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DIGGING THE DIRT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Every allotment site needs its own superhero and, luckily for John Holloway and his fellow allotmenteers, Sailor Steve came to the rescue

MAKE ROOM FOR CABBAGE

Our humble cabbage is a powerhouse of goodness and we could all benefit from eating more of it. KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers tips on growing this popular brassica

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE

Instagrammer Olga Grieves is passionate about growing sweet peas. This month she shares her favourite varieties and explains how to create a stunning display

HERB OF THE MONTH MINT

With its strong flavour, distinctive aroma and its versatility, mint has to be one of the best herbs to have outside your back door, ready for you to pick from spring through to autumn

PRODUCTIVE PLOT

Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and the chance to be featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we meet our third-placed winner

SUPER SOUASHES

Every garden should make space for squashes but with so many to choose from and so many ways to grow them, where to begin? Benedict Vanheems gets us started

GET PLANNING!

As much as we love to get going straightaway on our veg patch or allotment it's always good to start with a plan, as Becky Searle explains

Bio-stimulant or plant food: What's the difference?

Angharad James, product manager at Maxicrop, explains the difference between a bio- stimulant and plant fertiliser, and discusses which to choose when for a thriving garden

MEET THE BLOGGER MY COTTAGE GARDEN

Inspired by her grandfather, Instagrammer Sarah Pursey from Northamptonshire shares her passion for growing veg and flowers in her long back garden, a throwback to the 1930s

POTTY ABOUT STRAWBERRIES

This month David Patch turns his attention to growing succulent strawberries in pots, offering useful practical tips and recommendations for some choice varieties

REVEALING THE MAGIC

This month we're off to Worcestershire to the Walled Gardens of. Croome Court. Once sadly neglected they have now been lovingly restored, revealing treasures old and new

FANTASTIC FIELD BEANS!

Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld extols the virtues of the field bean and explains how and why we should grow lots more of this relative of the broad bean

In the right spot

Here we feature an extract from the new RHS book Grow Food Anywhere by Lucy Chamberlain, which is all about putting the right crops in the right place

KOHL RABI GROWING GUIDE

Kohl rabi is a versatile, tasty summer and autumn veg that can be eaten raw or cooked. Here are our tips to make your harvest a success

KNOW YOUR FERTILISERS

This month Martin Fish helps to demystify the seemingly complicated world of fertilisers

A FOOD FOR ALL SEASONS

Another Christmas has passed in a whirl of twinkling lights, naff jumpers and Brussels sprouts. No doubt we smug kitchen gardeners were patting ourselves on the back after another year of home-grown delights on the dinner table. Frost-sweetened parsnips dripping with butter, tender carrots and potatoes grown and roasted by our good selves. Not to mention the swede, turnips, cabbages and other winter treats. If you're reading this while Christmas memories are fresh, you might feel your waistline expanding just thinking about it. For some, it might even be too soon to talk about food full stop!

DIGGING THE DIRT THINGS THAT GO CLUNK IN THE LIGHT

John Holloway finds the mechanical and electrical tools on his allotment site somewhat 'challenging', shall we say. But has he found the perfect solution?

THE BIG (OR LITTLE) PARSNIP GROW-ALONG

Back in December we included a free packet of parsnip seeds with every issue and invited readers to join us in growing the longest root. Here are some top tips to get you started

DIGGING FOR DEVON!

Rhiannon Alcock thought gardening was definitely not for her. So who could have foreseen that one day she would go on to found a thriving community project growing food for food banks?

WINTER WONDERFUL

This month Anna Cairns Pettigrew has prepped a range of delicious and nutritious dishes for us all to try, with mustards, Savoy cabbage and 'Cavolo Nero' kale on the menu

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR COMPOST

Dr Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic shares some great ideas for ways to use your composted waste effectively

A wildlife pond is born

Jane Kelly finally got round to making her own pond in the hope that it would attract a variety of wildlife. And it did!

UNDER COVER

HARVEST WINTER SALADS - Winter salads, whether they have been growing outside, on a windowsill or under cover in the garden, will be starting to grow faster as the day length increases. Regular picking of the outer leaves helps to keep the plants healthy and producing for much longer.

HERB OF THE MONTH: SAGE ADVICE

Sage has been an important culinary and medicinal herb for centuries but it also comes in a range of leaf colours that makes it a real treat for the eyes (and nose) in borders and pots

CREATING A POTAGER GARDEN

Creating vegetable beds in patterns with dividing pathways can be an attractive and practical way to grow. Emma Rawlings offers some tips on making a potager

SOW EASY

Are you ready for spring? It all starts with those seeds and the more we can do to improve germination rates, the better our chances for a bumper season. Benedict Vanheems offers some advice to help you up your sowing success

OUR TOP PLOTTERS

Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and the chance to be featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we meet our second-placed pair

SEPTEMBER SPECIALS

This month, with sweetcorn, figs and blackberries on the menu, Anna Cairns Pettigrew is not only serving up something sweet and something savoury, but all things scrumptious

FLAVOURSOME FRUIT AUTUMN RASPBERRIES

September - is it late summer or the start of autumn? David Patch ponders the question and says whatever the season, it's time to harvest autumn raspberries

SOW GREEN THIS AUTUMN

Covering the soil with a green manure in winter offers many benefits and this is a good time to sow hardy types, says KG editor Steve Ott