VIDEO: September Plot Update | Steve’s Plot Diaries
Kitchen Garden editor Steve Ott takes you on a tour of the KG greenhouse, polytunnel and mini plot to bring you up to speed on what has been happening and what his plans are for the garden through the autumn and beyond.
See this video and more on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCAJFKHgmRgEuN3sedrHyhg…
RECIPES TO Celebrate British Food Fortnight
Autumn has arrived. It’s a wonderful time of year when the natural world turns into a seasonal spectacle of burnt oranges, vibrant reds and glistening golds, and the landscape is carpeted with fallen leaves.
With the arrival of the harvest season, we’re celebrating the best of British food and drink with this year’s British Food Fortnight from 19 September –…
Podcast 87: Bring home the harvest
Hopefully the growing season blessed you with a weighty harvest. The priority now is to ensure none of it’s wasted. Benedict Vanheems has some tips on how to safely store your hard-won produce for longer. (Read by Rachel Atkins, written by Benedict Vanheems).…
VISIT THE FIRST BEDWORTH SEED SWAP
The first Bedworth Seed Swap will take place between 11.00am-2.00pm, on Saturday 13th February 2021, at St Giles Church, Ash Green, Near Coventry.
The event will be a dedicated opportunity for local growers and gardening enthusiasts to come together and exchange their unwanted seeds for something more exciting. The organisers hope to promote the saving of home-produced, open-pollinated seed, and…
Product review: lEAF cOLLECTION TOOLS
This month the KG team have been trying out a range of tools for leaf collection.
BEST BUYLEAF RAKE – RHS ENDORSED
This hardened and tempered stainless steel rake has close-set flat tines and a square head end for reaching into corners. It has a long, lightweight handle in FSC® certified hardwood and a strong leather cord for hanging up…
Climbing plants to create your garden oasis
You could have all the flowers in the world but still be missing something to add that little extra ‘pizzazz’ to your garden. Enter, climbing plants.
These plants will cling to most walls, trellis’ or other vertical surfaces with the correct support, producing a wonderful display in your garden oasis. Have a look at these climbers…
Australian Bluebell Creeper (Sollya…