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Podcast 52: Chitting and planting out second early potatoes

5th April 2019 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. It’s April already, and this week Steve, Emma and Tony talk about chitting and planting out second early potatoes. This episode is sponsored by our friends at Abel & Cole. Start your organic journey today by visiting https://www.abelandcole.co.uk and entering code KITCHEN at checkout.…

Podcast 51: Grow your own Asparagus

15th March 2019 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. With Asparagus so expensive to buy, why not invest in growing your own – all you need is a bit of time, space and patience for long-term rewards. Written by Tony Flanagan, read by Rachel Atkins. This episode is supported by the Garden Prong…

Podcast 50: Everything you need to know about polytunnels

26th February 2019 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. A polytunnel is an elongated semi-circular or square shaped tunnel. It is most often constructed using steel and is covered in polythene. Polytunnels come in a range of sizes and are used to keep plants, vegetables and fruits warm enough to grow in temperate…

Podcast 49: Edible Garden Club Talk

22nd February 2019 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Something slightly different for this episode. Editor Steve and Deputy Editor Emma gave a talk to the Horncastle U3A Edible Garden Club. Steve covers how the magazine is put together and Emma looks at some interesting fruit and veg she has attempted to grow!…

Podcast 48: Heritage Chillies

15th February 2019 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Chillies? Choose heritage. Continuing his series on heritage fruit and veg, Rob Smith shares some of his favourite varieties of chilli and points out that although the heat can be important, it’s the flavour that counts. Read by Rachel Atkins. This episode is supported…

Podcast 47: Getting ready for Spring – Mulches

5th February 2019 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. This month, Steve, Tony and Emma talk about getting your garden ready for spring planting, and take a close look at mulches. This episode has been supported Strulch – the light and easy to use garden mulch made from wheat straw for organic gardening…

Podcast 46: The future of seeds (Post-Brexit)

15th January 2019 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. We try to reduce ‘vegetable miles’ by growing our own and buying locally, but often forget that their journey actually starts with the seeds. Hardly any of the vegetable seeds sold to UK gardeners and growers are produced in this country. Similarly, other products…

Podcast 45: Bringing The Joy To Veg Growing

24th December 2018 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. A Christmas Eve treat for our listeners – Gardening writer Wendy Pillar violated the rule ‘never meet your heroes’ when she visited veg growing legend Joy Larkcom at her home in Ireland. She was very glad that she did. Read by Rachel Atkins. Merry…

Podcast 43: Garden Publication of the Year winner

20th December 2018 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Kitchen Garden has picked up a top accolade from the Garden Media Guild Awards. The magazine was crowned Garden Publication of the Year at a lunch at The Savoy Hotel, London on November 29, while one of its contributors, David Patch, was named Practical…

KG editor Steve Ott on the airwaves

11th December 2018 Steve Ott Podcast

BBC Radio Lincolnshire visited KG HQ in Horncastle for a quick chat. Kitchen Garden magazine was recently voted Britain’s best gardening publication 2018 by the Garden Media Guild at gardening’s version of The Oscars, held annually at The Savoy Hotel in London. To mark the occasion roving reporter Hope Bolger of BBC Radio Lincolnshire visited KG HQ in Horncastle for…

Podcast 41: Super Tubers – Jerusalem Artichokes

8th November 2018 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Apart from its infamous gaseous effects on the digestive system, the artichoke is no joke, says Rob Smith. It’s an attractive plant, easy to grow and produces tasty tubers – read by Rachel Atkins.…

Podcast 40: Jobs for October and question time

11th October 2018 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Greetings from the KG plot! There’s lots to do this month as we all prepare for Autumn and Winter – Martin Fish has the details. In Question Time we cover; Blackfly on beans, the Froghopper, poor soil problems, a failing apple tree and grafted…

Podcast 39: Dried and tasted

21st September 2018 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Drying is one of the oldest methods of preserving fresh produce, and for the gardener it offers convenience, reliability and speed. Written by Benedict Vanheems. Rachel Atkins tells us what’s involved.…

Podcast 38: Mushroom picking without the mystery

28th August 2018 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Foraging expert Geoff Dann explains how by doing your homework you can gather wild mushrooms with safety. Read by Rachel Atkins. Fungi foraging can be daunting to a beginner. Britain is home to a vast variety (perhaps seven times as many species as there…