BEAT THE HEAT!

Anticipating another very hot and dry summer this year, KG reader and keen allotment gardener Peter Dean explains his growing plans to cope with a changing climate

BACK TO BASICS WITH FRUIT

This month our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers

YES, IN YOUR BACKYARD!

You may not have a lot of space but you can still enjoy growing a range of fruit and veg

CROWNING GLORIES

Scone Palace was once home to the Scone Stone - the crowning seat of Scottish kings. It also boasts a wonderful walled kitchen garden. Gardening writer Janice Hopper paid a visit to meet head gardener Brian Cunningham

NEW ALLOTMENTS IN WALES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

We talk to Stephanie Slater, founder and chief executive of the charity School Food Matters, which campaigns for access to healthy, sustainable food at school and teaches children about food and food growing

Should we be using biocontrols?

Garden Organic's research manager Anton Rosenfeld demystifies biocontrols and shares advice on their use

THE PERMACULTURE GARDEN

This month Hannah Reid explains how she incorporates the principles of permaculture into growing her fruit and veg

GROW YOUR OWN BAKING INGREDIENTS

This month Rob Smith picks out some of his favourite baking fillers for those sweet-toothed growers among us

ASPARAGUS UNCOVERED

Martin Fish shares his expertise with growing one of those plants that just keep on giving, year on year, while wife Jill serves up a savoury dish just bursting with flavour

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