CUTTING AND CLEARING, ALL IN ONE

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This month the KG team were let loose on the veg plot

JOBS FOR THE MONTH

TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN OCTOBER BY MARTIN FISH

ON THE VEG PATCH

STEP 1: Home-grown carrots are delicious and well worth

IN THE GREENHOUSE

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GRAPES MADE EASY

Fruit expert David Patch take the mystery out of growing good grapes and reveals his favourite varieties to try

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SIT BACK & RELAX – THE ROBOTS ARE HERE

Are the days of conventional lawn mowing numbered? Mark Bartram, managing director of LawnmowersDirect.co.uk, asks the question

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers

The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

GNOME GROWN with Daucus

Here Daucus the gnome offers some top tips and little garden projects to encourage children to get into gardening

FLOWERS FROM OUR PATCH HELICHRYSUM

Add helichrysums to your repertoire of cut flowers, says Tony Flanagan, you won’t be disappointed

THE GIFT OF GARLIC

Garlic is gorgeous, says Rob Smith, who just wouldn’t be without it either in kitchen or garden

MAKE ROOM FOR MUSHROOMS

Mushrooms have complex needs and they are often not completely understood, says Wendy Pillar, but growing them is cheap and easy to try

BLUE FINGER FOOD!

More of the weird and wonderful this month as Sally Cunningham discusses two shrubs that have their origins in Asia

MEET THE GOLDEN BAGGERS

Steve Neal visits a group of gardeners who didn’t let the fact that they live in the heart of a soil-less city stop them from growing their own delicious fruit and veg

MAKE YOUR GARDEN WASTE BIN REDUNDANT

With more councils charging for garden waste collection there has never been a more important time to look at DIY garden rubbish disposal. Emma Rawlings offers some tips which may save you money

ENTER OUR PASSIONATE PLOTTER COMPETITION 2018

We arecontinuing our annual search to find our most passionate plotter.Ifyou love your plot, just fill in the form, send us a few pictures and you could win some great prizes.

WACKY Produce competition

It’s time to have a chuckle at your fruit and veg growing

CHICKEN-ASSISTED COMPOSTING

Chickens are great but they can also help you to mak great compost, says Andrew Davenport

DRIED & TASTED

Drying is one of the oldest methods of preserving fresh produce, and for the gardener it offers convenience, reliability and speed. Benedict Vanheems tells us what’s involved

MAKE THE MOST OF SUMMER PLENTY

KG’s culinary wizard Anna Pettigrew off some tasty ways to deal with seasonal excesses of beans, plums and kale

MULBERRY MAGIC

With delicious berries, a new dwarf variety and modern growing methods, mulberries are well worth considering, says KG edit Steve Ott

MAKE A SALAD TABLE

An elevated garden bed is easy to use, says Joyce Russell. You can grow salad without bending and it’s so much better if the bed is moveable too

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PRODUCT REVIEWS: COMPOSTING ACCESSORIES

Creating your own compost may not be the most glamorous gardening task but it sure serves an important purpose. Take a look at the following composting products the KG team tried out this month

PUMPKINS & PEARS & A WHOLE LOT MORE!

Time to taste the fruits of autumn with more sumptuous servings from our resident chef Anna Pettigrew