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JANUARY HAS JUST GOT BETTER!

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Welcome

It’s a wonderful prospect – the thought of a brand-new gardening year ahead...

TOP JOBS FOR JANUARY

ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY STEPHANIE HAFFERTY

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SOW AUBERGINES

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OUR TOP PLOTTERS ARE REVEALED

Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes

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NEW YEAR, NEW ALLOTMENT

KG reader Peter Dean has just taken on a new plot and is looking forward to growing a good variety of fruit and veg

Time to sharpen up

In the first of his new series taking us back to basics with essential gardening techniques, Martin Fish shows you how maintain your tools to keep them in tip-top condition

BEYOND THE PLOT… CARROTS

In the first of his new series, keen grower and cook Rob Smith looks beyond the plot to bring his top tips of harvesting, preparing and storing your favourite produce

NOBODY TOLD ME THIS!

Starting your first kitchen garden or allotment this growing season? Prepare yourself for the most rewarding hobby yet! But, as Benedict Vanheems reveals, there are a few things worth knowing before so much as lifting a spade

Cider with Martin

Martin Fish visits a couple in Nottinghamshire who are living the good life and at the same time producing barrels of delicious farmhouse cider

A SQUARE DEAL

Garden Organic’s Anton Rosenfeld shows ways you can maximise your edible growing space and what to prioritise

Know your ABCs!

Excited? You should be! In this two-part series, Tony Flanagan takes an ABC tour of some of the new seed varieties you will find in the 2025 seed catalogues

JOIN THE REVOLUTiON !

Shannon Keary, aka @diaryofaladygardener on Instagram, offers advice on how to set up community gardens and similar projects

BUILD A BUG BENCH

Something has been bugging Becky Searle for a while now and she finally got it out of her system, much to the benefit of the wildlife in her garden

FAMILY TREES

Winter is prime time for planting fruiting and ornamental trees. KG editor, Steve Ott , travelled to Ely in Cambridgeshire to meet a nurseryman with a lifelong passion for producing trees of all kinds

ADD A SPLASH OF COLOUR

Emma Rawlings looks at some inspirational flower and veg growing combos providing not just colour but other benefits too

HERB OF THE MONTH CORIANDER

Coriander is one of those herbs you either love or hate, like Marmite. If you love its pungent scent and flavour then it is delicious added to many different dishes

CAULIFLOWER GROWING GUIDE

Cauliflowers are delicious and nutritious. Here are our top tips to help you produce some great curds

BLUEBERRIES MADE SIMPLE

This month fruit expert David Patch brings you his back-to-basics guide for growing delicious and nutritious blueberries

YOUR FREE SEEDS

Your free gifts with this issue include three summer essentials: tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. Sow them now and feel that sunshine pour in!

STARTER TOOLS

New year, new tools? Or if you’re just starting out, how about some of the essential ones that will stand you in good stead over many years?

BOOK REVIEWS

We have a herby special for you this month – two new books extolling the virtues of herbs for eating, as medicine and just for their sheer beauty

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