Tips and Advice
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Why chives?
Chives are not only great in the kitchen but they’re a truly beautiful herb when left to flower I do get impatient waiting for spring onions to mature so I tend to use chives in salads instead. They’re easy to…
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VIDEO: Constructing Bean Frames
This month, The Three Mudketeers demonstrate how to put together bean frames in true comedy fashion.
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VIDEO: Testing Hoes
We’re all familiar with the Dutch hoe, but what other hoes are there on the market?
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No Excuses for Not Pruning
If you haven’t pruned yet, better now than never. Markus Kobelt of Swiss fruit nursery Lubera has just posted a very funny blog listing the excuses his customers come up with for not having pruned their fruit trees, ranging from,…
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Oh no! Leggy Seedlings!
Do your seedlings look like this? It’s not unusual if we start sowing indoors early that we get leggy seedlings I’ve often had this problem with tomato and pepper seedlings. So keen to get sowing and making a head start!…
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Sowing parsnips
Increase your success with this popular root crop Parsnips can be sown from March to April and to increase the chances of a good full row of germinating seedlings station sow the seeds. This means sowing two or three seeds…
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Growing Cucumbers (with Sea Spring Seeds)
Cucumbers are as versatile as they are delicious, lending themselves well to pickling, eating raw in salads and even cooking. Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are heat-loving vegetables best adapted to the warmest part of the year. They are members of the…
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This month in Kitchen Garden… April 2016
Take a look at what’s in the latest issue – April 2016 – plus what you can expect online and in our interactive digital magazine! A message from Steve Ott… Editor Steve Ott After a wet, windy winter you’ll be…
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Start With The Soil
“It is a truth universally acknowledged – but often overlooked – that our soil is at the very heart of successful growing.” “It is a truth universally acknowledged – but often overlooked – that our soil is at the very…
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Growing your own couldn’t be simpler!
NEW Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seeds Pods makes growing easy! ADVERTISING FEATURE: Why grow your own vegetables? Well, there’s the practical advantage that growing your own vegetables is often cheaper than shop-bought produce, but for most of us the real benefits are…
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VIDEO: Top Tips for March
There’s so much to do this month. Check out our range of tip-top videos from Steve and Tony packed with how-to guides and advice! Sowing carrots with Steve Ott Checking forced rhubarb with Tony Flanagan Sowing lettuce with Steve Ott
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Video How-To Guide – Sowing Chillies
Jobs for the month: February. The chilli pepper has seen an incredible leap in its fan base over the past few years. Watch as Kitchen Garden’s very own Emma walks you through a step-by-step of sowing chillies.
