In this issue

ON THE VEG PATCH
Out on the plot this month practical gardener Joyce Russell is digging early potatoes, picking courgettes, sowing kohl rabi and tackling blackfly.

KG PROBLEM SOLVER
Our top experts help solve your gardening problems; this month including squirrels, weeds and maggoty apples.

ON THE PLOT WITH THE THREE MUDKETEERS
This month the KG team are planting tomatoes, sowing basil and building bean supports..

Snap to it! Snap

This month Rob Smith explains why we should grow two much-underrated types of pea, mangetout and sugar snap

4 mins

The low-carbon The garden

Gardeners are green-minded folk, but even our seemingly innocuous pastime has its impacts. With more of us looking to be planet-friendly and lower our carbon footprints, Benedict Vanheems asks: how can kitchen gardening play its part?

6 mins

ONE TO TRY GARDEN LADDERS

You need to be sure when carrying out work above ground on ladders and steps that you can rely on your equipment to keep you safe – especially if you hate heights as much as KG editor Steve Ott!

1 min

DOWN TO EARTH, FLYING HIGH!

Former air hostess and mother of two young girls posie and Winnie,August Hudson just excuses enthusiasm as she explains why she and her family love gardening

7 mins

Keeping it in the family

Rachel Dunn from Somerset has an allotment in the village where she lives. Her 13-year-old daughter was so inspired she took on a plot too

3 mins

HERB OF THE MONTH...Bay

One of the essentials of the herb garden, the sweet bay is used in so many dishes and it’s a valuable all-round garden plant too

2 mins

SUMMERTIME AND THE HARVESTS ARE EASY

The long summer days are a time to enjoy and Stephanie Haffert is making the most of harvesting fruit and sowing late crops

3 mins

DOWN TO EARTH PROJECT STATRS UP

Elaine Crick, one of Radio Derby’s Potty Plotters, meets an enthusiastic newbie to the Ashbourne Road Allotments

5 mins

THE CROP THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

Perpetual spinach or chard is such a worthwhile crop for any garden. It is easy to grow, looks great and the harvests just go on and on. KG’s Steve Ott investigates

4 mins

A passion for fruit

This month David Patch introduces one of the more unusual edibles you can grow-passion fruit,which has its original in South America but with care can also be grown in the UK

5 mins

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Kitchen Garden Magazine Description:

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.The KG team put their heads together to bring you their top 101 tips to help you get your season off to the best possible start and as cheaply as possible. We hope you’ll agree that they are genuinely useful. If you have any of your own you’d like to share, please drop me a line and we’ll feature them in the magazine.