The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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Podcast 84: The Runner Bean Competition
The latest episode of the Kitchen Garden Podcast is now live. Emma, Tony and Steve gather together online to discuss who could win their longest runner bean competition! They discuss their progress in the challenge and share some tips and…
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Visit Loseley garden show this weekend
Three garden shows are set to bloom this year, bringing much-needed cheer and colour back into the lives of horticultural enthusiasts. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted all our lives and cast a blight on those otherwise hardy perennials, the garden…
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MUDKETEER’S DIARY- 21st July 2020
Lifting garlic My brother harvested the garlic today as the shoots were going a little yellow. They are a good size considering they were only planted in spring. They were put in at the beginning of March and have been…
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Threatened plants need you! Charity calls for help saving the UK’s garden plants
Plant Heritage’s Missing Genera 2020 campaign highlights 10 plant groups that need saving Horticultural charity Plant Heritage is calling for anyone across the UK who is passionate about plants to help save ten plant groups which could be at risk,…
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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…
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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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Bees in danger of becoming extinct in UK cities: how the public can help in their garden
Ahead of Don’t Step on a Bee Day on Friday 10th July, experts advise what is best to plant now for bees and reveal the correct way to save a struggling bee! In the UK alone 35 species of bees…
