The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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Visit the virtual Niwaki stand at Chelsea!
You can’t visit the company’s stand for real this year… but there’s lots you can do to enjoy what the Japanese firm has to offer. Visit niwaki.com where you will get to see the Niwaki stand, get advice on how…
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Vegebag announced as RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year
First virtual show bags a stylish winner! The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announced the winner of the prestigious RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year 2020 as it launched its first ever virtual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by M&G,…
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Terry Walton hosts Q&A at the Virtual Village Hall
TV and radio gardening guru Terry Walton to host live-stream question and answer session Terry has been a keen gardener and allotment grower since childhood and broadcasts regularly from his allotment in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Like many people,…
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Merrygold’ Tomato
First blight resistant orange tomato naming competition – the result! The Burpee Seeds Europe team ran a competition last month together with Mr Fothergill’s which gave readers of the Pumpkin Beth site an exciting opportunity to name their first-ever blight-resistant…
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Kitchen Garden magazine is a number one hit!
Kitchen Garden magazine is the most popular magazine on isubscribe, the UK’s largest subscription marketplace. Kitchen Garden, one of the nation’s favourite gardening magazines, reached new heights this week as the most popular magazine on isubscribe, the UK’s largest subscription…
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Mudketeers diary – 6th May 2020
Young lettuce planted out In April I sowed some lettuce in cell trays filled with multi-purpose compost. It is a good way to start lettuce off; getting them to a decent size before planting out. You avoid a lot of…
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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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Podcast 80: What Have we Been Sowing?
The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. This week the Kitchen Garden team are back with another video call catch up and have a chat about what they’ve been sowing recently…
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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.
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New issue, new seeds!
With every new issue of Kitchen Garden magazine we offer all our subscribers a great selection of FREE seeds. This month’s issue comes with Rocket Salad, Marvel of Four Seasons and Radish, so here’s a quick growing guide to help…
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The agricultural show will go on…
Fancy a day out at the greatest agricultural show this weekend? The tickets are free and all are invited! Hundreds of agricultural shows up and down the country forced to cancel owing the Coronavirus Pandemic, to honour them, The Greatest…
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Feeding and watering
Watering is particularly important at seed sowing time, planting out and just after seedlings emerge. Once vegetables become established it is less important unless you garden on very free-draining soil.
