Welcome to GrowMad, your website for everything allotment and kitchen garden-related. If GrowMad doesn't have what you’re searching for, you probably won’t be needing it.

First and foremost, this site is dedicated to my father, Ronnie. What he didn't know about 'growing your own' isn't worth bothering with. He was always my North Star, my guiding light and always set me straight if I lost course with my growing endeavours. His name will appear throughout this site.

GrowMad was conceived out of frustration for not being able to gather all the required information from just one website or a single book from the bookshelf. 

There are many very great vegetable-growing websites out there and literally thousands of well-written books available, but wouldn't it be refreshing to have one vegetable gardening website where everything you could possibly require was available in just one place?

Well, we hope in time GrowMad will become just that. GrowMad is quite simply an 'eat as much as you like' veg gardening and allotment smorgasbord buffet.

" Everything the veg gardener wants, absolutely nothing you don't "

This site has been created with the aim of bringing together all of the components to find, organise and run an enjoyable and productive plot, whether an allotment, smallholding or window box.

It is designed for vegetable growers, allotmenteers, smallholders, kitchen gardeners and anybody who is searching for a more sustainable lifestyle. We have started out with you all in mind.

Our intention is to take you from the forecourt of veg gardening and transport you to the sunlit uplands of kitchen garden utopia. We plan to create an 'Artisan multi-seeded' website that stands out from the many 'white-sliced' alternatives.

It is our aim to provide you with all you are ever likely to need on your vegetable growing journey and plan to constantly develop and update all sections bringing to you what is new and trending.

You will be able to follow everything that goes on in the GrowMad world by either logging in on a regular basis or by following and subscribing to our social media platforms. Also, we are currently producing videos allowing you to follow progress at our smallholding on a week-to-week basis throughout the seasons at the Brookfield Video Diaries.

| So, What is GrowMad all about?

First of all, GrowMad is Free to use. Free today, Free tomorrow, Free forever.

We sell nothing but offer much and ask for nothing in return other than your unconditional support. 

The GrowMad Memo Board includes things for a particular month such as a Vegetable Plot Calendar which lists what you could be sowing, planting, harvesting etc and jobs to be done. Our Out & About listings give diary dates and locations of gardening festivals, courses, days out, garden shows and other related events. This page is under construction and will be available shortly.

On the GrowMad memo board, you will also find a link to Hire GrowMad. If you are looking for a speaker at any growing-related event, we can provide speakers on a range of allotment and smallholding-related subjects, including soil and nutritional science. We also offer consultancy on setting up and running plot layouts or smallholdings including polytunnels and irrigation systems. 

GrowMad offers an extensive Resource Hub containing a broad spectrum of illuminating veg plot-related information, data and knowledge including:

The Gardening Product Directory gives you access to 190 product categories with over 6100 product suppliers covering literally hundreds of thousands of individual items. Simply find the category you are searching for, select a supplier and you will be redirected to that company where if you so choose, you can purchase immediately.

A Vegetable Seed Directory that lists well in excess of 100 UK seed suppliers and a similar number of overseas suppliers. Separate supplier listings for Seed Potatoes, Asparagus Crowns, Onion and Shallot Sets, Veg Plants, Garlic, Mushroom Kits etc can be found in the main Product Directory under 'Seeds, Plants, Bushes and Trees'.

The GrowMad Allotment Guide, a 12500-word reference, covers how to get an allotment and what to do with it when you have one.

The GrowMad Book Club offers an enviable list of Kitchen Garden-related book titles, many carefully reviewed by us or guest reviewers, with a convenient 'buy now' button for several sellers should you wish to purchase.

The GrowMad Science Lab is overseen by Claire, our very own resident Science technician and all-around nutritional specialist. As a qualified biologist, Claire will give an insight into subjects as diverse as 'Can Broccoli Protect Against Cancer' to 'The Science of a Compost Heap' and a ton of useful information on vegetable nutrition and all things related to gardening science.

In the GrowMad Growing Guides, you will find comprehensive details on how to grow an array of veg plot staples from A-Z.

If you have ever been mystified or perplexed by certain horticultural terms and phrases, we have included a Jargon Buster which currently lists a dizzying array of over 1850 definitions.

401 Fabulously Useful Links does exactly as described.

The GrowMad Article Library has a range of articles to cover many vegetable-growing topics with more being added every week. For the more scientifically minded among you, Claire also offers an alluring collection of articles.

For those that prefer their media in a video format, The GrowMad Video Assemblage is under construction and will contain a collection of ‘How to Videos’ covering step-by-step guides for the home gardener.

" GrowMad - a cornucopia of vegetable gardening delights "

All ads and sponsors within GrowMad are vegetable and allotment-related in some way and have been added for your convenience.

Our chosen charity is the Batten Disease Family Association.

We hope you find GrowMad useful and enjoy using its resources as much as we have enjoyed putting them together for you. It was once merely a concept, but now hopefully delivered.

Please bear with us while we add content, this is a brand-new site and very much a constant work in progress.

We will be adding new and informative info and resources on a daily basis, there is so much more to come, so please revisit as often as possible.

We have relentlessly researched and developed this site but there will inevitably be things that we may have missed and items we should have included. We apologise if it has affected your experience whilst using this site.

 " We have done a lot of what doesn't work, to find out what does "

Please let us know if we have made any gaffs, faux pas, errors or omissions. 

Also, please feel free to contact us with any views, comments, ideas or constructive criticism you may have. GrowMad needs your help to develop and improve.

Finally, thank you for visiting GrowMad, we really appreciate it.