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This example of a rotation plan shows how three different allotment beds are planted up with the three main plant groups of legumes, brassicas and root crops over a four-year period.

LEGUMES Podded crops like garden peas, French beans, runner beans and broad beans.

▸Grow the onion family (bulbing onions, leeks, shallots, salad onions and garlic) here, as they like the same soil preparation.

BRASSICAS Cabbages, cauliflowers, Chinese cabbages, oriental greens, Brussels sprouts, calabrese, sprouting broccoli and kale. If brassica diseases are a problem, include turnips and swedes in the brassica group; otherwise treat them as root crops.

▸ Interplant fully spaced brassicas with salad and leaf crops such as lettuce, chicory, endive, corn salad, land cress, claytonia and spinach.

ROOT CROPS Potatoes, carrots, beetroot, radishes, parsnips, swedes, turnips.

▸ Salad and leaf crops may also be grown with this group. Add sweetcorn, celery and celeriac.

OTHER PLANT GROUPS Members of the pumpkin family (squashes, courgettes, marrows, outdoor cucumbers and melons), as well as summer-fruiting vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and aubergines, may be grown with any of the above plant groups, wherever there is space.