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VIDEO: September Plot Update | Steve’s Plot Diaries
Kitchen Garden editor Steve Ott takes you on a tour of the KG greenhouse, polytunnel and mini plot to bring you up to speed on what has been happening and what his plans are for the garden through the autumn…
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Podcast 87: Bring home the harvest
Hopefully the growing season blessed you with a weighty harvest. The priority now is to ensure none of it’s wasted. Benedict Vanheems has some tips on how to safely store your hard-won produce for longer. (Read by Rachel Atkins, written…
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VISIT THE FIRST BEDWORTH SEED SWAP
The first Bedworth Seed Swap will take place between 11.00am-2.00pm, on Saturday 13th February 2021, at St Giles Church, Ash Green, Near Coventry. The event will be a dedicated opportunity for local growers and gardening enthusiasts to come together and…
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Product review: lEAF cOLLECTION TOOLS
This month the KG team have been trying out a range of tools for leaf collection. BEST BUYLEAF RAKE – RHS ENDORSED Article continues below… Advert Enjoy more Kitchen Garden Magazine reading every month. Click here to subscribe & save.…
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World’s biggest fruit trees flourish in Eden rainforest
A superabundance of stunning fruits and flowers is flourishing as never before in the Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall Among the botanical wonders turning visitors’ heads is a giant jackfruit the size of a rugby ball and…
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Fourth-time lucky Allett Creative Lawn Stripes winner
The quintessentially British striped lawn is idealised across the world and in celebration of this Allett Mowers opened up their annual Allett Creative Lawn Stripes competition internationally. This year’s stiff competition attracted a truly global set of entries in what…
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Start the journey to organic gardening in five easy steps
Gardening without harming the environment is a lot easier than you may think says Garden Organic, one of Britain’s leading organic gardening charities Feeding your soil with homemade organic compost, ditching the use of toxic chemicals such as slug pellets,…
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Video: Harvesting Runner Beans | Tony’s Plot Diaries
Tony has been harvesting his runner beans. This year he has been growing ‘Guinness Record’, a variety that produces very long pods. His rustic frame has stood up to the strong winds this year very well.
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Video: Growing Cardinal Peppers in a Self-Watering Plant Pot | Tony’s Plot Diaries
Tony is checking the progress of his sweet peppers in the polytunnel. One of his favourite varieties for it is dark purple colouring is a variety called ‘Cardinal’.
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Video: Harvesting Autumn Planted Onions | Tony’s Plot Diaries
Tony has had mixed success with his autumn planted onions which he has now harvested. The brown ones, ‘Autumn Champion’, have largely done well, but a lot of his red onions, ‘Electric’ have bolted.