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How to grow peas and beans for drying

3rd October 2023 Steve Ott Features, Tips and Advice

Green beans and peas are a national favourite, yet relatively few UK gardeners grow them for drying. KG editor Steve Ott offers some advice on growing and storing these nutritious crops. Peas sown in guttering or pots can be planted out when established Rather than turning to GM to feed an ever-growing population, some experts believe we should plant more…

Jobs for October

1st October 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for October. SOW NOW Broad beans, cauliflower, peas PLANT NOW Spring cabbage, garlic, onion sets, salad leaves, strawberries HARVEST Aubergine, beetroot, Brussels sprouts, endive, French and runner beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, celeriac, chicory, chillies and peppers, courgettes, cucumber, Florence fennel, kohl rabi, leeks, lettuce,…

Video: What Are Our Top Tomatoes Of 2023?

27th September 2023 Alex Bestwick Video

We love tomatoes! But with some many varieties, it can be hard to know which ones to grow! Here are Steve, Emma and Tony to share their top tom choices.…

Exclusive giveaways in the October edition

27th September 2023 Arianne Davey Competitions

Here are some exclusive Kitchen Garden giveaways for our October edition! Prizes total over £955, here’s what you could win this month… Cut pruning down to size Make quick work of autumn pruning with STIGA’s new SC 100e – the perfect tool for tackling fruit bushes, small trees and hedges with ease. Lightweight and ergonomically designed, this battery-powered pruner has…

October 2023

22nd September 2023 Arianne Davey Latest issue

In the October issue you’ll find: KG’s Tony Flanagan puts a range of gardening gloves to work; win amazing prizes from Britain’s top names in gardening; and nature watcher Jack Edmonds turns the magnifying glass to focus on strangely beautiful shield bugs. Give your soil an Autumn makeover Dr Anton Rosenfeld explains how to manage your soil over winter. The…

Michael’s Small But Mighty Plot | Plotter of the Month September 2023

22nd September 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Meet Michael, another of our creative and talented winners. Want to be a Plotter of the Month in 2024? We’re currently taking applications – simply answer our ten questions, share some pics, and be in with the chance…

PRODUCT REVIEWS: GARDENING GLOVES (OCT 23)

15th September 2023 Tony Flanagan Best Buy, Reviews

Keep your hands warm and protected this autumn and winter as you tackle those various tasks in the garden BEST BUY WINTER TOUCH GLOVES These gloves have a Thinsulate thermal lining to keep hands warm but also benefit from an additional RAO-TEX waterproof, breathable lining to keep hands dry too. The reinforce palms provide extra protection when using hand tools.…

Seed Potato Day Saturday 10 Feb 2024

6th September 2023 Steve Ott Diary Dates

SE Essex Seed Potato Day – In partnership with local charity, Trust Links – is on Saturday 10 February 2024 at Trust Links Rochford, 11:00- 14:00. Please put it in your diaries now! Trust Links Rochford, Trust Links House, College Gardens, Rochford, Essex SS4 1YL Free admission! For more information visit: https://seeog.org.uk…

30 DIRT-CHEAP WAYS TO GROW-YOUR-OWN AND CUT COSTS

5th September 2023 Tony Flanagan Features

Garden Organic is dishing up 30 days of budget-busting biodiversity projects to celebrate Organic September – which prove organic growing is eco-friendly and economical. On each day of the month-long campaign, the sustainable gardening charity will be offering #ThriftyThirty inspiring ways people can save money while also helping to save the planet. Projects will include swapping expensive bagged salads…

Four options for storing and preserving produce

5th September 2023 Steve Ott Features, Tips and Advice

Kitchen Garden editor Steve Ott looks at some simple ways to store produce through the winter to save money, brighten your diet and even provide some home-made luxuries and gifts. No matter how well we plan, having more produce than we can use at any one time is a common problem. But with prices rising ever higher, wasting food simply…

Jobs for September

1st September 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for September. SOW NOW Endive, lettuce, Oriental leaves, rocket, salad leaves, spinach, spring onion, radishes PLANT NOW Spring cabbage, lettuce, onion sets, salad leaves, strawberries HARVEST Aubergine, beetroot, Brussels sprouts, endive, French and runner beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, celeriac, chicory, chillies and peppers, courgettes,…

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Key jobs for September

31st August 2023 Arianne Davey News

A new month brings new jobs on your allotment or in your vegetable garden, here’s a quick look at some key jobs to do this September. Protect potatoes Growth of summer-planted second cropping potatoes will be slowing down towards the end of the month. This is a good time to move pots of spuds under cover to protect them from…

AUTUMN JAM WITH DAMSON, APPLE & PEAR

31st August 2023 Steve Ott Recipes

Here’s our recipe for a lovely seasonal jam that will brighten up your breakfast table as the months get colder and wetter. Around now is the perfect time for picking damsons and September is the best month for apple and pear picking, so we thought there’s no time like the present to re-share our popular Damson, Apple & Pear Jam…

Video: Steve’s Polytunnel Tour August 2023

25th August 2023 Alex Bestwick Video

KG editor Steve Ott takes you on a quick tour of the crops growing in his polytunnel in the East Midlands and asks…just how long do black-fruited tomatoes take to ripen!…