Shannon Butcher
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The best strimmers for the perfect garden finish
Strimmers may not be at the top of shopping lists when it comes to gardening tools, but it’s always a great idea to have one handy for those hard to reach spots that your mower can’t get to.
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Great gardening reads for tips and inspiration
From veg patches to house plants, Kitchen Garden has selected some of the best reads to kick start your gardening studies!
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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 off course.
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Planting fruit
Catalogues offer you tree and soft fruit grown in two different ways. Fruit growers who also supply gardeners will usually grow their plants in the field planted directly into the nursery soil.
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Where to grow fruit
Most people can find space in their garden, whatever its size, for growing fruit. Here are a few suggestions…
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Podcast 83: Plums and Damsons
This week’s Kitchen Garden Magazine podcast is a guide to common pests, diseases and other problems that could affect plums and damsons. Sit back and listen to the expertise of Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS, read by…
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Heritage vegetable varieties that have stood the test of time
Rob Smith takes a tour of yesteryear with a look at some of his favourite heritage varieties that are neither gone nor forgotten.
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Home-grown sumac spice
Gather the flowers of Rhus typhina and you can turn them into a home-made sumac spice, adding flavour to both food and drink, says gardening writer Sally Cunningham.
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Review: Let’s Grow and Cook
More and more people are starting to appreciate the benefits of growing their own fresh fruit and veg and are seeking out their own patch to do just that.
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Review: How to grow Organic
Creating and maintaining a beautiful garden that is safe and natural is becoming increasingly popular as we begin to understand the benefits of adopting an organic way of life.
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Pests and diseases
Enemy number one for most vegetable growers, slugs and snails, love damp conditions and thrive in a warm, wet summer.
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Growing undercover
The vast majority of popular fruit and vegetable crops can be grown outside in the UK; however our growing season is relatively short and can be quite variable weather-wise to say the least.
