Gardening
Kitchen Garden
MEET THE BLOGGER BEANS, BREWS AND BREAD
Andrew Clarke is nothing if not versatile. Between baking and home brewing he grows a wide range of veg, including some heritage varieties
8 min |
July 2025
Kitchen Garden
UNDER COVER
Trugs filed with summer harvests including courgettes, aubergines, tomatoes and cucumbers bring delicious fresh flavours into the kitchen.
3 min |
July 2025
Kitchen Garden
BUILD YOUR OWN CONTAINER POND
Becky Searle built a pond but soon came to see its failings. So she enlisted some help from the professionals - and went on to build a new pond on her allotment
6 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS
Your free seeds this month include some very easy to grow and tasty favourites that are just perfect for filling gaps among slower-growing veggies
4 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
What's currant?
This month fruit expert David Patch takes a look at why blackcurrants and redcurrants are a great growing choice
3 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
POLYCULTURE IN POTS
In an extract from his new book Huw Richards explains how you can recreate polyculture on a small scale in containers
2 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
What can weeds tell you about your soil?
Before you pull up your weeds think about what they might be trying to tell you, says Dr Anton Rosenfeld of Garden Organic
3 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
OPEN-POLLINATED VS HYBRID SEEDS: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOUR GARDEN?
Natasha Lane, head of seed at Unwins, explains the difference between open-pollinated and hybrid seeds, giving you all the information you need to make an informed decision when buying them for y your garden
3 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
GARDEN RESCUE - A DIARY
The days from April to June have been busy ones for Chris and Karen Cronin, who share the diary of the progress in their loving restoration of Croome Court Walled Gardens in Worcestershire
2 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
SMALL SPACE SAVIOURS
Not everyone is blessed with a big garden or allotment but if you thought a lack of space might limit your options, think again! Benedict Vanheems shares some ingenious ideas to make the most of what you have
6 min |
June 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 |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
TREASURED ALLOTMENTS
Olga Grieves shares her experience of allotments in Poland, where life on the plot is about so much more than growing fruit and veg
6 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
THE TOOLS FOR THE JOB
Martin Fish continues his series on back to basics. This month he discusses must-have garden tools
4 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
MEET THE BLOGGER A RISING STAR
Ellis Lewis is just 17 and destined for an exciting career in horticulture. He has already been making great strides to that end. Here’s what he told us...
4 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
HIT THE HEIGHTS WITH SNOW PEAS
Nothing beats the taste of freshly picked home-grown peas, but mangetouts and sugar snaps are on another level...
3 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
The wonders of worm composting
Worm composting is one of these best things you can do for your garden, explains Helen Hutchings-Cox
6 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
HERB OF THE MONTH PARSLEY
Parsley is one of the most popular herbs to use in the kitchen. It is often bought as young plants in pots from the supermarket - but you can easily grow your own
3 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
BEYOND THE PLOT COURGETTES
Courgettes are so versatile and so prolific. This month Rob Smith provides six recipes to preserve your harvest so that nothing goes to waste
5 min |
June 2025
Kitchen Garden
TICKLE YOUR TASTEBUDS
Red radicchio and green chicory bring a flavour of the Med to your veg garden and are hardy enough for overwintering. Here are our top tips for success
2 min |
June 2025
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 |