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GROWING ONLINE

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DIG FOR VICTORY AND THE WAR AGAINST PLASTIC

KG reader Stephen Nightingale is a lifelong grower of fruit and veg on his plot in West Sussex. He charts the food growing trends he has seen in that time and considers their consequences

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Top tips for perfect pods

This month veg expert Rob Smith turns his attention skywards and offers his advice for growing the very best runner beans

Enjoying the plot

Growing your own fruit and veg is so rewarding, whether you garden on your own or share the experience with friends and family. Here we feature some KG readers who get a lot of pleasure from their plots

Grow a salad bar

Watery iceberg lettuce and under-ripe tomatoes, anyone? Not on your nelly! Grow your own salad bar and give the limp and lacklustre the heave-ho, implores Benedict Vanheems

Cues to CELEBRATION

It’s the year of the cucumber and to mark the occasion why not sow some seeds this month and grow your best ever crop? With advice from the KG team, of course!

ANISEED DELIGHTS

Florence fennel is grown for its white bulbs with a powerful aniseed taste. Member of the RHS Vegetable Trials Assessment Forum, Colin Randel, reveals the best varieties

Marvellous may!

This is a lovely month in the veg growing calendar with lots of new shoots emerging. Stephanie Hafferty is busy planting up her polytunnel and plot

Get the buzz FROM BEEKEEPING

Beekeeping is becoming an increasingly popular hobby. Not only is it environmentally friendly but also a relaxing pastime, says gardening writer Emily Collins. She offers some advice on how to start your own hive

FRILLY AND FULSOME

Endive tends to play second fiddle to the more popular lettuce, yet its tangy, astringent flavour is a great foil to its fairly bland cousin in a mixed salad. KG editor Steve Ott offers some tips for tasty heads

FORM COUGH GRASS TO COURGETTES

This month we meet ace plotters and Instagram diarists Marie and Jim Darlow on their productive and colourful plot in West Yorkshire

LITTLE GREEN FINGERS

There are many creative ways you can engage your children in the great adventure of gardening, as Janice Hopper explains

HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY TREE

The mulberry has been around for millions of years and has a fascinating history. Take a tour with David Patch and get some top advice on growing this fruit with its unique flavor

For everything there is a season

We demand cheap food and expect to be able to buy it all year round - but what is the real cost? Biodynamic gardener Julie Moore investigates

Yomping yams

A crop for warmer climes generally speaking, yet there is one variety of yam - the cinnamon vine - that can be grown here in the UK to good effect, as Sally Cunningham explains

ONE TO TRY Tomato ‘Shimmer F1’

This month KG staff writer Tony Flanagan takes a look at a tomato variety that caught his eye last year, but does it taste as good as it looks?

MAKE YOUR OWN Crop covers

Covering crops with netting is the best way to keep many pests at bay and Joyce Russell shows you how to make your own

FLYING THE FLAG FOR ALLOTMENTS

The hard-working gardeners at Ashbourne Road and District Allotments are not just rewarded with pristine produce. They were recently recognised by the local community too, as Potty Plotter Elaine Crick explains

GROWING ONLINE AND ON THE PLOT

This month we feature the winner of My Website/Blog category of our 2019 competition, Rachel Wilkinson from Manchester

PRODUCT REVIEWS HOES

Weeding - don’t you just love it? Time to invest in a new hoe perhaps so take a look at what the KG team (with guest Rebecca Garbutt from Lincoln University) has been trying out this month

HOE HOE HOE

Weeding is probably not a funny matter but it is often

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THE DARLING SPUDS OF MAY

But it’s not only potatoes that feature in Anna Cairns Pettigrew’s recipes this month. She’s also using chives and rainbow chard, bringing both colour and flavour to the spring kitchen table

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