Allotment Month By Month: Grow your Own Fruit and Vegetables, Know What to do When

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Visual galleries accompany every chapter that showcases the products that can be harvested during that month Top tasks for August- Almost everything you have sown, planted and nurtured through the spring and early summer will be coming to fruition now. Daily trips to your plot should see you returning home with everything from peas, beans, carrots, beetroot, sweetcorn, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, onions and salads to berries, currants and other fruits. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act authorized emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because of COVID-19. In California, the emergency allotments will raise each household’s monthly allotment of CalFresh to the maximum allowable based on household size. The Food and Nutrition Service will approve requests for the additional benefits on a month-by-month basis. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, May 21, 2020.] The March, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on April 12, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, April 2, 2020.] The April emergency allotment will be available on May 10, 2020. [Id.] The May, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on June 14, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, May 21, 2020.] The June, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on July 12, 2020. [Id.] The July, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on August 16, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, June 23, 2020.] The August, 2020 emergency allotment will be issued on September 13, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, August 3, 2020; All County Welfare Directors Letter, August 24, 2020 (correcting issuance date to September 13).] The September, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on October 18, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, August 24, 2020.] The October, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on November 15, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, September 29, 2020.] The November, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on December 20, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, October 30, 2020.] The December, 2020 emergency allotment will be available on January 10, 2020. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, November 30, 2020.] The January, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on February 14, 2021. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, January 4, 2021, ACIN I-21-11 [changing issuance date from February 7 to February 14, 2021.] The emergency allotments will be issued on the client’s existing electronic benefits transfer card. The February, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on March 7, 2021. [ All County Welfare Directors Letter, January 29, 2021.] The March, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on April 18, 2021, so long as the COVID-19 public health emergency remains in place at some point in the month of March. [ ACWDL, February 25, 2021.] The April, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on May 16, 2021. [ ACWDL, April 16, 2021.] The May, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on June 13, 2021. [ ACWDL, May 5, 2021.] The June, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on July 18, 2021. [ ACWDL, June 2, 2021.] The July, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on August 8, 2021. [ACWDL, June 24, 2021.] The August, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on September 5, 2021. [ ACWDL, August 11, 2021.] The September, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on October 24, 2021. [ ACWDL, September 2, 2021.] The October emergency allotment will be available on November 14, 2021. [ ACWDL, October 14, 2021.] The November, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on December 5, 2021 for CalSAWS counties and December 12, 2021 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL November 16, 2021.] The December, 2021 emergency allotment will be available on January 16, 2022. [ ACWDL December 17, 2022.] The January, 2022 emergency allotment will be available on February 27, 2022. [ ACWDL, January 21, 2022.] The February, 2022 emergency allotment will be available on March 20, 2022 for CalWIN counties and March 27, 2022 for CalSAWS counties. [ ACWDL, February 23, 2022.] The March, 2022 emergency allotment will be available on April 17, 2022. [ ACWDL, March 22, 2022.] The April, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on May 15, 2022 for CalSAWS counties and May 22, 2022 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, April 7, 2022.] The May, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on June 12, 2022 for CalSAWS counties and June 19, 2022 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, May 3, 2022.] The June, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on July 17, 2022 for CalSAWS counties and July 24, 2022 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, June 9, 2022.] The July, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on August 14, 2022 for CalSAWS counties and August 21, 2022 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, July 8, 2022.] The August, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on September 4, 2022 for CalSAWS counties and September 10, 2022 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, August 19, 2022.] The September, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on October 16, 2022. [ ACWDL, September 2, 2022.] The October, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on November 20, 2022 for CalWIN counties and November 27, 2022 for CalSAWS counties. [ ACWDL, October 11, 2022.] The November 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on December 18, 2022. [ ACWDL, November 1, 2022.] The December, 2022 emergency allotment will be issued on January 8, 2023 for CalSAWS counties, and on January 14, 2023 for the counties that remain on the CalWIN computer system. [ ACWDL, December 9, 2022.] The January, 2023 emergency allotment will be issued on February 5, 2023 for CalSAWS counties and Sunday, February 12, 2023 for CalWIN counties. [ ACWDL, January 10, 2023.] The February, 2023 emergency allotment will be issued on March 26, 2023. { ACWDL, February 2, 2023.]

While our culinary tastes have changed, what we grow hasn’t altered much since the 1950s. Given the nation’s most popular takeaway meals include Japanese, Indian and Mexican cuisine,why aren’t coriander and lemongrass part of our kitchen gardens and why aren’t tomatillos and edamame more common crops?Getting plants going well before late spring is essential. Crops grow best during the long, warm days and high light levels of late spring to late summer, and for this they need plenty of leaves. Summer Mulch to conserve moisture- as soon as possible after rainfall spread mulches such as garden compost to retain the moisture in the soil. Sweetcorn -has a long growing season so its worth getting a crop off to an early start by sowing seeds in pots indoors Top tasks for June- Its the height of summer. The days are long, temperatures are most likely at their highest and all being well you are harvesting something delicious from your plot. July can often be a dry month so watering is crucial as most crops require a steady, unbroken supply of water.

Wet, but not too wet, summers are far better for allotments than hot, dry ones; crops need water to grow. Autumn In-depth crop planners show you when to sow and how to cultivate more than 60 herbs, fruit, and vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, and apples. Month-by-month alerts help you guard against the season's garden pests and diseases to ensure a top-quality harvest.Earth up- potatoes, trench celery to keep the stems out of the light and earth up around brassicas to support unsteady stems. Feed tomatoes & peppers- start watering regularly with a liquid fertiliser as soon as you see that the first fruits have formed. Jerusalem Artichokes -plant tubers direct outside in a single row somewhere the plants won't overshadow other crops when they reach their full height. An allotment doesn’t have to be the traditional space we all think of, it can also be a small garden or even a balcony.If you’ve just got your first allotment and wondering what you should grow, or if you’re an old hand wanting a change, with all the options of fruit and veg and all their different varieties,it can be difficult to know where to start. Cauliflowers- any seedlings sown in spring for harvesting in the summer and autumn should be planted out now

Swap– Try growing cut-and-come-again leaves rather than heads of lettuce, for a low effort crop you can harvest for longer. Harvestcabbages, cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, and kale along with leeks, celeriac, parsnips and swede for warming winter stews Sowing and raising plants soaks up the hours. To save time, consider buying in transplants. Nurseries offer a wide range of plants in cell trays. Perennial crops such as asparagus and fruit need no cultivation or sowing, but must be planted in areas that are clear of all perennial weeds.No more forgetting what you wanted to plant, when or where. You can design your allotment in minutes, using our Allotment Planner with its inituitive drag and drop interface.

Rather than eating what you grow, turn the concept on its head and grow what you eat. When you get out your seed catalogues this autumn, ask yourself, would you cook it if you didn’tgrow it? Cranberries- try a new fruit and plant cranberry bushes at any time from September to November. Bear in mind they do need an acid soil, so you couldgrow themin large tubs of ericaceous compost instead. Top tasks for April- with Aprilbeing a lean month for harvesting but it is a good month to get ahead by sowing seeds indoors or outside in a cold frame. Allotments can use up a lot of time, so require some planning. Go for a plot size suited to your needs - half a plot is adequate for most people and ideal for beginners. This might need eight hours’ work a week for inexperienced gardeners, but half that for experienced ones. Keeping down the weedsWhere slugs are a problem, they will be at their most damaging in wet seasons, and second-early potatoes gathered before the soil gets too soggy and slugs too numerous are a sound choice.