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

FRENCH BEANS UNCOVERED • This month Martin Fish reveals how to get the best out of growing French beans while wife Jill serves up a tasty bean and beetroot salad

OUR PLOTTER 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. It's a real family affair for our latest winners from north of the border

Prizes and sponsors • Each of our 12 winners will receive this bundle of prizes kindly given by our sponsors Two Wests, Nemasys, Town & Country and Agriframes

CONTAIN YOURSELF! • This month Stephanie Hafferty shows you how, with a little ingenuity and creativity, you don't have to spend a fortune on pots, planters and containers

A HOVERFLY LAGOON

KG'S TOP 5 TURNIPS • Turnips may not be the sexiest of veg, but they are tasty, reliable and fast growing – a great stop-gap and one which you won't find readily in the shops, says KG editor Steve Ott

GROW YOR OWN SUMMER SALADS • Summer isn't summer without a scrumptious salad. This month Rob Smith takes a look at some key ingredients and recommends some of his favourite varieties

MAKING WEEDS WORK • The word ‘weed' is often used as a pejorative term but, as Hannah Reid explains, certain weeds can be used very beneficially for different purposes

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WASPS • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld uncovers the different types of wasps to look out for this summer – and reveals their benefits for your garden

VRG GROWING… UNPLUGGED • Garden journalist and author Sandra Lawrence travelled to the outskirts of Venice to discover how some of our most useful battery-powered gardening tools are made

JASON THE CLOUD GARDENER • High in an apartment block in the centre of Manchester is a most unusual garden. Created on the balcony on the 18th floor by Jason Williams, this small space is a haven for wildlife above the city skyline: his cloud garden. Stephanie Hafferty tells us more

A QUESTION OF BALANCE • In this first of a two-part feature, Becky Searle argues that the secret of successful gardening is in creating a balanced ecosystem in which gardener and wildlife each play their part

GET GROWING KIDS! • Looking for some gardening activities other than the basics to enthrall the kids this summer? Shannon Keary shares some of her favourites

VEGETABLE GARDENING HACKS DO THEY WORK? • Emma Bailey puts some well-known gardening tips and tricks to the test, and some to the sword

RASPBERRIES SEASON BY SEASON • This month fruit-growing expert David Patch takes us through the gardening year with what must be one of the country's most popular soft fruit

HAND WEEDERS • Take a look at these handy tools, ideal for getting close up and personal with your weeds

READER OFFERS • EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS TO HELP MAKE YOUR MONEY GO FURTHER

40 WINTER HARVEST BRASSICA PLANTS

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