Tony Flanagan

  • White chocolate and raspberry buns!

    White chocolate and raspberry buns!

    Raspberries are another summer fruit that is easy to grow and is rewarding both in terms of quantity and flavour. There are generally two types of varieties of raspberries; summerfruiting raspberries which start to fruit in July and autumn-fruiting raspberries,…

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  • Scrumptious strawberries!

    Scrumptious strawberries!

    Strawberries are extremely easy to grow, and even just a few plants can provide a plentiful supply of sweet succulent fruits through the summer months. If chosen carefully, varieties such as the early ‘Elvira’, ‘Cambridge Favourite’ or ‘Florence’- will provide…

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  • product review: september 2020

    product review: september 2020

    This month the KG team have been trying out a range of garden snips. Here is our Best Buy and Top Picks selection BEST BUYGARDEN SNIPS These Japanese-made garden snips have slender blades made from SK85 carbon steel with a…

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  • URGENT RECALL: Courgette ‘zucchini’

    URGENT RECALL: Courgette ‘zucchini’

    Mr Fothergill’s, the Newmarket based seed experts, have recalled stocks of Courgette ‘Zucchini’ with the batch code I on the packet (located after the printed use by date) as a small number of seeds could produce bitter tasting fruits. This…

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  • Trowels

    Trowels

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for July. This month the KG team has been trying out a variety of trowels BEST BUY ELEMENTS HAND TOOL SET This set contains three essential planting and weeding tools. The heads are…

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  • One to try: Dream Peppers

    One to try: Dream Peppers

    If you’re looking for a pepper plant that produces lots of fruit, says Tony Flanagan, why not try ‘Lemon Dream’ and ‘Tangerine Dream’? I tend to prefer the larger sweet peppers such as ‘King of the North’ and ‘California Wonder’…

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  • Hoes

    Hoes

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for May. This month the KG team has been trying out a variety of hoes BEST BUY MULTI-CHANGE® PUSH-PULL WEEDER This weeder has a wavy dual edge blade which you move backwards and…

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  • Sowing Kits

    Sowing Kits

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for April. This month the KG team have been looking at sowing kits and more… BEST BUY SEED SOWING STARTER KIT This sowing kit comes with a five litre bag of vermiculite, a…

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  • Plant Labels

    Plant Labels

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for March. This month the KG team have been looking at different plant label options BEST BUY MOULDED PLANT LABELS These British made moulded plant labels are made from 90% recycled plastic. They…

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  • Soil Testing Kits and Meters

    Soil Testing Kits and Meters

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for February. This month the KG team have been looking at soil testing kits and meters BEST BUY MINI SOIL TESTING KIT This soil testing kit consists of four test tubes, four measuring…

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  • Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks

    Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for January.  This month the KG team have been looking at gardening gifts for under £25 BEST BUY GOLD LEAF WINTER TOUCH GLOVES Endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, these Gold Leaf Winter…

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  • Video: Tasting Chilli Peppers – Spicy Jane

    Video: Tasting Chilli Peppers – Spicy Jane

    Will Steve dare to taste some of Tony’s new chilli peppers? For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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