URGENT RECALL: Courgette ‘zucchini’
Mr Fothergill’s, the Newmarket based seed experts, have recalled stocks of Courgette ‘Zucchini’ with the batch code I on the packet (located after the printed use by date) as a small number of seeds could produce bitter tasting fruits.
This follows a small number of complaints from customers who have experienced stomach pain and nausea after eating fruits. All remaining…
How to grow: Peaches
Although peaches can certainly be grown outdoors in milder or more sheltered areas of the UK, their success is really reliant on the season. Get a mild year and peaches can crop very well, but in a cold, wet season you can expect very small crops.
The closely related nectarines with their smooth skins are even less reliable and ideally…
How to Grow: Grapes
Grape vines have been grown in the UK for centuries having, like so many things, been introduced by the Romans.
In more recent times our climate has only really been suitable to grow reliable crops in greenhouses in many areas of the UK, apart from favoured areas such as the south. But with the global climate warming, it is becoming…
September issue out now!
It’s not yet time for the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, but as a gardener, you need to plan in good time…
The September issue of Kitchen Garden is on sale now, giving you plenty of time to look ahead to a bumper harvest and even further ahead to what the coming growing seasons might bring.
KG editor Steve…
Five fantastic Robotic Lawn Mowers for Easy Garden Mantainence
Robotic lawn mowers are the way to go if you’re looking to modernise your garden care. Some of the latest models can do it all, without you doing a thing – besides turning it on of course.
They remember the shape of your garden, when it needs to mow and how to get back to it’s charging station when the…
product review: september 2020
This month the KG team have been trying out a range of garden snips. Here is our Best Buy and Top Picks selection
BEST BUYGARDEN SNIPS
These Japanese-made garden snips have slender blades made from SK85 carbon steel with a maximum branch diameter of 3mm. There is nylon webbing strap at the base of the handles to keep them together…
How to grow: Gooseberries
Native to Europe, gooseberries have been grown in the UK for centuries. They are extremely hardy and don’t need any protection here, except from birds who will steal the ripe berries. However, the culinary varieties can be very bitter and are not to everyone’s taste.
The thorns alone can be enough to put people off since they are very sharp…