PROTECTING OUR NATIVE POLLINATORS

WELCOME

So it’s the end of another gardening season. I do hope

JOBS FOR THE MONTH

TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN DECEMBER BY JOYCE RUSSELL

IN THE GREENHOUSE

MARTIN’S TOP TIP: Consider installing a heated bench

WHAT’S NEW?

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

GROWING ON THE WEB

Vlogger Nic Ashford’s plots are located in Bidford-on-Avon alongside the river. Here he shares his long-standing passion for growing fruit and veg

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IN YOUR JANUARY ISSUE OF KITCHEN GARDEN MAGAZINE

Christmas Plot to Pot

Do you venture to your plot on Christmas Day? Emma Rawlings ponders the reasons for going there and perhaps the reason for staying!

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 MUDKETEERS

The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

SPUD LOVE

With potatoes on his mind, Rob Smith advises on selection, offers some top tips and shares some of his favourite varieties

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EDIBLE EDGES

With so much of our effort focused on what’s growing

SUCCEED WITH CAULIFLOWERS

Cauliflowers have a reputation for being a challenge, but persevere and they can be a highly rewarding – and tasty – veg to grow, says KG editor, Steve Ott

WHERE THERE’S MUCK THERE’S MAGIC

Hundreds of years of manure have helped create a growing oasis on Exmoor. Gardening writer Steve Neal visited this delightful farm garden to discover more

SUPER SEEDS FOR 2020

There are lots of new veg seed varieties to whet your

PICK A PEPINO

Sally Cunningham stumbles on an old friend, the ‘melon pear’, a succulent, attractive and low maintenance shrub that will do well in a conservatory or porch

HOME SWEET HOME

Use store cupboard ingredients, home-grown herbs and fruit to create your own unique home fragrances. They make thoughtful Christmas gifts too, says Stephanie Hafferty

THE CULTIVATED PLOT: A YEAR TO TREASURE

In the last of the series, Sally and Graham Strong are both looking back on what they have achieved in a year and forward to the plot of the future

FESTIVE DINNER

Rekha reflects on her growing year and looks forward to her homegrown veg for Christmas dinner

RHUBARB GROWING FOR FLAVOUR

This month David Patch shows how you can make rhubarb

A TASTE OF YORKSHIRE

There at its inception, show judge and exhibitor Terry Marshall is once again at the West Yorkshire Organic Group’s annual show, now in its 30th year

MAKE YOUR OWN HEATED PROPAGATOR

Get your seeds and seedlings off to a great start next spring with this DIY propagation unit. Joyce Russell shows you just how easy it is to make Pictures: Ben Russell

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

Fab festive meal!

GIVEAWAYS

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PRODUCT REVIEW LOPPERS

If you need to cut back on some of those unruly twigs and branches, take a look at these loppers that the KG team have been trying out this month