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Being able to harvest our own fruit and vegetables fresh from the garden is something that gives me great enjoyment and Jill loves to cook with the fresh produce. It was being in my grandma's veg plot as a young boy that sparked my interest in gardening and it's probably what led to a career in horticulture when I left school. For all my adult life I've grown fruit and veg and every year I still get a buzz when I pull the first baby carrots, pick ripe berries or cut a crispy cabbage! The hunter-gatherer in me relishes putting food on the table but it's also the enjoyment I get from being out in the garden with my hands in the soil and knowing our home-grown produce has no carbon footprint or air miles! Jill also makes some amazing dishes from it.
Last year a house move from North Yorkshire to Lincolnshire to be closer to family meant leaving behind an established fruit and veg garden. Once we started to plan our new garden, top of the list was somewhere to grow fruit and vegetables. The shape of our new plot wraps around three sides of the cottage, which meant there was no obvious place to site the veg plot. In the end we decided on the front garden, in a corner enclosed by hedges on two sides and a garage wall on the third.
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BUILD YOUR OWN CONTAINER POND
Becky Searle built a pond but soon came to see its failings. So she enlisted some help from the professionals - and went on to build a new pond on her allotment

ENJOY YOUR FREE SEEDS
Your free seeds this month include some very easy to grow and tasty favourites that are just perfect for filling gaps among slower-growing veggies

What's currant?
This month fruit expert David Patch takes a look at why blackcurrants and redcurrants are a great growing choice

POLYCULTURE IN POTS
In an extract from his new book Huw Richards explains how you can recreate polyculture on a small scale in containers

What can weeds tell you about your soil?
Before you pull up your weeds think about what they might be trying to tell you, says Dr Anton Rosenfeld of Garden Organic

OPEN-POLLINATED VS HYBRID SEEDS: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOUR GARDEN?
Natasha Lane, head of seed at Unwins, explains the difference between open-pollinated and hybrid seeds, giving you all the information you need to make an informed decision when buying them for y your garden

GARDEN RESCUE - A DIARY
The days from April to June have been busy ones for Chris and Karen Cronin, who share the diary of the progress in their loving restoration of Croome Court Walled Gardens in Worcestershire

SMALL SPACE SAVIOURS
Not everyone is blessed with a big garden or allotment but if you thought a lack of space might limit your options, think again! Benedict Vanheems shares some ingenious ideas to make the most of what you have

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

TREASURED ALLOTMENTS
Olga Grieves shares her experience of allotments in Poland, where life on the plot is about so much more than growing fruit and veg