy the taste of real food by John Harrison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,171],"tags":[223,230,231,226],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-tips","category-recommended-books","tag-allotment","tag-allotments","tag-expert-john-harrison","tag-john-harrison"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/the-essential-allotment-guide-how-to-get-the-best-out-of-your-plot-150x150.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":208,"url":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/vegetable-growing-monthbymonth\/","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":0},"title":"Vegetable Growing Month-by-Month","author":"Alex Evans","date":"21st June 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Vegetable Growing Month-by-Month: Takes you through the vegetable year. 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