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TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN MARCH BY JOYCE RUSSELL

ON THE VEG PATCH

STEP 1: Small sets are the easiest way to grow onions.

IN NTHE GREENHOUSE

■ Tender vegetables such as courgettes, sweetcorn and

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ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

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KG PROBLEM SOLVER

GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

PROBLEM SOLVER

Your guide to common pests, diseases and other problems affecting your crops, with Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS

GROWING BACK TO BASICS

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith chats to Kitchen Garden about home-growing, gardening mishaps, and the future of her iconic red ‘she-shed’

ONT HEP LOWTI THTH 3 MUDKETEERS

Like many readers no doubt, the Mudke toors like to

NEVER MIND THE HEA T, SAVOUR THE FLAVOUR

Hot on the chilli trail, Martin Fish visits a father and son business in Nottinghamshire, going from strength to strength

TINY PLOT WITH BIG IDEAS

This month we feature the second place winner in our competition to find the most passionate plotter. Dennis Kennedy from Plymouth took the accolade with his quirky plot

STORE CUPBOARD INSPIRATION

In this extract from her wonderful new book, The Creative Kitchen, author, organic gardening expert and cook Stephanie Hafferty explains how easy it is to make flavoured sugars and salts to pep up your recipes and preserve precious ingredients

CURSE OF THE CARROT FLY

You’re more likely to get carrot fly than not if you don’t protect your crops. Fortunately, there’s plenty you can do, says Rob Smith

DUCKS ON THE PLOT

Thinking of getting some ducks? Good idea! But take some guidance first from experienced duck-keeper Katie Runacres

SAVE WHILE YOU GROW

Money shouldn’t be an obstacle to your green-fingered ambitions, says Benedict Vanheems. Get clever, leave the wallet at home and grow a lot more with a lot less!

FUTURE-PROOF YOUR FRUIT TREES

With bumper yields on fruit trees in 2017 and 2018, what can we expect this year? Reasons to be cautious, perhaps, but there are some measures you can take to help your fruit trees, says Sally Cunningham

VEG OF THE MONTH GREEN HOUSE CUCUMBERS

The difference in taste between a home-grown cucumber and its supermarket imposter is stark, so if you want flavour it has to be grow your own, says Tony Flanagan

GROWING ON THE WEB

This month we meet Bill Love from Northern Ireland, a relative newcomer to the hobby who quickly became addicted to growing his own, helped in part by the online community

LET THE SOWING BEGIN

It’s always exciting to rip open those first packets of seed in spring and Joyce Russell has some top tips to help you get the best germination

FRUIT TREE PROPAGATION PART2

This month David Patch concludes his two-part series on fruit tree propagation by looking at one of the main techniques – grafting

THE CULTIVATED PLOT: MARCH ADNESS!

It’s a race against time to get the plot prepared and planted up for the new season, as gardening writer and photographer Graham Strong continues to chart the progress of the family allotment

REKHA’S GARDEN AND KITCHEN DIARY MARCH

If this was a post from when I first took over my London

PARSLEY PLUS

Hamburg parsley gives you two crops for the price of one – and it’s delicious, hardy and easy to grow. Gaby Bartai goes back to her mid-European roots.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Simon Crawford of Burpees Seeds is the UK’s most successful and prolific breeder of new tomato varieties. In this issue he offers his top tips for growing crops outdoors

CORIANDER

Coriander is a herb often used in Asian and South American cuisine. It is also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley and tends to be grown as an annual. It isn’t just the leaves of the plant that can be used, the flowers and seeds can too

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You don’t need a lot of space to grow potatoes so take a look at these potato planters for your backyard or patio

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IT’S GOING TO BE A MOUTHWATERING MARCH

Our resident chef Anna Cairns Pettigrew has some delicious dishes that make the most of those hardy late winter standbys – cabbage, cauliflower and perpetual spinach