The Robin Hood Allotment Association is a member of the National Allotment Society, an organisation which provides members with useful guidance. It is also known as NSALG, which is short for its formal name, the National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Ltd.

The National Allotment Society website is the easiest way to access this information and is well worth a visit.

(1) NSALG Guidance

Links to specific pieces of helpful NSALG guidance may be found at:

• Compost, bonfires & waste disposal

• Health & safety on allotments

• Children on the plot

• Keeping hens & rabbits on allotments

• What can your plot do for wildlife?

• Honey bees & wild pollinators

• Water use on allotments

(2) New Allotmenteers

For new starters on the allotments, the following may also be helpful:

• Obtaining an allotment and what you can expect

• Planning out and designing an allotment plot

• Clearing an overgrown plot

(3) Growing Advice

Specific pieces of information are provided on:

• How to plan an allotment

• Soil

• Monthly jobs

• Crops and produce

• Pests and diseases

• Gardening in drought

• The organic or inorganic allotment

• Organic slug control

• Traditional gardening methods

• The composting year

• Courses and workshops for plotholders