MAKE YOUR OWN CROP COVERS

Crop covers Covering crops with netting is the best way to keep many pests at bay and Joyce Russell shows you how to make your own

HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY TREE

The mulberry has been around for millions of years and has a fascinating history. Take a tour with David Patch and get some top advice on growing this fruit with its unique flavour

Grow a salad bar

Watery iceberg lettuce and under-ripe tomatoes, anyone? Not on your nelly! Grow your own salad bar and give the limp and lacklustre the heave-ho, implores Benedict Vanheems

For everything there is a season

We demand cheap food and expect to be able to buy it all year round – but what is the real cost? Biodynamic gardener Julie Moore investigates

Cues to CELEBRATE

It’s the year of the cucumber and to mark the occasion why not sow some seeds this month and grow your best ever crop? With advice from the KG team, of course!

ANISEED DELIGHTS

Florence fennel is grown for its white bulbs with a powerful aniseed taste. Member of the RHS Vegetable Trials Assessment Forum, Colin Randel, reveals the best varieties

Food For Your Ears

We chat to online gardener Richard Suggett from Littlehampton, West Sussex, otherwise known as The Veg Grower Podcast.co.uk

Delightful Douneside

Some gardens are part of a fascinating story, none more so than Douneside in the quiet village of Tarland, Aberdeenshire. Freelance journalist Janice Hopper finds out more

THE ONLY RAISED BEDS YOU'LL EVER NEED

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BY POPULAR DEMAND

On Derby’s Ashbourne Road and District Allotments there seems to be no end to the demand for small spaces for newbie allotment gardeners to put down some roots, as Potty Plotter Elaine Crick explains

The essential sowing kit

Here is your basic must-have equipment for sowing in containers first

THE BUS STOPS HERE!

Derby’s Ashbourne Road and District Allotments has a claim to fame – it is home to three repurposed bus stops. Potty Plotter Elaine Crick explains

BRASSICAS ARE THE BEST

This month we feature the winner of the My Best Crop category in our 2019 Plotter of the Year competition. Meet green-fingered Carl Walters from West Sussex

Luxuriant Lupins

Think of lupins and you’ll probably think of flower borders. So you may be surprised to learn that a few lupins have long been used as food crops, as Sally Cunningham explains

ALL ABUZZ on the plot

It’s all go on the plot as Stephanie Hafferty starts sowing but finds time to listen to the birdsong and the busy bees

A CUE FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS

You don’t need a greenhouse to grow delicious cucumbers. Colin Randel, member of the RHS Vegetable Trials Assessment Forum, reveals the best varieties for outdoor growing

THE DISABLED GARDENER 'There's Always A Way To Grow Your own'

Andrew Oldham uses his disability to inspire his garden and explains how you can too

Long live the perennials

Rob Smith takes a look at vegetables that you plant once and then keep on cropping for a year or more

Prodigious Palms

Palm trees are not just a pretty picture, says Sally Cunningham, as she discovers that the flowers of the Chusan palm are actually edible

HOBBITS, HOBBITON AND HORICULTURE

In his antipodean peregrinations Martin Fish may not have stumbled on any hobbits, but he did discover their very English cottage gardens and plenty of fruit and veg

Samphire SALT OF THE EARTH

Though hard to come by commercially, samphire is a crop that you can grow yourself. KG reader Tom Hall-Martell explains

MAKE YOUR OWN Greenhouse

If your budget doesn’t stretch to buying a ready-made greenhouse, another option is to get busy and make one yourself. Joyce Russell shows you how

Grow tomatoes galore!

This month KG editor Steve Ott offers his top tips on growing a UK garden and greenhouse favourite, the tomato

LOG IN TO MUSHROOMS

If you fancy having a go at growing mushrooms, get yourself a log, says Wendy Pillar, and ensure a steady supply of tasty fungi for years to come

THE GREEN TEAM -DREAM TEAM

Gardening can be a therapeutic and relaxing activity but a charity in Goole, East Yorkshire has taken this to the next level, using horticulture to help people turn their lives around. Emily Collins spoke to The Green Team to find out how they use gardening to give people a second chance.

Growing LIGHTING 101

In this extract from Leslie F Halleck’s book, Plant Parenting, find out how you can use artificial lights to get a head start with seedlings and cuttings

TIME TO TURN OVER AN OLD LEAF

Autumn is marked by dramatic change as the natural world sheds its summer cloak. Make the most of this leafy abundance by collecting what you can to make your own lovely leafmould. Benedict Vanheems will get you raking

A WALLED GARDEN

Gardening writer Janice Hopper heads north of the border to Caithness to take a tour of the Castle of Mey and its beautiful walled garden

Succeed With Cauliflowers

Cauliflowers have a reputation for being a challenge, but persevere and they can be a highly rewarding – and tasty – veg to grow, says KG editor, Steve Ott

The Cultivated Plot: A Year To Treasure

In the last of the series, Sally and Graham Strong are both looking back on what they have achieved in a year and forward to the plot of the future