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Containers of fire

Brighten the outlook and raise the temperature this summer by planting up pots with flaming colours. Hazel Sillver presents the ultimate hot list for your garden

16 carrot gold

Sow a spectrum of coloured carrots that will look good on the plate and taste delicious, says Sue Bradley, as she reveals her top 16

Budding and grafting

Alan Toogood describes how to increase roses by budding, plus using whip-and-tongue, saddle and splice grafting to propagate many other plants

OUR PLOTTERS OF THE MONTH

Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Meet the latest winners and find out more about their garden

HOT STUFF!

Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic explains how hot composting works and shares his top tips for getting the best out of the process

GROW YOUR OWN BAKING INGREDIENTS

This month Rob Smith picks out some of his favourite baking fillers for those sweet-toothed growers among us

Should we be using biocontrols?

Garden Organic's research manager Anton Rosenfeld demystifies biocontrols and shares advice on their use

ASPARAGUS UNCOVERED

Martin Fish shares his expertise with growing one of those plants that just keep on giving, year on year, while wife Jill serves up a savoury dish just bursting with flavour

NEW ALLOTMENTS IN WALES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

BACK TO BASICS WITH FRUIT

This month our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

We talk to Stephanie Slater, founder and chief executive of the charity School Food Matters, which campaigns for access to healthy, sustainable food at school and teaches children about food and food growing

YES, IN YOUR BACKYARD!

You may not have a lot of space but you can still enjoy growing a range of fruit and veg

CROWNING GLORIES

Scone Palace was once home to the Scone Stone - the crowning seat of Scottish kings. It also boasts a wonderful walled kitchen garden. Gardening writer Janice Hopper paid a visit to meet head gardener Brian Cunningham

BEAT THE HEAT!

Anticipating another very hot and dry summer this year, KG reader and keen allotment gardener Peter Dean explains his growing plans to cope with a changing climate

A way with weeds

With warmer weather arriving and the soil still moist, May provides perfect conditions for weeds. Monty shares his organic methods for keeping them at bay

Digging deeper - Major bid to save historic British trees

Putting the spotlight on the biggest issues in gardening today

Container of the month

Add a touch of modern sophistication to your garden with a container that provides form, colour and scent

2 for 1 Gardens

Join us in celebrating the incredible diversity of the 416 gardens that have joined our 2 for 1 Gardens scheme this year. Visiting a garden is a great way of getting out in nature and gathering gardening inspiration. And there are plenty to choose from, be they national landmarks, hidden gems, fairy-tale castles or horticultural havens. And to get you started, here's our pick of gardens that are new to our scheme this year and perfect for a visit this month.

Pots of joy

Growing in containers is the perfect way to be creative and make the most of every space in your garden, however small. Adam Frost shares his tips on how to grow - almost anything in a pot

Making a garden: A PLACE FOR WILDLIFE

Keeping nature at the heart of the garden, Alan Titchmarsh shows how to encourage wildlife in and still have a beautiful outdoor space that you can enjoy, too

Growing edible flowers with the experts

Flowers bring natural beauty, colour and flavour to homegrown salads. The experts at Aweside Farm share their tips on growing plants for delicious, edible blooms

Small space big flavour

May is when things spring to life in Rukmini Iyer's garden, with an early crop of peas being the perfect excuse for some crisp, herby vegetable fritters

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

With many plants in full growth, there's lots of pruning you can do now, as Frances Tophill explains

Hassle-free harvests

With warmer approaching, spring days and nights May is when seedlings get going and planting outside begins in earnest - follow Jack Wallington's time-saving tips to get growing

We love may

Oh blimey, summer is nearly here: sun on our faces and joy in our hearts. I had snoozed off a little and suddenly realised that everything is growing like crazy and the garden, which for the past few months has been quite well behaved, is now flowering and growing and doing its thing with extreme enthusiasm. I would like to think that the universal distress call of \"May Day, May Day\" was inspired by this moment (it wasn't of course: it comes from the French \"m'aidez\", meaning \"help me\". Anyway, let us all shake off the travails of winter, gird our loins and wander into the garden.

The Full Monty

As climate change makes temperatures ever more erratic, Monty reflects on how it could be time for big changes in the way we garden and the plants we grow

Flowering house plants Hanging plants

Draped over the edge of shelves or suspended from a curtain pole, trailing plants are ideal for those short on space, says Sarah Gerrard-Jones

Softwood cuttings

Get more plants for free by following Nick Bailey's guide to propagation. This month: softwood cuttings

Thrifty garden style

In the latest of our budget-savvy series, Tom Massey shares design tips that needn't cost the earth

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