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Gateau vite fait with rhubarb | French ‘quick cake’ recipe

11th March 2024 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

I can highly recommend trying this delicious French ‘quick cake’. You can customise it through the seasons, swapping apples or plums for rhubarb. SERVES 8 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients 150g (5oz) sugar, plus 2 tbsp for top of rhubarb 3 eggs 3 tbsp butter, melted 2 tbsp buttermilk (or milk) ½ vanilla pod, seeds scraped…

Exclusive giveaways in the April edition of Kitchen Garden

5th March 2024 Alex Bestwick Competitions

We have some exciting new giveaways for you in our April issue, worth over £930! Here’s what you could win… Closing date: Friday, April 26, 2024 NATURAL SOLUTIONS Neudorff, a pioneer in natural gardening since 1854, is one of the few companies worldwide to develop its own plant protection and plant care products, with the widest range of products certified…

Jobs for March

1st March 2024 Alex Bestwick Features

Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for March SOW NOW Aubergine, broad beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, summer cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chillies, cucumber, kohl rabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, peppers, radish, salad leaves, spinach, spring onion, tomato, turnips PLANT NOW Garlic, Jerusalem artichoke, rhubarb, shallots, soft and tree fruits HARVEST Brussels sprouts, winter…

The 10 easy things you can do for success sowing in containers

29th February 2024 Web Editor Features, Tips and Advice

Here are a few simple ideas to help you when starting seeds in pots and trays. 1. Avoid oversowing pots or trays If you are planning on lifting the seedlings and potting them up individually, you don’t want to have them sown too thickly. It will be difficult to lift and separate seedlings when you need to move them. Be…

Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers dies aged 66

29th February 2024 Darren Hendley News

TV chef Dave Myers, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, has died at the age of 66, according to a statement from his co-star Si King on social media. He found fame alongside King, his friend of 30 years, as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo. He reached new fans in 2013 when he took part in…

March 2024

21st February 2024 Alex Bestwick Latest issue

In the March issue: new tomato varieties to try, some climate savvy swaps you can make in your garden, a closer look at oca, and much more! In the March issue: Let’s talk tomatoes Horticulturist and seed guardian Rob Smith looks at some new varieties worthy of a place on your plot. Gardening with minimal disturbance Huw Richards explains that…

PRODUCT REVIEW (March 24)

15th February 2024 Tony Flanagan Best Buy, Reviews

BEST BUY SUPER 7 ELECTRIC PROPAGATOR This Garland Super 7 propagator (13 watt) will provide gentle heat to facilitate germination. It comes with seven mini propagating trays and vented lids so you can sow a range of different seeds on the same heated base. to allow great flexibility in both variety and number of individual seedlings grown. DOBIESwww.dobies.co.ukTEL: 0333 240…

Why is frost important in gardening?

14th February 2024 Becky Searle Features, Tips and Advice

The sight of frost may send a shiver down our spines on a chilly winter morning but its many benefits should not be overlooked, as Becky Searle explains I pull my duvet up around my ears, cold, despite the four walls around me. Bravely, I lower my feet over the side of the bed and pull on my dressing gown.…

Jobs for February

1st February 2024 Alex Bestwick Features

Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for February. SOW NOW Aubergine, broad beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, summer cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chillies, cucumber, kohl rabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, peppers, radish, salad leaves, spinach, spring onion, tomato, turnips PLANT NOW Garlic, Jerusalem artichoke, rhubarb, shallots, soft and tree fruits HARVEST Brussels sprouts, winter…

The veg-growing army battling to protect food security

1st February 2024 Tony Flanagan Features, News

All over the UK a brigade of gardeners is helping to grow and preserve historic vegetable varieties to conserve their future – and ours. Concerned about the growth of industrial monocrops, and in the face of climate change and emerging diseases, these volunteer ‘Seed Guardians’ have been tasked with growing heritage seed varieties by Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library. The…

What kind of twine should I use for gardening?

30th January 2024 Alex Bestwick Tips and Advice

Good garden twine is an important accessory which can be used for all sorts of tasks. But with different options available, what is the best gardening twine? What is twine used for in gardening? Whether it’s constructing climbing frames for beans, tying in tomatoes to a bamboo cane, stringing up onions and garlic to store in the shed or making…

Book of the Week: Enjoying Birdwatching in Lancashire and Cumbria

29th January 2024 Alex Bestwick Features

This week’s book pick is Enjoying Birdwatching in Lancashire and Cumbria by David Hindle. This glorious book features many of the best sites and nature reserves in North West England that are freely available to be explored and enjoyed. Enjoying bird watching in Lancashire and Cumbria highlights not only the wonderful birds, flora and fauna of the two counties but…

February 2024

23rd January 2024 Alex Bestwick Latest issue

In the February issue: Martin Fish’s guide to growing cauliflowers, how to make hot beds with Huw Richards, Rob Smith’s favourite carrot varieties, and much more! In the February issue: Heritage Apples, A Growing Legacy We meet heritage apple grower Tom Adams and rediscover some delicious once-forgotten apple varieties. Magnificent Mulches Award-winning writer Ben Vanheems explains how to make the…

PRODUCT REVIEWS: SOIL TESTING (FEB 24)

20th January 2024 Tony Flanagan Best Buy, Reviews

BEST BUYSOIL TESTING KIT TESTS PH AND NPK With this kit you can test the pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels in your soil. It contains four test test tubes, four 4 measuring spoons, reagents for 15 tests for each – pH, N, P & K (60 tests total and detailed instructions). GARDENING NATURALLYwww.gardening-naturally.comTEL: 01285 760505PRODUCT CODE: ST001PRICE: £19.99 KG…