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Plug plant essentials
Sowing seeds isn’t the only way to raise the plants you need to achieve great harvests. Plug plants offer a convenient alternative to buying seeds, or as away to fill gaps or top up numbers if sowings fail for any…
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‘Grow to give’ flower project
A bestselling author who struggled with severe anxiety for more than 20 years is launching a national ‘let’s grow together’ campaign Nicola Bird, 48, from Chobham, Surrey, believes The Floral Project (Thefloralproject.co.uk) will help parents encourage their children to spend…
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Perfect Polytunnels and Glorious Greenhouses- All you need for undercover
Shopping for a Polytunnel or Greenhouse? No problem, Kitchen Garden has a great selection to help you find the perfect cover. Premier Polytunnels With the development of new polythene covers it is possible to grow all kinds of crops and…
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How to sow
Some vegetables are sown direct and then thinned out as they grow and are harvested where they were originally sown.
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Hanging veg gardens
It is possible to grow an increasing range of tasty vegetables and herbs in hanging baskets, here are some top tips to get you started.
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EDGING TOOLS
Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for June. This month the KG team has been trying out a variety of edging tools BEST BUY THE KEW GARDENS NEVERBEND CARBON EDGING KNIFE Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more Kitchen Garden…
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Podcast 79: Sweet and Savoury Corn
The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Corn ranges from savoury to super sweet, yellow to blue, giant growers to hip high minis – it’s not just sweetcorn! It has always…
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Experience dawn with live music as daylight sweeps across the UK
Public asked to sign up to greet the dawn together on 16 May as part of National Trust campaign to connect people with nature The National Trust has teamed up with artists’ group non zero one, composer James Bulley, and…
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June 2020
The June issue of Britain’s best grow-at-home magazine is out now. If you can’t go out, subscribe and read online, or get it delivered! This is officially a coronavirus-free zone, writes KG editor Steve Ott (pictured below). We can’t claim…
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Where Arden met Shakespeare
April 23 celebrates the amazing life and works of William Shakespeare. However, few know about the roots of this iconic literary figure. The story of one of the world’s most influential writers begins not in Stratford upon-Avon, but the far…
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Bag up your veg
Why not make use of the growing-bag to grow some great crops. The growing-bag is the perfect self contained veg-growing kit and averycosteffective method of container growing.
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Growing in containers
So, what’s a container? This depends on what crops you are growing, for example lettuce and salad leaves can be grown in quite shallow containers. A small trough 17cm (7in) deep and 30cm (12in) long would suffice for a few…
