Main Features
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...
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
Let forbidden flowers 'bee'
1 November 2012.
Flowers among your veg was once thought to be frivolous, but as Toby Buckland explains, their presence is not simply to make your plot pretty... they will help produce better crops too.
Pest Watch: Know your enemy... Broad bean chocolate spot
4 October 2012.
Few plant diseases sound so good and yet wreak such havoc as chocolate spot and this year has seen ideal conditions for it to thrive. In mild doses this most common of fungal maladies may be perfectly tolerable but when it gets its way it will render your broad bean plants a blackened mess.
A passion for growing
14 September 2012.
Gerard Baker travels to Ireland to meet a highly modest gardener who through her inspired writing has encouraged so many of us to follow her passion for growing fruit and veg.
Fork to fork on the Falklands
2 August 2012.
Lillian Kidd has a gang of helpers – a seemingly infinite number of grandchildren whose pumpkins have taken over a number of her greenhouses. She is, it has to be said, a little nervous for their future – the pumpkins that is – as the summer is rapidly drawing to a close and they may not ripen enough to store for the winter. You see, we are talking the Falklands here, and the growing season is unnervingly short.
Aaaaargh… it’s red mite!
5 July 2012.
The red mite population loves the warmer weather as much as we do. Jane Howorth of the British Hen Welfare Trust has some practical advice to help you keep the situation under control.
Security for your hens... and veggies!
1 June 2012.
Most chicken keepers invest in some form of fencing for their flock. Poultry expert Jane Howorth looks at the many options available.
Pest Watch: Know your enemy... Strawberry red core
3 May 2012.
Although strawberry red core is not a common problem thanks to efforts to promote the use of certified plants, this colourful ailment is nevertheless in it for the long haul. A description of its symptoms may involve a pretty rainbow of colours but its effects can be lethal.
Pest Watch: Know your enemy... onion downy mildew
5 April 2012.
Each month Lucy spotlights a common plant pest or disease and explains how to combat it.
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