Gardening
Kitchen Garden
Cambo's captivating gardens
Janice Hopper visits a country house and estate in Fife and talks to the head gardener, Katherine Taylor, about the Edible Garden
4 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR PEAT-FREE GROWING
Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer at Garden Organic, shares advice for making the most of peat-free composts
3 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
GROW YOUR OWN SPICE RACK
Bring a bit of spice into your life this month with Rob Smith's pick of some of his favourite herbs
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
GROW CUCUMBERS AND GHERKINS
In this extract from her book Rekha's Kitchen Garden, Rekha Mistry turns her attention to growing plants of the Cucumis sativus family
3 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
SUCCESS WITH SEEDS!
Professional gardener and keen plotter Hannah Reid shares her top tips for getting your seeds and seedlings off to a great start
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
GROWING OUTDOOR TOMATOES
In many parts of the country it is possible to grow tomatoes outside and not in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Here KG's deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers some tips for success
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
MAKING YOUR seedlings cosy
Stephanie Hafferty offers some money-saving ideas. This month she looks at keeping seedlings warm and making sure they have adequate light
4 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
PEAS BY THE PLATEFUL
Home-grown garden peas are easy to grow, hardy and highly productive freezer fillers. KG editor Steve Ott offers some top tips for sure-fire success
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
BEETROOT UNCOVERED
Martin Fish reveals all about growing one of his favourite vegetables while Jill serves up some tasty beetburgers
5 min |
April 2023
Kitchen Garden
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 feature another of our talented winners
5 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
A hall, a walled garden and heritage apples
Martin Fish visits a walled garden in Lancashire to find a gardening team committed to an environmentally friendly approach to growing
5 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
WHAT A YEAR!
This month Stephanie Hafferty reflects on a year of hard work and takes satisfaction from what she has been able to achieve in a relatively short space of time
4 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
MAKING CHRISTMAS WREATHS
It has long been a tradition to hang wreaths on doors at Christmas and you can also add a few edible highlights which you may have grown on your plot
3 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
ROB'S PLOT Christmas cheer!
It might be a bleak midwinter but Rob Smith is on his plot happily getting on with a range of December tasks
5 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
FULL OF BEANS!
Keen to cultivate a nitrogen-rich soil, Jacob Shooter sows a large plot of field beans and reaps a plentiful crop too
7 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
A glut of fruit? So what next?
It has been a great year for fruit but what can you do with the burgeoning harvest? David Patch offers suggestions
5 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
GROWING ORGANIC VEG ALL YEAR ROUND
Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic, explains how you can have tasty veg to harvest every month of the year
3 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
TWO'S COMPANY
Finding themselves on adjacent plots and with lots in common, Nathan and Daniel decided to join forces and so nathanielsallotment was born
6 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
GARDENING FOR FOOD SECURITY
KG reader and keen kitchen gardener Susan Smith from Cleveland highlights the importance of UK gardens in feeding the nation during difficult times
1 min |
December 2022
Kitchen Garden
HOW TO COMPOST FOOD WASTE
We can produce a lot of vegetable waste from the kitchen and here Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic, recommends some compost bins that are particularly efficient at dealing with it
3 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
ROB'S PLOT - No rest for the wicked
It might be October and the days are getting shorter but Rob Smith is still busy sowing, planting, harvesting and giving his plot and greenhouse a good tidy up
5 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
The pattern of a forest garden
In this extract from her book The Plant Lover's Backyard Forest Garden, Pippa Chapman explains the different layers that make up the forest garden and how these can help to accommodate different plants
7 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
ANTICIPATING A WILD - Welsh winter
In preparation for a wild winter in her Welsh hillside garden, Stephanie Hafferty is busy lifting roots, planting garlic and securing the polytunnel
4 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
MAKE A SUPER SIMPLE Cloche!
Cloches are great for extending the season and for protecting plants from harsh weather and pests. Here Joyce Russell suggests some cheap and simple options
5 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
GARDEN DAYS ARE HAPPY DAYS!
This month we travel to Somerset to meet Instagrammer Kelly Wiltshire aka @garden_days_girl
4 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
FABULOUS FIGS!
Figs are exotic, delicious, attractive and easy to care for. What more can you expect from a fruit tree? asks nurseryman and fruit
6 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
THE THRILL of the show
Bright sunshine welcomed visitors to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, adding to the thrill of exploring the world’s biggest annual garden show. KG regular Stephanie Hafferty brings you the veggie highlights
5 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
GROWING YOUR OWN IS FREEDOM
For deputy editor Emma Rawlings, working her patch is about far more than just growing crops. It's about connecting with nature and doing things her way
2 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
TOP JOBS
ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS
6 min |
October 2022
Kitchen Garden
ROB'S PLOT BRING on autumn
Summer is ending and harvesting and preserving become a part of day-to-day life for every veg gardener. Veg expert Rob Smith is no exception...
5 min |