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JOBS FOR THE MONTH

TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN APRIL BY JOYCE RUSSELL

IN THE GREENHOUSE

■ Vegetables raised from seed in a frost-free greenhouse

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KG PROBLEM SOLVER

GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

ON THE TOP WITH THE 3 MUDKETEERS

The ground will be soft this month, so start erecting

GNOME GROWN with Daucus

This is a great little growing project for very young children. There are many versions of these cress heads and this one uses toilet roll tubes and egg shells.

PEPPERS

Your guide to common pests, diseases and other problems affecting your crops

GROWING ONLINE

We dig into the world wide web to harvest great websites, blogs and tweets

FOOD FROM THE FIELD

Dunkeld, 15 miles north of Perth, is a small place

IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR

This month we feature the third-place winner in our competition to find KG’s most passionate plotter. Kay McHugh from Uxbridge has a walled vegetable garden, steeped in history, that now feeds three generations of her family

OH,IT DOES LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE

If you live beside the seaside, your edible gardening

A JOY OF SUMMER

“Courgettes are one of those crops that once they start

BRILLIANT BRASSICAS!

Trendy, versatile, colourful, delicious – brassicas

FLIGHTS OF FANCY

When it comes to helping out wildlife it’s easy to

A TASTE OF THE USUSUAL

Searching for something different to grow, Holly Farrell visited The Walled Garden, home of Edulis, a nursery specialising in plants for forest gardening and permaculture Pictures: Holly Farrell and Paul Barney

SPRING’S CROWING GLORY

Perennial veg offer long-term cropping for very little care and attention and asparagus is the cream of the crop. KG editor Steve Ott has some top tips for perfect spears

HOMESPUN MAGIC

In this new series, Stephanie Hafferty offers a miscellany of helpful tips and tricks for kitchen, house and garden. Here, she gets the most out of herbs and multi-sows in modules

UP WITH THE CHICKENS

Most people keep chickens just for their eggs, but they offer much more than that, says experienced livestock keeper Jason Weller

WHEN PEARS…GO PEAR SHAPED

Find out what you can do when you get a problem in a pear tree. David Patch provides the lowdown on the major pests and diseases affecting this popular fruit

THE CULTIVATED PLOT: ENGINEERING WORKS

Gardening writer and photographer Graham Strong thinks that this month construction projects will take priority, as he continues to chart the progress of the family allotment

Starting Seeds?Which compost do I use?

In this new series, fcekta MiS+ry, keen plot hoWer And {ormer contestant in TV's The Allotment (Wienie, takes us through her ardenin year

MAKE A STRAWBER TOWER

If you don't think you have enough space to grow strawberries, think again. Joyce Russell shows you how to build a strawberry tower, so you can taste fresh-picked strawberries this summer

KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN

With so much seed choice available, Julie Moore gives

LEMON BALM

In the same family as mint, lemon balm forms clumps of delicious lemon-scented leaves that are perfect for herb teas or in cooking

SAVE UP TO £12 ON ASPARAGUS PLANTS!

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TUCK IN

IT’S APRIL & TASTY IS THE WORD!

YOU SAY TOMATO…

KG production editor Pauline Hawkins looks back over a summer of endless sun, and never-ending tomatoes…