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How would you like to be featured on the pages of Kitchen Garden magazine in 2021? We are inviting all readers to send in some pictures of their plots to be published next year.
All readers who are picked to be our Plotter of the Month will receive a great bundle of prizes worth…
Great gardening reads for tips and inspiration
Gardening novice or total green thumb? No matter you’re skill level these gardening reads are fantastic for those looking to expand their abilities or those wanting to try something new.
From veg patches to house plants, Kitchen Garden has selected some of the best reads to kick start your gardening studies!
Down to Earth | Monty Don
The UK’s leading…
Life after COVID-19: Lessons from past pandemics
With lockdown restrictions easing slightly in UK, this is perhaps a time to reflect on the past months, and look forward to what a world could look like once the COVID-19 pandemic has gone, if ever.
Life after COVID-19 investigates past epidemics and their aftermath, seeking to draw parallels with the world of today and examine how the world could…
Scrumptious strawberries!
Strawberries are extremely easy to grow, and even just a few plants can provide a plentiful supply of sweet succulent fruits through the summer months. If chosen carefully, varieties such as the early ‘Elvira’, ‘Cambridge Favourite’ or ‘Florence’- will provide plenty of fruit from June through to September.
Some will even repeat fruit, these are known as ‘perpetual’ forms’ and…
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…