In this issue

IN THE GREENHOUSE
Martin Fish is sowing aubergines, peppers and leeks and harvesting lettuces.

KG PROBLEM SOLVER
Our team of experts solve your gardening problems across a range of topics.

How To Start A New Plot

So you want to start growing veg or expand an area you already have but you’ve no idea where to start. Or are you about to take on an overgrown allotment? Emma Rawlings offers some tips

10 mins

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we officially launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would feature in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we meet one of our winners

3 mins

ASPARAGUS? YES, IT'S WELL WORTH THE WAIT!

Asparagus requires a little patience initially, says Rob Smith, but your patience will be rewarded with crops for many years to come

6 mins

Make Your Own Potting Mixes

There are many benefits to the environment if we make our own potting mixes, and it’s great for plants too, says Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic. So how about it?

4 mins

All hail the king

This month KG editor Steve Ott encourages you to embrace the unusual and to rediscover the delights of a once-popular veg

4 mins

GROW IT...Carrot ‘Gniff'

A purple carrot with a creamy yellow centre and an interesting history. Of course KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings just had to try it!

2 mins

AGAINST ALL ODDS

A gardener’s lot is not without its trials and tribulations. However, despite a pandemic, a lockdown and relentless predators last year, keen grower Sandra Barnes has reasons to be cheerful

6 mins

Looking for the good life

After developing a passion for growing fruit and veg, Ade and Sophie Sellars quit their professional careers in the City and embarked on a gardening adventure that would change the course of their lives

5 mins

ONE TO TRY Tomato ‘Yellow Mimi'

A lover of cherry tomatoes, KG's Tony Flanagan assesses whether this new yellow variety matches up to some of the others he has grown

2 mins

KIT OUT YOUR GREENHOUSE

When it comes to kitting out your greenhouse, the world is your gardening oyster but here’s a small selection of items to whet your appetite

2 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.