Gardening
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Ministry of Agriculture Allotment &
Garden Guides
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"In
this new series of monthly "Guides" we are out to help you to get better
results from your vegetable plot and your fruit garden. Every month we shall
try to do three things : first, we shall remind you of the things that ought
to have been done, but may not have been possible because of the weather or
for some other reason ; secondly, we shall deal with gardening operations
for the month; thirdly, we shall look ahead a month or two and remind
you of what you need to do in readiness."
12 monthly Guides published in 1945 by the
Ministry of Agriculture at their wartime base at the Berri Court Hotel, in
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. I have finally found and published the August Guide
to complete the series. As far as I can tell, this is the only complete
series available. It surprises me that these leaflets are so scarce. |
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please note: I've tried to keep the online page format as similar to the
printed leaflets as possible however, in general, the online pages have been
formatted to keep articles complete on one page for easier reading. [ed.]
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VOL. 1 No. 1
January 1945 |
Get ready for outdoor work -
1
What is good tilth? - 2
'Organic' Manures - 2
The three essential plant foods -
3
Manure in Rotation - 3
About 'Artificials' - 3
The importance of lime - 4
Reminders - 5
Seed Catalogue
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Vegetable Seeds - 6
Look after your tools - 7
Look at your stored crops - 7
Look to your fruit trees & bushes -
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Spraying - 8
Manuring fruit trees - 8
Some helpful leaflets - 8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 2
February 1945|
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'February Fill Dkye" -
1
Have you got those seeds? -
2
Crop Rotation -
3
Crop Rotation 3-year plan -
4 & 5
Sow Broad Beans, Spinach, Shallots
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Plant Jerusalem Artichokes -
7
Do you grow Rhubarb -
7
Get ready for "Runners" -
8
Some useful publications -
8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 3
March 1945
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"Just a happy fringe..."
1
Uproot vegetable stumps, Seeds,
Fertiliser, Sticks & Stakes - 2
Feed Cabbage, Lift Leeks, Getting
"Root" Ground Ready, How to use a Seedbed - 3
Brussels Sprouts, Leeks, Parsnips,
Peas - 4 |
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Lettuce, Radishes, Parsley, Onions -
5
This Potato Business -
6
Make a Compost Heap this way -
7
Things to do in the Fruit Garden -
8
Some publications that may help you
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VOL. 1 No. 4
April 1945 |
"hasten slowly" -
1
Getting on with the job -
1
Reminders -
2
Beans, Beet, Cabbages, Carrots, Lettuce -
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Peas, Potatoes, Radishes, Spinach -4
Turnips, Onions -
5
About those Pests - 5,
6, 7
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VOL. 1 No. 5
May 1945 |
Don't plant too soon -
1
Thin Seedings -
1
Earth up Potatoes -
2
Plant Brussels Sprouts -
3
Sow Runners -
3 , 4
Sow Marrows -
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Plant Celery -
4
The popular war-time crop...
Tomatoes - 5 , 6
Attend to the compost Heap -
7
Look out for Pests -
7
A bit about Birds -
8
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VOL. 1 No. 6
June 1945 |
Tightest of the war years for food supplies - 1
Taking Stock - 2
Crops for the lean periods -
3
Thinning, Tomatoes -
4
Take care of your Potatoes -
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Earthing up Celery -
6 Feed Your Crops, Lettuce,
Marrows, Couple of Tips - 7
More Root Crops, Swedes, A word about
Gathering Crops - 8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 7
July 1945 |
Pests -
1 Watering
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Leeks, Onions Brussels -
3
Runner, Shallots, Spinach Beet, Turnips -
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Succession, Spring Cabbage, Compost, Carrots -
5 Green
Crops for next winter - 6
Saving Seed - 7,
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VOL. 1 No. 8
August 1945 |
Month of weeds - 1
Take Stock - 2
Prepare for Autumn sowings -
2
Tomatoes - 3
Onions - 4 |
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Mulch - 4
Stop Pest News - 5
Greens, Seedlings, Celery, Potato Haulms -
6
Spinach, Wasps -
7
Fruits - 8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 9
September 1945 |
Harvesting & Storing - 1
Potatoes - 1 &
2
Haricots & Onions -
3
Marrows, Pumpkins, Tomatoes -
4
Saving Seed - 5 |
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Marrows, Ridge Cucumbers, Parsley tip, Spring
Cabbages, Turnip Tops, Beet tip - 6
Fruit from the Garden - Apples -
7 & 8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 10
October 1945 |
Reflections on the garden
Compost - 1
Clear Rubbish, Bonfires, Storing Carrots -
2
Storing Carrots & Beets -
3
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Artichokes, Brussels Sprouts, Leeks, Rhubarb -
4
Liming - 5 & 6
Planting Fruit Trees -
6, 7,
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VOL. 1 No. 11
November 1945 |
Reflections on November - 1
Cleaning up - 2
Early Digging -
2 - 3
Facts About Weeds -
3
Checking up on Stored Crops -
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Eking out those Winter Greens -
5 Work
on the fruit Plot - 6
Winter Pruning -
6
Winter Spraying -
7
Winter Manuring -
8 |
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VOL. 1 No. 12
December 1945 |
Looking
back - 1 , 2
Does vegetable growing pay? -
3
About those Tools -
4
Christmas and the gardener
4 , 5
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Looking forward - 6
What about some Herbs? -
6 , 7
First aid for the birds -
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Dig For Victory
Leaflet No. 1
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Grow for Winter as well as Summer
2. & 3.
Cropping Plan and Rotation Schedule
4.
Table of Planting and Period of Use
Ministry of Agriculture
no date
(circa 1940)
(There is a revised pamphlet published in 1941 which I will add as time
allows. It is 8 pages, no color but includes additional information as well
as a plea to plant to get vegetables all year round instead of a surplus in
summer and scarcity in winter. As far as I can tell, the cropping plan is
the same in both).
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For
a modern Allotment Diary and information on allotment gardening visit
Growing Vegetables on Leeds Allotments |
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Allotments UK
Allotments UK and other related allotment links |
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