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  • July issue now on sale!

    July issue now on sale!

    In the July issue of Kitchen Garden, you’ll find some great expert advice from gardening writer and broadcaster Martin Fish on growing lettuces and resident fruit expert and leading nurseryman David Patch talks cranberries or lingonberries.

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  • Create your own tiny tray allotment this Children’s Gardening Week 

    Create your own tiny tray allotment this Children’s Gardening Week 

    A former Blue Peter gardener has suggested a novel way for the UK’s nature-loving youngsters to take part in Children’s Gardening Week (28th May – 5th June 2022) this year – whether they have a garden or not.  “Skip the…

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  • Podcast 121: Get to Grips with Grapes

    Podcast 121: Get to Grips with Grapes

    This month we tackle a fruit with an undeserved reputation for being tricky. Indoors, outdoors, grow them in a pot; this month David Patch maps out the options for growing grapes in the UK. (Read by Rachel Atkins). Listen to…

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  • World Bee Day

    World Bee Day

    It’s WORLD BEE DAY on the 20th May, so look out for solitary bees and help scientists better understand declines. Check out a new solitary bee identification guide available to download free at https://northsearegion.eu/beespoke/publications-downloads/While bumblebees and honeybees are familiar to…

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  • Fathers’ Day Gardening Gifts

    Fathers’ Day Gardening Gifts

    Show your green-fingered fathers your appreciation with our Fathers’ Day gardening gift guide.

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  • Kitchen Garden’s How To Grow Veg by Mortons Books

    Kitchen Garden’s How To Grow Veg by Mortons Books

    At Kitchen Garden, we care about making sure you get the tastiest produce from your plot! That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive guide with hints and tips on growing a whole range of crops.

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  • Spring vegetable recipes

    Spring vegetable recipes

    As the end of Spring is nearing, you may have surplus homegrown vegetables and greens to use up. So we thought we’d put together a handy guide to delicious recipes, so you can make the most of what’s in season…

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  • Time to sow tender veggies

    Time to sow tender veggies

    If you haven’t done it already, now’s the time to sow things like courgettes, pumpkins, cucumbers and other squashes. I always wait till now (mid-May) as I don’t have a heated greenhouse and although it’s plenty warm enough during the…

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  • VIDEO: How to Get Started Growing Spring Onions

    VIDEO: How to Get Started Growing Spring Onions

    Learn everything you need to know to start growing Spring Onions in this excellent beginners guide. This video explains how to prepare the ground, sow the seeds and how to care for the spring onions as they grow.

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  • Undercover salads

    Undercover salads

    If you have an empty border of soil in the greenhouse and don’t grow tomatoes or peppers in it you could always sow salad leaves in short rows. Pictured are sowings of radish ‘Rioja’ which is often used as a…

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  • Must-have guide for every gardener | Kitchen Garden

    Must-have guide for every gardener | Kitchen Garden

    At Kitchen Garden, we care about making sure you get the tastiest produce from your plot! That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive guide with hints and tips on growing a whole range of crops.

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  • VIDEO: The Most Effective Slug Control

    VIDEO: The Most Effective Slug Control

    Slugs can be a very damaging pest in the garden. In this video, the team examines a variety of methods of slug control!

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