Exclusive giveaways in the June edition of Kitchen Garden
We have some exciting new giveaways for you in our June issue, worth over £1506! Here’s what you could win...
Closing date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Bees for bees’ sake
The Eco-Beehive is a nest box for honeybees. Its aim is to focus on encouraging bees into your garden, putting the bees’ welfare ahead of honey production. They will repay…
BEES BEHIND BARS
Prisoners at HMP Bristol are learning valuable skills from nature by taking care of their own beehives and making tasty honey which could provide them with a future career.
As well as feeding staff and fellow prisoners alike with their haul of homemade honey, the Bees Behind Bars project could soon see HMP Bristol’s produce on the shelves of a…
National Autistic Society Garden to raise awareness of masking at RHS Chelsea
The National Autistic Society is aiming to raise awareness of autism and masking with a show garden at the world famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The garden is a collaboration between the charity and co-designers Sophie Parmenter, and Dido Milne, Director of CSK Architects.
The National Autistic Society Garden is sponsored by Project Giving Back, a unique grant-making charity that…
The recipe for gardening success…?
Trying to grow your own fruit and veg? We know the recipe for success!
Kitchen Garden Prime is the best way to make the most out of your garden!
Get the freshest advice straight from gardening experts each and every month, with issues of Kitchen Garden delivered both to your door and your device, so you can read wherever you…
Potato growing trial: which way wins?
Emma plants first early potatoes ‘Arran Pilot’ three different ways. One was placing tubers straight on top of the soil and covering with just grass cuttings. The second was planting the tubers on top of the soil and covering with a mixture of well-rotted horse manure and grass cuttings. The third was the traditional way of planting tubers fairly deeply…
How to grow your own Christmas dinner!
Grow your own vegetables for the festive table and turn up the dial on taste! Christmas may feel like a very long way off, but plans for home-grown festive fare start now, says Benedict Vanheems.
Christmas? Really? I know, I know… I’m with you on that one. Perhaps it’s a symptom of getting older and wearier, but my heart sinks…
Essential summer tasks for growing fruit
Our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers.
I make no apology for concentrating on the basics when it comes to looking after your fruit. The term ‘marginal gains’ has been around for the past 10 years or so, and comes from the world of elite sports where, in the pursuit…
Jobs for May
Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for May.
SOW NOW
Beetroot, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, calabrese, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chicory, chillies, courgettes, cucumber, Florence fennel, French and runner beans, kale, kohl rabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, peppers, radish, salad leaves, spinach, spring onion, sprouting broccoli, squash and pumpkin, swede, sweetcorn, Swiss chard,…
How to Stop Chrysanths
Here’s one for all you budding show chrysanth growers. In these videos Mal Reynolds, keen exhibitor, present National Champion growing late single chrysanthemums and chairman of the North Lincoln Horticultural Society (NLHS) explains how and when to stop (pinch) late chrysanths to encourage sideshoots.…
FREE ORGANIC SEEDS WITH YOUR SHOPPING
Thanks to a partnership between Garden Organic and Yeo Valley Organic you can grow your own fragrant basil, chives or thyme plants
Available May and June 2024, with every 400g tub of Yeo Valley Organic’s Spreadable blend of organic butter and rapeseed oil you will get one packet of herb seeds, with growing instructions. However you can collect all three…
How to sow sweetcorn
In this video KG editor Steve Ott sows sweetcorn ‘Bodacious F1’ for planting outside once the frosts are over at the beginning of June. To find out more be sure to pick up a copy of the May 2024 issue now for more top tips and a selection of the very best varieties.…
May 2024
The latest issue of the UK’s best-selling growing your own magazine is brimming with all the best tips, tricks, advice and ideas for growing your own fruit and veg.
In the May Issue:
MANAGING WEEDS, NATURALLY
Becky Searle looks at controlling weeds without weedkillers
MEET THE APPLE DOCTOR
KG editor Steve Ott chats to Glyn Smith, head gardener for the…
PRODUCT REVIEWS: PLANTING TOOLS (MAY 24)
Many of us will be planting out our precious crops soon if not already, so here is some equipment that you may find useful
BEST BUY
ELEMENTS TROWEL, WEED FORK AND TRANSPLANTING TROWEL SET
For use in borders, tubs and pots, these planting and weeding tools each have a lacquered, weatherproofed 5in ash wood handle. The heads are made from…
6 fast-growing vegetables you can harvest in less than 2 months!
Always wanted to grow your own vegetables but worried it’s a lengthy and tiring process? Never fear, with these six easy and fast-growing vegetables, you can be eating homegrown in less than two months!
1. Microgreens
Microgreens are easily grown on a windowsill. Credit: ronstik
Microgreens are veg harvested while still only tiny shoots and are packed with vitamins and…
