Kitchen Garden

Kitchen Garden Magazine - UK's No.1 for growing your own fruit and vegetables. KG also offers great monthly give-aways, special gardening offers, recipes, growing tips and much more.

Welcome

TOP JOBS FOR MARCH • STEPHANIE HAFFERTY OUTLINES THE ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS

UNDER COVER

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers • The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

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QUESTION TIME • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

PRODUCTIVE PLOT • Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and the chance to be featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we meet our third-placed winner

KNOW YOUR FERTILISERS • This month Martin Fish helps to demystify the seemingly complicated world of fertilisers

BEYOND THE PLOT… ONIONS, GARLIC & SHALLOTS • The allium family is one of Rob Smith's favourites and this month he shows you how you can preserve this crop with some amazing recipes

SUPER SQUASHES • Every garden should make space for squashes but with so many to choose from and so many ways to grow them, where to begin? Benedict Vanheems gets us started

MEET THE BLOGGER MY COTTAGE GARDEN • Inspired by her grandfather, Instagrammer Sarah Pursey from Northamptonshire shares her passion for growing veg and flowers in her long back garden, a throwback to the 1930s

KOHL RABI GROWING GUIDE • Kohl rabi is a versatile, tasty summer and autumn veg that can be eaten raw or cooked. Here are our tips to make your harvest a success

FANTASTIC FIELD BEANS! • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld extols the virtues of the field bean and explains how and why we should grow lots more of this relative of the broad bean

REVEALING THE MAGIC • This month we're off to Worcestershire to the Walled Gardens of Croome Court. Once sadly neglected they have now been lovingly restored, revealing treasures old and new

MAKE ROOM FOR CABBAGE • Our humble cabbage is a powerhouse of goodness and we could all benefit from eating more of it. KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers tips on growing this popular brassica

In the right spot • Here we feature an extract from the new RHS book Grow Food Anywhere by Lucy Chamberlain, which is all about putting the right crops in the right place

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE • Instagrammer Olga Grieves is passionate about growing sweet peas. This month she shares her favourite varieties and explains how to create a stunning display

GET PLANNING! • As much as we love to get going straightaway on our veg patch or allotment it's always good to start with a plan, as Becky Searle explains

HERB OF THE MONTH MINT • With its strong flavour, distinctive aroma and its versatility, mint has to be one of the best herbs to have outside your back door, ready for you to pick from spring through to autumn

Bio-stimulant or plant food: What's the difference? • Angharad James, product manager at Maxicrop, explains the difference between a biostimulant and plant fertiliser, and discusses which to choose when for a thriving garden

POTTY ABOUT STRAWBERRIES • This month David Patch turns his attention to growing succulent strawberries in pots, offering useful practical tips and recommendations for some choice varieties

PRODUCT REVIEWS LET'S SOWING • Keen to get growing? Take a look at this selection of sowing kits, trays and accessories to help you make a perfect start

ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS •...