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Providing a balanced diet

Supplements can help plants to do their best

Walk on the wild side

Val looks at how a wild approach benefits wildlife

Focus on... Growing carrots

No kitchen garden would be complete without a crop of sweet and crunchy carrots.

Top Ten Bergenias

These hardy weed-suppressing plants provide flower and foliage colour in one valuable ground-covering perennial

Annual poppies

Poppies come in many colours, can be great for cutting and drying, and their unpredictability makes them fascinating to grow.

Get the best from asparagus

Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species that may support a healthy gut, as well as help to lower blood pressure.

French connection

French connection One way to keep pests at bay is to grow French marigolds – but check they pass the smell test

Removing a tree stump

Steve and Val Bradley explain how to tackle tricky tree stumps

Salad days

As we start to feel the pinch, it's good to know there are crops that will come good again and again

Preparing for the pests

Think ahead and harness the power of nature

A glorious start to summer

These exotic climbers like a sunny spot, says Ruth

Greenhouse spring cleaning

I’ve washed ours and checked over the plants, says Ruth

Take basal shoot cuttings

Use young growth to make robust new plants, says Ruth

Repair lawns after winter

Ruth starts getting her lawn ready for summer

All about amphibians

Val looks at the lives of our declining frogs and toads

The new natives

Finding the right words for non-native plants is tricky: even native’ requires a fresh perspective, says Toby

CURRANTS SEASON BY SEASON

Versatile for the kitchen, easy to grow and unfussy where they sit, currants are an attractive soft fruit option, says David Patch

PLANNING FOR BIODIVERSITY

Looking to create a garden that encourages biodiversity but which is also productive? Becky Searle offers some valuable insights based on her own garden

SUCCESS WITH SEEDS!

Professional gardener and keen plotter Hannah Reid shares her top tips for getting your seeds and seedlings off to a great start

GROW YOUR OWN SPICE RACK

Bring a bit of spice into your life this month with Rob Smith's pick of some of his favourite herbs

TOP JOBS FOR APRIL

ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY BEN VANHEEMS

BEETROOT UNCOVERED

Martin Fish reveals all about growing one of his favourite vegetables while Jill serves up some tasty beetburgers

GROW CUCUMBERS AND GHERKINS

In this extract from her book Rekha's Kitchen Garden, Rekha Mistry turns her attention to growing plants of the Cucumis sativus family

Take three clematis

... and enjoy flowers month after month. Tamsin Hope Thomson’s combinations provide blooms in spring, summer, autumn and beyond and are ideal for small spaces

GROWING OUTDOOR TOMATOES

In many parts of the country it is possible to grow tomatoes outside and not in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Here KG's deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers some tips for success

MAKING YOUR seedlings cosy

Stephanie Hafferty offers some money-saving ideas. This month she looks at keeping seedlings warm and making sure they have adequate light

PEAS BY THE PLATEFUL

Home-grown garden peas are easy to grow, hardy and highly productive freezer fillers. KG editor Steve Ott offers some top tips for sure-fire success

Glorious Gladioli

Gladioli are fabulously flamboyant flowers that are making a comeback, so why not add them to your borders and containers for a bit of glamour, says Camilla Phelps

Cambo's captivating gardens

Janice Hopper visits a country house and estate in Fife and talks to the head gardener, Katherine Taylor, about the Edible Garden

UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES

Last year Emma Bailey, gardening writer and keen plotter, trained her pumpkin plants to grow vertically, and never looked back... or down