Kitchen Garden - May 2024

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MANAGING WEEDS, NATURALLY

Becky Searle looks at controlling weeds without weedkillers

MEET THE APPLE DOCTOR

KG editor Steve Ott chats to Glyn Smith, head gardener for the National Trust’s Erddig estate in Wrexham

A CORNUCOPIA OF COURGETTES

KG editor Steve Ott offers his growing tips for this popular crop

AMARANTH: THE DUALPURPOSE VEG

Dr Anton Rosenfeld of Garden Organic recommends love-lies-bleeding as a crop

A NEW Kitchen garden!

It's time for sowing and planting in the new garden and while Martin is busy with that, Jill is making a tasty asparagus soup

3 mins

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Kitchen Garden readers rose to the challenge when we asked for pictures of their plots to appear in the magazine this year. It's time to meet another of our talented competition winners

3 mins

HITTING THE SWEET SPOT

Welcome to the wonderful world of sweetcorn as Rob Smith takes a look at both old and newer varieties, with some growing advice too

5 mins

EASY DOES IT!

As the growing season gathers pace there's one thing often in short supply: time! Ever feel like you're chasing your tail? Benedict Vanheems offers some tips to save valuable time and effort

6 mins

MANAGING WEEDS, NATURALLY

Weeds are never far away but you can keep them at bay without recourse to weedkillers

5 mins

Meet the apple doctor

KG editor Steve Ott chats to Glyn Smith, head gardener for the National Trust's Erddig estate in Wrexham, about his career and love of the garden he has tended for 38 years

6 mins

A CORNUCOPIA OF COURGETTES

It's time to sow a first batch of tender crops such as courgettes for picking through the summer months. KG editor Steve Ott has some tips for a super harvest

4 mins

A SPACE APART

Instagrammer James Martin shares his love of gardening and how much it has helped him and his family both mentally and physically under very difficult circumstances

7 mins

TRY AMARANTH! The dual-purpose veg

Garden Organic's research manager Anton Rosenfeld extols the virtues of amaranth and how to grow it

3 mins

FLAVOURSOME FRUIT CURRANTS

you If I want to plant some soft fruit that is easy to grow and will give you plenty of flavour, how about trying currants?

5 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.