Links

Useful Links

These are some useful web sites that I have come across.

Allotment Blogs - as it says on the tin - blogs about allotmenteering
Allotment Web Sites - some allotment organisation sites one individual allotment site
Seed Sites - web sites that sell seeds
Gardening Sites - general gardening sites

Allotment Blogs

http://www.growyourownfood.blogspot.com/

A good internet garden diary - one that is of relevance to allotment owners.

http://www.welshgirlsallotment.blogspot.com

Another good internet garden diary - one from over the water.

http://organicallotment.typepad.com/

The trials and tribulations of an organic allotment in North Manchester.

http://www.soilman.typepad.com/

The trials and tribulations of an organic allotment in Southeast UK.

Seed Sites

http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com

This site sells 100% Organic Irish seeds. It is straightforward basic site, with just the neccessary information about the seeds that are for sale.

http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/

Irish heritage seed organisation, if you want potatoes this is the place to come.

http://www.heritagebulbs.com/

wildaboutveg/default.asp

Wild About Veg, the vegetable seed catalogue from Heritage Gardening

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/

Looks like a good site - I have not tried any of its seeds yet.It has some interesting seeds. It should be worth a go.

Allotment Web Sites

http://homepage.eircom.net/~sthduballots/index.htm

South Dublin Allotments Association - a fellow South Dublin allotment site. Worth a return visit due to its news section, which has good local information on it.

http://www.allotment.org.uk/

An allotment web site based in the UK near Crewe - with lots of information. It includes a chat site http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php

http://www.nsalg.org.uk/

National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Ltd, O'Dell House, Hunters Road, Corby, Northants, NN17 5JE, Tel: 01536 266576, Fax: 01536 264509, Email: natsoc@nsalg.org.uk.

http://www.digmyplot.co.uk

Hi, if you grow or want to grow vegetables & fruit organically then this is the site for you. - Even if the navigation is a bit funky, it is at the bottom of the pages. The getting started page is the business though http://www.digmyplot.co.uk/start.html

Gardening Sites

http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp

The Royal Horticultural Society pages, choc full of information even if it is a little difficult to navigate.

http://growingawareness.org/

This is the site of a food and farming group based in West Cork, not sure if I will get any use from it. Still and all I'll keep it here until I decide whether it is of use for a Dub like me.

http://fidalgoweather.net

The weather at Fidalog Island, Washington. Has some gardening information for the Washington area.

http://www.iofga.org/

IOFGA is the largest organic association in Ireland with over 650 registered farmers, growers and processors

Allotment 37a at Goatstown

A rural garden in suburban South County Dublin