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A Polytunnel for the allotment is one of the best things that you can purchase. What is the best polytunnel for allotment?

Having a polytunnel is a great place for you to grow fruit and vegetables. You can grow for food, for fun or for exhibition in a polytunnel. Polytunnels come in handy when down on the allotment as they will protect you from the rain and wind and will be safe and secure. Polytunnels are a great and safe space for children to potter around in while learning the values of growing your own food.

Polytunnels come with there great rewards. When picking your tomatoes, cucumbers or even melons the taste of home grown fruit and vegetables are much more nicer than shop bought. You can also extend the gardening season by having a polytunnel for up to 6 weeks. You could even try growing fruit and vegetables throughout autumn and winter.


Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book

Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-

You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.


What Polytunnel is best for my allotment?

This is a very good question. It is always good to look around other plots and see which polytunnels and brand they have on there plots. The ideal polytunnel to go for is the steel version and the clear skins. These can be dug into the ground and secured in. The cheaper versions that have green covers are very flimsey and can get blown down with a guest of wind and damaged. It is worth investing in a decent one. Northern Polytunnels and First Polytunnels are the companies you need to be looking at for a good branded polytunnel.

If you are ever in doubt on what to buy for your allotment have a look at reviews online and see what people have to say about the products. You need to do a lot of research when spending a great amount of money on a product. It’s worth spending more and getting a great product.

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