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 SEPTEMBER • ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY STEPHANIE HAFFERTY

UNDER COVER

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

GROW WITH BELLE LET'S GO ON A BUG HUNT • Hi! I'm Belle and I'm here every month to share lots of fun activities for you to do at home, on your own or with your family

WHAT'S NEW? • ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

HAVE YOUR SAY • CONTACT US WITH YOUR LETTERS AND TIPS: TFLANAGAN@MORTONS.CO.UK

Kitchen Garden

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

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH • Meet another of the 12 creative and talented gardeners selected as our Plotter of the Month winners last year. Why not make a note to enter our new competition? Details on page 25

NEW TOP PLOTTER COMPETITION

A NEW kitchen garden • Martin Fish is getting down to plenty of picking and planting on the garden veg plot, while Jill is rustling up something pepper-licking good!

ROASTED CHEESY RED PEPPERS

NEW KIDS ON THE BROCCOLI! • Rob Smith is talking broccoli this month with a review of the different types available and suggestions for some exciting new varieties to try

SEEING RED • Do your tomatoes have a habit of remaining stubbornly green? Or perhaps you're lucky to enjoy lots of lovely fruits – just all at once. Either way, Benedict Vanheems is here with some top tips to ripen and process the nation's favourite summer staple

Celebrating Organic September! • In this special section we bring you four great features aimed at improving your crops and allowing nature to thrive

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shares his expertise on using compost made from green bin collections with handy tips on getting the right consistency and quality

SET THE JUICE LOOSE • Plant feeds can be very expensive to buy in the shops, yet there are some simple ways to make your own with a home-made feed station. KG editor Steve Ott explains

RESTORING THE BALANCE • The phrase regenerative gardening is often heard in gardening circles, but what is it? Can it help you to grow better veg? Ecologist Becky Searle thinks so, and tells us why

A HISTORICAL HAVEN OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS • KG's Martin Fish takes time out from his own plot to visit a walled garden in Lincolnshire which has been home to the same family for more than 400 years

PLANTS AT THE PALACE • In early July Stephanie Hafferty had the pleasure of visiting the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival and found much that was exciting and impressive

BERTIE, MY GARDEN AND ME! • This month we chat to Instagrammer Karen Brett, who was initially drawn into growing her own from her interest in medieval history and monastery gardens

SOW GREEN THIS AUTUMN • Covering the soil with a green manure in winter offers many benefits and this is a good time to sow hardy types, says KG editor Steve Ott

SWAPPING STUDS FOR SPUDS! • What have football and allotments got in common? Quite a lot, as Elaine Crick and Julia Slater – aka The Potty Plotters from Ashbourne Road and District Allotments – found out when they were asked to collaborate with Derby County Football Club

PLAIN PLOT TO PRODUCTIVE HAVEN • KG reader Julie Taylor from Eccles wrote to us recently to ask if we could help her to design her first ever garden, turning it from a relatively empty plot to a productive and colourful growing space

FLAVOURSOME FRUIT AUTUMN...