Feature Articles
Extending the cropping season
12 June 2013
In the July 2013 issue gardening expert Pippa Greenwood gives her top tips on getting more from your existing crops as well as planting now to keep your plot harvests coming.
Recipes: A time of plenty
12 June 2013.
After much sowing, planting and weeding, the rewards are within reach as the first of the summer harvest finally waits to be gathered this month.
Jobs for the month: July 2013
12 June 2013.
July is the middle month of summer and it shows on the allotment. Everything is growing and the harvesting is in full swing. Now we begin to reap the rewards of all of the hard work and waiting especially after the cold spring. It is vital that every last scrap is picked to encourage the plants to go on producing.
Must-have varieties for your plot
3 May 2013.
Joe Maiden has been growing vegetables all his life, but which are the ones he simply couldn’t be without? This month in KItchen Garden magazine he reveals his must-have veg...
Recipes: Early summer treats
3 May 2013.
The new season’s harvest starts in earnest in June with fresh strawberries, broad beans and gooseberries available in abundance.
Jobs for the month: June 2013
3 May 2013.
June is the first month of summer and yet around the 21st of the month is the longest day. There is still plenty of growing time left. From the middle of the month the onions stop putting on leafy growth and their bulbs start to swell. The Japanese sets that were planted back last Autumn should be maturing along with the garlic and shallots.
Make a frame for your growing bags
8 April 2013.
In the May issue keen gardener and DIY enthusiast, Joyce Russell, shows you how to make a handsome frame to hold and hide unsightly growing bags
Recipes: Spring delights
8 April 2013.
In the May issue of Kitchen Garden we look at some delicious ways to use seasonal harvests of asparagus, rhubarb and spring greens.
Sweet potato guide
8 April 2013.
Although a relative newcomer to the UK diet, sweet potatoes are becoming increasingly popular and the good news is that they are now much easier to grow in the UK
Jobs for the month: May 2013
8 April 2013.
There is lots to get through this month, but everything depends upon the weather. In the southern half of the country the danger of frost is beginning to fade but if you live north of the River Trent it is worth holding back until at least the end of May.
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