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Hibiscus and honey poached plums
Sweet plums have a delicate floral flavour which is enhanced by gentle cooking. Lucy Burton shares her recipe for hibiscus poached fruits July brings with it a sweet abundance of stone-fruits. The crates of glossy cherries, apricots, peaches and plums…
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Elderflower drizzle cake
Wild elderflower has a short season, but is ripe for the picking in June. Lucy Burton shares her recipe for a summery drizzle cake For eleven months of the year, elder trees languish quietly and inconspicuously in our hedgerows, gardens,…
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Peach and Rose Lemonade
Homemade lemonade is a world away from store bought fizzy pop. Lucy Burton adds peach and rose for a delicious and tempting virgin fizz Few things signal the dizzy, balmy height of British summer better than rosy ripe peaches. June…
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From the Forum: Garlic confusion?
The Kitchen Garden Forum is a fun, thriving community of people like you. Each week we highlight a thread for further discussion. Forum user dan3008 asks: HiI’ve over wintered my first “winter” garlic this year (October onwards), and the stem…
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KG team get competitive
The Kitchen Garden editorial team (The Three Mudketeers) are competing among themselves to grow the largest tomato and longest cucumber Last year the Kitchen Garden editorial team headed by editor Steve Ott, deputy editor Emma Rawlings and technical writer Tony…
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Growing broad beans under cover
If you have a greenhouse or polytunnel you can guarantee yourself a very early crop of broad beans in May Not only are broad beans delicious if picked young, they are easy to grow too. I usually grow a crop…
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Pollinating indoor strawberries
If you’ve been growing strawberries under cover, don’t forget you can help with their pollination It’s April and the strawberries in my polytunnel are starting to flower, which is great! However, although strawberries are self-fertile (which means they are self-pollinating)…
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Pickled Rainbow Chard
Magical chard stems have just as much flavour as the leaves. Lucy Burton shares her recipe for pickled rainbow stems Luscious, sturdy chard is a staple of many vegetable patches. Adaptable to a range of soil acidities and resilient to…
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Sowing Carrots
Here are a few tips you might find useful for sowing carrots The main sowing period is March through to June, though I have sown in July too with good results Don’t sow in soil that has been freshly manured…
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Carolina Reaper’: too hot to handle?
So why grow the world’s hottest chilli? Well, a bit like climbing Mount Everest, ‘cos it’s there! Well here’s a chilli that needs some careful handling…literally. The ‘Carolina Reaper’ is the hottest chilli in the world. Chillies are one of…
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The Millipede: Friend or Foe?
Here’s a little creature you’re bound to come across as you work the soil, so what should you do when you find one? You will often find these little beauties in the soil. They are thinnish (compared to grubs), brown,…
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From the Forum… Does weedkiller really kill twitch?
The Kitchen Garden Forum is a fun, thriving community of people like you. Each week we highlight a thread for further discussion. Forum member Barry asks: I am very interested in your experiences regarding weedkiller.As part of the instructions for…
