Kitchen Garden - June 2024

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ROOM TO GROW
We meet Rhiannon Alcock from Devon whose growing inspired the formation of a community project growing produce for local food banks.

A GARDEN FOR EVERYONE!
This month Hannah Reid shares her experience of redesigning a garden for those with a range of disabilities.

MONEY-SAVING OFFERS
Save more than £8 on dwarf and climbing French bean collections and money off a broad bean plant collection..

A NEW kitchen garden!

Martin Fish has been busy sowing, planting and keeping an eye out for pests, while Jill has been making pancakes to have with a delicious strawberry compote

5 mins

OUR PLOTTERS OF THE MONTH

Our annual competition to find Britain's best plotters always attracts a great response. This month we meet a talented gardening couple from Norfolk who just love life on the allotment

3 mins

SOMETHING FOR THE WINTER

This month 'squashbuckler' Rob Smith takes a look at winter squash varieties - old, new, coming soon and something different with advice on sowing, growing, harvesting and storing

5 mins

KNOW YOUR ROOTS

Maincrop roots are a staple of autumn and, with care, should last well into winter too. Don't miss your opportunity to start them! Benedict Vanheems shares his tips to keep the larder stocked with nourishing, home-grown roots

8 mins

MAKE YOUR OWN GIN GARDEN

Become a gin genius by growing your own key ingredients. Becky Searle shows you how

5 mins

Digging for tomorrow

Encouragement to grow your own is being passed on to the next generation, as Sally Clifford discovered when she visited a former Dig for Victory site in the historic city of York

4 mins

GIVE THEM A HELPING HAND

Some of our most popular crops come from much warmer climes and need a little extra TLC before being exposed to the UK's changeable conditions. Editor Steve Ott offers some top tips to help get them off to a great start

3 mins

PREDATORS ON YOUR PLOT

Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld explores the range of beneficial predators that you can encourage into your garden, keeping pests at bay

3 mins

Just how much food?

Top organic gardening influencer Huw Richards explains how to maximise the pickings from growing spaces big and small

3 mins

ROOM TO GROW

We meet Rhiannon Alcock from Devon, whose plot provides a place to relax and learn. It also inspired a wonderful community project growing produce for local food banks

10+ mins

A GARDEN FOR EVERYONE!

This month Hannah Reid shares her experience of redesigning a garden for those with a range of disabilities and how it has benefited them

4 mins

PICK STRAWBERRIES - FOR HOME-GROWN FLAVOUR

When it comes to getting value for money and the best flavour, strawberries are hard to beat, says fruit expert David Patch

6 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.