Gardening
Kitchen Garden
COMBAT APHIDS NATURALLY
This month garden writer and blogger Emily Cupit turns her attention to that sap-sucking menace, the aphid, and offers some eco-friendly ways to control them
4 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
GROW YOUR OWN BERRY BOWL
Enjoy the fruits of your labour - literally - says Rob Smith, with home-grown berries. He also highlights some special varieties
5 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
Redefining SUSTAINABILITY
Becky Searle heads up to Cumbria to talk to the couple behind Dalefoot Composts, a company that specialises in peat-free compost, using potash-rich bracken from local farms
5 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
BUILD A POND TO BE PROUD OF
Creating a wildlife pond in your garden is one of the best gifts you can offer wildlife, which in turn will help to look after your crops, says professional gardener and garden
5 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
CHOW TO BEAT POTATO BLIGHT
Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic shares toolkit for tackling blight his troubleshooting
3 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
CULTIVATE AND CONNECT
Gardeners have always enjoyed comparing growing stories and sharing advice. Hannah Reid looks at the social media trends in gardening and how it cultivates friendships
4 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
STRAWBERRIES SEASON BY SEASON
Delicious, vibrant, easy to grow and easy to maintain. What's not to love about this most succulent of fruit
6 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
ROOTING FOR carrots
KG editor Steve Ott takes a look at one of our most popular root veg and offers his top tips for great harvests
5 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
USING AND CONSERVING WATER
Water is a valuable resource and Stephanie Hafferty offers some tips on storing, using and reducing our need for it on our plots
5 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH
Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year.Our latest winner makes the most of her back garden
3 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
COURGETTES UNCOVERED
If you follow Martin Fish's advice and top tips you can expect a summer of copious courgettes, plus there's another succulent dish from wife Jill
4 min |
June 2023
Kitchen Garden
BEAT THE HEAT!
Anticipating another very hot and dry summer this year, KG reader and keen allotment gardener Peter Dean explains his growing plans to cope with a changing climate
2 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
BACK TO BASICS WITH FRUIT
This month our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
YES, IN YOUR BACKYARD!
You may not have a lot of space but you can still enjoy growing a range of fruit and veg
4 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
CROWNING GLORIES
Scone Palace was once home to the Scone Stone - the crowning seat of Scottish kings. It also boasts a wonderful walled kitchen garden. Gardening writer Janice Hopper paid a visit to meet head gardener Brian Cunningham
4 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
NEW ALLOTMENTS IN WALES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING
1 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!
We talk to Stephanie Slater, founder and chief executive of the charity School Food Matters, which campaigns for access to healthy, sustainable food at school and teaches children about food and food growing
8 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
Should we be using biocontrols?
Garden Organic's research manager Anton Rosenfeld demystifies biocontrols and shares advice on their use
3 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
THE PERMACULTURE GARDEN
This month Hannah Reid explains how she incorporates the principles of permaculture into growing her fruit and veg
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
GROW YOUR OWN BAKING INGREDIENTS
This month Rob Smith picks out some of his favourite baking fillers for those sweet-toothed growers among us
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
ASPARAGUS UNCOVERED
Martin Fish shares his expertise with growing one of those plants that just keep on giving, year on year, while wife Jill serves up a savoury dish just bursting with flavour
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
JOBS FOR THE MONTH
ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
HOT STUFF!
Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic explains how hot composting works and shares his top tips for getting the best out of the process
3 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
GET YOUR RUNNERS OFF TO A FLYING START!
As one of the summer and early autumn's tastiest and more prolific vegetables, runner beans are a must-grow crop, says KG staff writer Tony Flanagan. So get sowing now!
4 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
INCREDIBLE EDIBLE PERENNIALS
Stephanie Hafferty shows how you can save money by growing crops that just keep on coming year on year
5 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
OUR PLOTTERS OF THE MONTH
Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Meet the latest winners and find out more about their garden
7 min |
May 2023
Kitchen Garden
TOP JOBS FOR APRIL
ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY BEN VANHEEMS
6 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
PLANNING FOR BIODIVERSITY
Looking to create a garden that encourages biodiversity but which is also productive? Becky Searle offers some valuable insights based on her own garden
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
CURRANTS SEASON BY SEASON
Versatile for the kitchen, easy to grow and unfussy where they sit, currants are an attractive soft fruit option, says David Patch
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES
Last year Emma Bailey, gardening writer and keen plotter, trained her pumpkin plants to grow vertically, and never looked back... or down
4 min |