In this issue

YOUR LETTERS AND TIPS
KG readers share their experiences and offer their top tips for better crops.

ALL SYSTEMS GO!
Catch up with KG regular Rob Smith, who is this month busy harvesting, watering and controlling pests.

A HIDDEN GEM
Gardening writer Kathryn Clover visits Green Broom co-operative farm in Berkshire.

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we officially launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine in 2022. Here we feature our latest talented winners

2 mins

EXTENDING THE SEASON WITH CARROTS

Fresh and crunchy, pulled straight from the soil or compost, carrots can be a culinary delight for much of the year, says Fresh and crunchy, pulled straight from the soil or compost, carrots can be a culinary delight for much of the year, says Martin Fish

4 mins

ROB'S PLOT All systems GO!

June is a busy month for Rob Smith. Still some planting to do, plenty of watering, checking for pests and harvesting a range of crops

5 mins

BLOOMS FOR CUTTING, COOKING AND CRITTERS

All flowers have a place in our hearts and on our plots but some have particular merit, as Emma Rawlings explains

8 mins

It's a cover-up

Covering bare soil with a material such as cardboard or manure between crop plants is called mulching and it has many benefits, as Joyce Russell explains

5 mins

BRING ON THE garden super troopers

Avoid pesticides by attracting natural helpers to your garden, says Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic

3 mins

A HIDDEN GEM

Kathryn Clover is swept off her feet as she visits Green Broom co-operative farm in Berkshire and finds plenty to write home about

4 mins

STRAWBERRY GROWING IN POTS AND TROUGHS

Fruit-growing expert David Patch offers some top advice on growing strawberries in containers

5 mins

LEARNING AS THEY GROW

Gardening can give so much to children. Wellbeing expert Annabelle Padwick offers advice to those thinking of setting up a school garden or allotment

5 mins

PATCHES OF HEAVEN

Garden designer, author and TV presenter Joe Swift talks to On the Grapevine podcast presenter Daniel Heighes about all things gardening, including his new set of guidebooks

4 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.