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Keeping the garden on track

Hygiene is about more than a neat garden, says Ruth

Pruning trained fruit trees

Reduce shoots to let in the sun and help fruits ripen

Last chance summer pruning

Ruth gives trained fruit trees and flowered shrubs a trim

Bounty on a budget

PART 4- Continuing her six-part series, veg growing expert Sally Nex looks at how to pick your crops at just the right time, stay ahead of garden pests, and save seed for next year

Fresh from the plot

This month Rekha is basking in the warmth of late summer, as her crops ripen for harvest. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, it's time to make a batch of deliciously spicy sweetcorn scones

Call of the wild

Want to try a more natural way of gardening but not sure where to start? Sally Nex explores rewilding on a small scale and offers easy first steps

Your ultimate cut flower guide

Bring the garden into your home with Louise Curley's guide to growing, cutting and arranging homegrown flowers. In this first of a two-part series, she looks at what to snip in the garden, how to condition stems and the best dahlias for the vase

Where do I start? Water features

PART 11 Getting started

COOKING UP A TREAT

With hazy, lazy days gliding into balmy August nights, now is the perfect time to cook and enjoy your meals outdoors. Let Adam Frost be your guide as he looks at the very best ways to cook in your garden, from fire pits and barbecues, to stoves and pizza ovens

Pots for summer impact

In the final instalment of her summer container series, Arit shows us how to plant up a display teeming with seasonal colour and punch

PLANTS WITH PURPOSE

Part 6: Trees

Monty's summer veg patch

Discover how to get the most from your veg patch as Monty shares his expert advice on harvesting veg and planning ahead for winter crops

ROB'S PLOT BRING on autumn

Summer is ending and harvesting and preserving become a part of day-to-day life for every veg gardener. Veg expert Rob Smith is no exception...

SIMPLE SEED SAVING

The cost of seeds can be quite prohibitive for some so why not save your seeds instead, and all for free? And there are other reasons too, as Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic, explains

Hot crops FOR cool weather

Winter radish is a crop that can be sown now and will mature really quickly. Emma Rawlings offers some advice on which ones to grow and how

FROM POTS TO PLOTSI

Starting out with houseplants, Hannah Reid then progressed to growing herbs and vegetables on a small scale indoors. Now she has two flourishing allotment plots!

ALL ABUZZ ABOUT CHELSEA

Stephanie Hafferty takes a tour of this year's Chelsea Flower Show with her pick of the gardens

SOWING YOUR FREE SEEDS

Here we offer some tips on growing your free KG seeds this month

PROTECT YOUR GARDEN FROM WEEDS AND PESTS

In this issue BBC Radio 2 gardening expert and Welsh Water's Pestsmart ambassador, Terry Walton, shares the natural methods that he relies on to combat weeds and pests

EXTENDING THE SEASON WITH ONIONS

From sowing to harvesting to storing, home-grown onions are something you can have all year round.

A MAN OF MANY PARTS

Martin Fish is one of the UK's most respected and loved horticulturalists. He has been a regular on TV and radio for nearly 30 years, while at the same time a prolific writer in national magazines and books. Here he chats with Grapevine podcast presenter Daniel Heighes

A NORTHERN OASIS

Martin Fish is at Kiplin Hall in North Yorkshire, finding out about its rich history and exploring its restored walled garden

TAKE cover

Stephanie Hafferty has been loving developing a new plot with no-dig beds but she was really excited when her new polytunnel arrived

WHAT A CHARMER!

It looks good, it tastes good, it's versatile and you get good value for your money. Yes, it's a charmed life with chard, says Tony Flanagan

WHEN A MINER PROBLEM IS NOT A MINOR PROBLEM

The allium leaf miner is a garden pest that is spreading across the country and is especially detrimental to leeks. Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic, explains what to look for... and the best method of prevention

ROB' S PLOT Playing it cool!

August certainly can be a sizzler of a month in the kitchen garden, with greenhouse temperatures soaring and watering becoming the key to success, explains Rob Smith

TAKE THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE

Scientists have been warning us about climate change since the 1960s. Ecologist and keen veg grower Becky Searle looks at what a changing climate means to gardeners and how we can help to mitigate it

THE BEARDED GROWERS

Two school pals met up by chance after nearly 20 years and before they knew it they had their own gardening radio show. KG editor Steve Ott caught up with John (JJ) and Chris (Bish) for a chinwag!

TIME TO TRIM and train

Surely fruit pruning is something we do in the winter months. Not so, says nurseryman David Patch as he explains why summer pruning is also essential

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we officially launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would feature in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we present a talented winning twosome