EDITOR’S LETTER
With things hotting up on the veg patch now (hopefully!) in this issue you’ll find some great ideas to help you cut watering and water waste. We show you how to become a mulching master and reveal some of the latest irrigation kit, which targets water directly to the roots of your crops. Pests and weeds can be a perennial headache, so wouldn’t it be nice to have some ideas as to how to keep them under control? Well that‘s just what we bring you on pages 44 and 68 where our experts Julie Moore and Mike Hedges offer their thoughts on how to keep these combined terrors in check without resorting to chemicals.
Fancy your chances as the next local show champion? Then turn to page 61 for some great top tips including some from Matt Biggs, a great veg growing enthusiast who will be familiar to many of you from his regular contributions to Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, as well as his many excellent books on the topic.