Kitchen Garden - May 2025

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JOBS FOR THE MONTH In the garden this month Stephanie Hafferty is earthing up potatoes, providing water for wildlife and planting runner beans. ON THE PLOT WITH THE THREE MUDKETEERS Join the team in their gardens as they sow sunflowers, weed garlic and harvest chicory. KEEPING BEES – A BEGINNER’S GUIDE Beekeeper and founder of Buzz Box Mark Meadows introduces the world of beekeeping for all to enjoy.

OUR TOP PLOTTERS

Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and all being featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we feature another of our runners-up

2 mins

PRICKING OUT & POTTING UP

This month Martin Fish offers practical advice and top tips for two essential gardening tasks

3 mins

BEYOND THE PLOT BEETROOT

If you're looking for a vegetable that you can preserve well, look no further than beetroot. There are so many different ways you can do this, as Rob Smith explains

4 mins

CLIMBING HIGH

It's really hard to beat beans for their good looks and outstanding yields. Benedict Vanheems offers some pointers to pack in the pods this summer

7 mins

TRANSFORM YOUR GARDEN WITH ABIMAX SCIENCE BACKED, GROWER APPROVED INNOVATION!

“I've been hearing about anew gadget called Abimax that claims to make plants grow better. It does this by mimicking the growth-enhancing effects that electrically charged rain from thunderclouds naturally has on plants.

2 mins

GROWING VEG AND GROWING COMMUNITY

Tanya Bowman joined her local community garden and ended up not just helping to grow veg but also helping to grow the enterprise to involve more people and the wider community

5 mins

PROTECTING OUR PLANT HERITAGE

Experts at Garden Organic share their experience of looking after three National Plant Collections – and what it takes to secure this horticultural heritage for future generations

7 mins

The VEG-GROWING VETERANS

The therapeutic and well-being benefits of gardening are well known. Sally Clifford visits a veterans' allotment, a place where plotters have time to talk and the chance to grow produce for the wider community

4 mins

GROW FLAVORSOME FENNEL

Florence fennel, with its feathery leaves and white bulb-like stems that have many culinary uses, is a versatile vegetable that's also an attractive plant to have on your plot

2 mins

Fresh food for the impatient

Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shares his tips for quick and easy windowsill greens

3 mins

GROW A TASTE THAT'S UNFORGETTABLE

Home-grown produce always tastes better but harvesting your first melon is one moment you will always remember. Emma Rawlings has some tips on growing this delicious fruit

4 mins

Keeping bees A BEGINNER'S GUIDE

Beekeeper and founder of Buzz Box Mark Meadows introduces the world of beekeeping for all to enjoy

5 mins

OUR FRIEND THE WASP

We often see wasps as a bit of a foe but they are actually of great benefit to gardeners, as Becky Searle explains

4 mins

SUPERFAST STRAWBERRIES

If planted now, strawberries can be cropping in a mere 60 days. Here's how!

2 mins

SLUGS and SNAILS and OLD WIVES' TALES

In this extract from his book The Good Slug Guide, author Jo Kirby casts doubt on who the natural predators of slugs and snails really are. Have gardeners been getting it all wrong?

3 mins

HERB OF THE MONTH Lemon balm

This month we look at the deliciously scented herb Melissa officinalis that you will love to grow

2 mins

IT'S A PLUM JOB!

Fruit expert David Patch explains how and when to prune plum trees and experiments with growing one as a cordon, which is not traditional practise

4 mins

ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS

We explain how to get the best from your free gifts of kale, carrot and lettuce seeds

3 mins

MAY THE FARE BE WITH YOU

Spring is upon us and this month Anna Cairns Pettigrew has been busy creating some tasty and nutritious dishes featuring radishes, purslane and peas

4 mins

DOWN ON THE PLOT

KG reader Peter Dean has been very busy on his allotment, sowing, planting and planning what crops he will be growing over the summer

2 mins

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Kitchen Garden Magazine Description:

Kitchen Garden Magazine - UK's No.1 for growing your own fruit and vegetables. KG also offers great monthly give-aways, special gardening offers, recipes, growing tips and much more.The KG team put their heads together to bring you their top 101 tips to help you get your season off to the best possible start and as cheaply as possible. We hope you’ll agree that they are genuinely useful. If you have any of your own you’d like to share, please drop me a line and we’ll feature them in the magazine.