JOBS FOR THE MONTH

ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS

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

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!

INCREDIBLE EDIBLE PERENNIALS

Stephanie Hafferty shows how you can save money by growing crops that just keep on coming year on year

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

TOP JOBS FOR APRIL

ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY BEN VANHEEMS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BEETROOT UNCOVERED

Martin Fish reveals all about growing one of his favourite vegetables while Jill serves up some tasty beetburgers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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