Gardening
Kitchen Garden
OUR FRIEND THE WASP
We often see wasps as a bit of a foe but they are actually of great benefit to gardeners, as Becky Searle explains
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS
We explain how to get the best from your free gifts of kale, carrot and lettuce seeds
3 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
Fresh food for the impatient
Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shares his tips for quick and easy windowsill greens
3 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
SLUGS and SNAILS and OLD WIVES' TALES
In this extract from his book The Good Slug Guide, author Jo Kirby casts doubt on who the natural predators of slugs and snails really are. Have gardeners been getting it all wrong?
3 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
GROW A TASTE THAT'S UNFORGETTABLE
Home-grown produce always tastes better but harvesting your first melon is one moment you will always remember. Emma Rawlings has some tips on growing this delicious fruit
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
SUPERFAST STRAWBERRIES
If planted now, strawberries can be cropping in a mere 60 days. Here's how!
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
Keeping bees A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Beekeeper and founder of Buzz Box Mark Meadows introduces the world of beekeeping for all to enjoy
5 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
MAY THE FARE BE WITH YOU
Spring is upon us and this month Anna Cairns Pettigrew has been busy creating some tasty and nutritious dishes featuring radishes, purslane and peas
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
The VEG-GROWING VETERANS
The therapeutic and well-being benefits of gardening are well known. Sally Clifford visits a veterans' allotment, a place where plotters have time to talk and the chance to grow produce for the wider community
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
GROW FLAVORSOME FENNEL
Florence fennel, with its feathery leaves and white bulb-like stems that have many culinary uses, is a versatile vegetable that's also an attractive plant to have on your plot
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
PRICKING OUT & POTTING UP
This month Martin Fish offers practical advice and top tips for two essential gardening tasks
3 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
DOWN ON THE PLOT
KG reader Peter Dean has been very busy on his allotment, sowing, planting and planning what crops he will be growing over the summer
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
CLIMBING HIGH
It's really hard to beat beans for their good looks and outstanding yields. Benedict Vanheems offers some pointers to pack in the pods this summer
7 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
TRANSFORM YOUR GARDEN WITH ABIMAX SCIENCE BACKED, GROWER APPROVED INNOVATION!
“I've been hearing about anew gadget called Abimax that claims to make plants grow better. It does this by mimicking the growth-enhancing effects that electrically charged rain from thunderclouds naturally has on plants.
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
GROWING VEG AND GROWING COMMUNITY
Tanya Bowman joined her local community garden and ended up not just helping to grow veg but also helping to grow the enterprise to involve more people and the wider community
5 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
IT'S A PLUM JOB!
Fruit expert David Patch explains how and when to prune plum trees and experiments with growing one as a cordon, which is not traditional practise
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
HERB OF THE MONTH Lemon balm
This month we look at the deliciously scented herb Melissa officinalis that you will love to grow
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
PROTECTING OUR PLANT HERITAGE
Experts at Garden Organic share their experience of looking after three National Plant Collections – and what it takes to secure this horticultural heritage for future generations
7 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
BEYOND THE PLOT BEETROOT
If you're looking for a vegetable that you can preserve well, look no further than beetroot. There are so many different ways you can do this, as Rob Smith explains
4 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
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
2 min |
May 2025
Kitchen Garden
DIGGING THE DIRT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Every allotment site needs its own superhero and, luckily for John Holloway and his fellow allotmenteers, Sailor Steve came to the rescue
2 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
MAKE ROOM FOR CABBAGE
Our humble cabbage is a powerhouse of goodness and we could all benefit from eating more of it. KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers tips on growing this popular brassica
4 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE
Instagrammer Olga Grieves is passionate about growing sweet peas. This month she shares her favourite varieties and explains how to create a stunning display
3 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
HERB OF THE MONTH MINT
With its strong flavour, distinctive aroma and its versatility, mint has to be one of the best herbs to have outside your back door, ready for you to pick from spring through to autumn
3 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
PRODUCTIVE PLOT
Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and the chance to be featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we meet our third-placed winner
4 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
SUPER SOUASHES
Every garden should make space for squashes but with so many to choose from and so many ways to grow them, where to begin? Benedict Vanheems gets us started
6 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
GET PLANNING!
As much as we love to get going straightaway on our veg patch or allotment it's always good to start with a plan, as Becky Searle explains
5 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
Bio-stimulant or plant food: What's the difference?
Angharad James, product manager at Maxicrop, explains the difference between a bio- stimulant and plant fertiliser, and discusses which to choose when for a thriving garden
3 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
MEET THE BLOGGER MY COTTAGE GARDEN
Inspired by her grandfather, Instagrammer Sarah Pursey from Northamptonshire shares her passion for growing veg and flowers in her long back garden, a throwback to the 1930s
6 min |
March 2025
Kitchen Garden
POTTY ABOUT STRAWBERRIES
This month David Patch turns his attention to growing succulent strawberries in pots, offering useful practical tips and recommendations for some choice varieties
3 min |