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OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we officially launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would feature in Kitchen Garden magazine throughout 2022. Here we feature our latest winner

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Each of our 12 winners will receive a bundle of prizes kindly given by our sponsors Hozelock, Nemasys, Harrod Horticultural and Mortons Media Group.

NEW PLANTS FOR OLD

KG reader and member of The Herb Society, Lynda Warren, offers her guide to propagating herbs in water

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The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

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EXTENDING THE SEASON WITH LETTUCE

So easy to grow and with so many varieties to choose from, lettuce is a crop you can harvest nearly all year round if you grow successionally. Martin Fish explains

FROM GRASS TO gorgeous veggies

It is summer and no-dig gardener Stephanie Hafferty is thrilled by the speed and success of her new plot which only months ago was just a weedy lawn

TRIUMPH OVER adversity

Sally Clifford meets a community of growers and showers at one of the country’s oldest allotments societies in West Yorkshire

ROB'S PLOT SO MUCH TO HARVEST ALREADY!

Rob Smith is starting to enjoy the fruits of his labour with plenty to harvest but at the same time there’s also plenty to sow, and he’s keeping his eye out for pests and diseases

SIMPLE GROWING SPACES

Joyce Russell explores the range of options for growing your crops, whether you have a large area or whether space is limited

THE UPWARDLY MOBILE MUNCH

Runner beans remain as popular as ever in the veg patch, with many gardeners feeling they are the best flavoured of all beans. KG editor Steve Ott offers his top tips for bumper crops

IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC

There’s something enchanting about growing veg, says Emma Bailey, and even more so when you involve your children

WATERING WISELY

Water is a valuable resource even in our climate and we can use various techniques in the garden to preserve it, explains Dr Anton Rosenfeld , knowledge officer of Garden Organic

FROM LITTLE SEEDS GREAT THINGS GROW

Mark Alexander is a home/allotment gardener with a focus on growing food for his young family. Mark grew up learning about organic farming from his family and from this seed of knowledge grew a passion for growing his own and also seed saving

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MINI VEG FOR SMALL SPACES

If you don’t have a lot of room to grow vegetables but want a flavour of home-grown then here are a few crop suggestions and ideas from KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings

MERRY BERRIES

They may be largely unfamiliar on UK plots, but cranberries and lingonberries are perfect choices for pots on your patio or similar small spaces, says fruit-growing expert David Patch

THE TROUBLE WITH MONOCULTURES

Biodiversity is key to sustainable and eco-friendly growing, says Becky Searle , and explains why we should move away from single crop cultivation

PRODUCT REVIEW CONTAINERS FOR SMALL SPACES

You don’t need a lot of space to grow crops, so take a look at these containers for growing fruit, vegetables and herbs on your patio or balcony, in your backyard or even outside your back door

YES IN MY BACKYARD!

Don’t let lack of space stop you from growing a good range of crops – go on, surprise yourself!

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LOVELY JUBBLY JULY

Time for basil, carrots and scrumptious blackcurrants with Anna Cairns Pettigrew’s scintillating summer specials