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It may be cold outside, but many of us will start making

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TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN FEBRUARY BY JOYCE RUSSELL

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My wife and I acquired our first allotment 12 months

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GROWING ONLNE

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GREEN AT HEART

Best known for her time fronting rock band Catatonia during the Nineties, Cerys Matthews has always harboured a passion for nature and a love of all things green-fingered. Words: Peter Wallace

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GNOME GROWN with Daucus Make cane toppers

It is a good idea to cover the tips of all short canes in the garden to prevent eye injuries. Here we have a simple idea to make some cane toppers out of clay

Grow like a pro!

If you want super healthy plants and increased yields, grafting is the way to go, says Rob Smith, and though it’s usually the preserve of experts, it’s not beyond the ken of the amateur gardener too

All Sown up

It’s dispiriting when seeds fail to germinate or seedlings

WINNING WAYS

This month we feature the winners of the KG Plotter of the Year competition. Iryna and Rick Lewis took the accolade with their amazing allotment in Kirkham in Lancashire

FROM BRUSELLS WITH LOVE

Afew years ago it was suggested that our love or hate

The rebelliousgardener

Sue Stickland heads to the ‘wild’ West Wales and meets a gardener who doesn’t play by the conventional ‘rules’ of fruit and veg gardening

SUPER SUMAC

Gather the flowers of Rhus typhina and you can turn them into a home-made spice adding flavour to both food and drink, says gardening writer Sally Cunningham

TURN UP THE HEAT

In the second instalment of this new series, it’s February and Stephanie Hafferty is making some early sowings with the help of a hot bed and propagators

YOUR FREE SEEDS

Get the most from your seeds free with Kitchen Garden magazine this month

THE START OF SOMETHING bigger

We follow the ventures of some new allotment holders as they move from starter plots on to larger ones. One of Radio Derby’s Potty Plotters Elaine Crick follows their progress

ALL-YEAR HARVESTS FOR YOUR HENS

Steph Humes, award-winning landscape designer and keen poultry keeper, offers advice on what you can feed your chickens throughout the year

Small space growing

If you don’t have a lot of room to grow, there are many ways to maximise crops from tiny places. Emma Rawlings suggests some ideas

The apple of his eyes

This month fruit expert David Patch shares his pick of the most flavoursome apple varieties, ones you won’t find on the supermarket shelves

A MOVING EXPERIENCE

As gardeners we regularly need to move, pick up, collect and shift heavy or awkward things. KG editor Steve Ott has been looking at some products which can turn a hard job into a pleasure

Try this compost, for peat’s sake

Wendy Pillar takes a trip to Cumbria and finds out about a unique peat-free compost made from a blending of potash-rich bracken and sheep’s wool

HOW GREEN IS YOUR GARDEN?

Gardening can have a really positive impact on the environment. Here green gardener Becky Dickinson shares some eco-friendly tips

PASS THE PARSLEY

Parsley is such a popular herb and one often sold in pots in the supermarkets. Yet it is so easy to grow at home, as KG editor Steve Ott explains

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PRODUCT REVIEW SOIL TESTING

Want to know how good your soil is and whether it is right for what you’re growing? Here are some soil testing kits and equipment the KG team have been trying out this month

TIME TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR WINTER

It might be dark and cold this time of year, but there’s no lack of warmth and colour in Anna Cairns Pettigrew’s kitchen. So why not take inspiration? Bring out the carrots, kale and leeks and get cooking