The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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Plants need micronutrients to grow strong and healthy – S-Chelate plant food gives your plants and soil a healthy boost
Try S-Chelate plant food for healthy plants and soil. Plant nutrition suitable for indoor and outdoor plants, gardens, allotments, lawns, orchards, golf courses, parks, sports fields and commercial crop growing.
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Anna Cairns Pettigrew’s Veggie Chilli
An easy meal to serve a crowd and is very well suited to making a day ahead. Serve with rice, or try it in baked potatoes for a filling meal.
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Adapt your gardening methods for drought and extreme heat
UK gardeners must adapt their habits to deal with extreme heat and drought brought about by climate change, says national horticultural charity, Garden Organic. Nine of the 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 2002, and the country is…
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West Dean responds to climate change with new plantings
As the UK records its highest temperatures on record and has introduced hosepipe bans, it seems timely that West Dean Gardens (Chichester, West Sussex) has introduced a new drought tolerant experimental meadow that is covered in recycled stone mulch. As…
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GIVING HOME OWNERS THE CHANCE TO GET GROWING
RETIRED nurse manager, Redrow home owner and first-time allotment holder Karen Thirkell is enjoying the fruits of her labour. Karen, who lives at Horsforth Vale, near Leeds, is one of many Redrow home owners around the country who have been…
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Autumn and Winter Propagation Workshop
Find out about the art of plant propagation in our new one day workshop. With techniques adapted from nature, we can produce plants for our gardens, with enough left over to share with friends. This workshop covers a wide range…
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Acknowledge the importance of gardening with nature in mind, this National Allotments Week
Each year, The National Allotment Society celebrate National Allotments Week, where communities and allotments are encouraged to host events and get involved with the year’s theme.
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Podcast 123: Pest and Disease Control Without Chemicals
This month we explain how you can manage pests and diseases in your garden without the use of chemicals. (Read by Rachel Atkins).
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Create a haven for struggling wildlife
– Loss of habitat is threatening British wildlife, but your garden can be a welcome home– Our gardens make up 30% of open green space in England, making them a vital place for supporting wildlife.– Over half…
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September issue now on sale!
In the September issue of Kitchen Garden, you’ll find: the KG team answer your queries on peaches, figs, potatoes and ants; and gardening writer Emily Cupit puts six brands of peat-free compost through their paces.
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HERITAGE VEG GARDEN TOURS
Go behind the scenes to discover how rare and unusual vegetables are being conserved for the future Coventry-based horticultural charity, Garden Organic conserves and grows 800 varieties of scarce vegetable cultivars for seed at Ryton Gardens, just outside the…
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PRODUCT REVIEWS: EDGING SHEARS (September 22)
Edging your lawns or grassy vegetable plot pathways is so much easier with a good pair of shears BEST BUYRAZORSHARP EDGING SHEARS These Kew Gardens Collection edging shears come with carbon steel blades, 19cm (7½in) in length, light aluminium handles…
