Kitchen Garden

Kitchen Garden Magazine - UK's No.1 for growing your own fruit and vegetables. KG also offers great monthly give-aways, special gardening offers, recipes, growing tips and much more.

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TOP JOBS FOR JUNE • STEPHANIE HAFFERTY OUTLINES THE ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS

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ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers • The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

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QUESTION TIME • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

OUR TOP PLOTTERS • Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and all being featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we feature another of our runners-up

TICKLE YOUR TASTEBUDS • Red radicchio and green chicory bring a flavour of the Med to your veg garden and are hardy enough for overwintering. Here are our top tips for success

THE TOOLS FOR THE JOB • Martin Fish continues his series on back to basics. This month he discusses must-have garden tools

BEYOND THE PLOT COURGETTES • Courgettes are so versatile and so prolific. This month Rob Smith provides six recipes to preserve your harvest so that nothing goes to waste

SMALL SPACE SAVIOURS • Not everyone is blessed with a big garden or allotment but if you thought a lack of space might limit your options, think again! Benedict Vanheems shares some ingenious ideas to make the most of what you have

MEET THE BLOGGER A RISING STAR • Ellis Lewis is just 17 and destined for an exciting career in horticulture. He has already been making great strides to that end. Here’s what he told us…

HIT THE HEIGHTS WITH SNOW PEAS • Nothing beats the taste of freshly picked home-grown peas, but mangetouts and sugar snaps are on another level…

TREASURED ALLOTMENTS • Olga Grieves shares her experience of allotments in Poland, where life on the plot is about so much more than growing fruit and veg

What can weeds tell you about your soil? • Before you pull up your weeds think about what they might be trying to tell you, says Dr Anton Rosenfeld of Garden Organic

OPEN-POLLINATED VS HYBRID SEEDS: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOUR GARDEN? • Natasha Lane, head of seed at Unwins, explains the difference between open-pollinated and hybrid seeds, giving you all the information you need to make an informed decision when buying them for your garden

The wonders of worm composting • Worm composting is one of these best things you can do for your garden, explains Helen Hutchings-Cox

BUILD YOUR OWN CONTAINER POND • Becky Searle built a pond but soon came to see its failings. So she enlisted some help from the professionals - and went on to build a new pond on her allotment

POLYCULTURE IN POTS • In an extract from his new book Huw Richards explains how you can recreate polyculture on a small scale in containers

HERB OF THE MONTH PARSLEY • Parsley is one of the most popular herbs to use in the kitchen. It is often bought as young plants in pots from the supermarket - but you can easily grow your own

What’s currant? • This month fruit expert David Patch takes a look at why blackcurrants and redcurrants are a great growing choice

PRODUCT REVIEWS EASIER GARDENING • Gardening can take its toll on knees and joints, so why not bring some comfort into your gardening life with these purpose-made products? Here is a selection we’ve been trying out this month

ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS • Your free seeds this month include some very easy to grow and tasty favourites that are...