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Kitchen Garden Magazine
WELCOME
This month the KG team were let loose on the veg plot
YOU & YOUR PLOT
JOBS FOR THE MONTH
TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN OCTOBER BY MARTIN FISH
ON THE VEG PATCH
STEP 1: Home-grown carrots are delicious and well worth
IN THE GREENHOUSE
■ Make any structural repairs before windy weather
WHAT’S NEW?
ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING
KG PROBLEM SOLVER
GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP
ONION FAMILY (INCLUDING LEEKS, GARLIC AND SHALLOTS)
Your guide to common pests, diseases and other problems affecting your crops
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GRAPES MADE EASY
Fruit expert David Patch take the mystery out of growing good grapes and reveals his favourite varieties to try
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VISIT A SHOW, TAKE A TOUR, ENROL ON A COURSE
SIT BACK & RELAX – THE ROBOTS ARE HERE
Are the days of conventional lawn mowing numbered? Mark Bartram, managing director of LawnmowersDirect.co.uk, asks the question
GET GROWING
ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers
The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip
GNOME GROWN with Daucus
Here Daucus the gnome offers some top tips and little garden projects to encourage children to get into gardening
FLOWERS FROM OUR PATCH HELICHRYSUM
Add helichrysums to your repertoire of cut flowers, says Tony Flanagan, you won’t be disappointed
THE GIFT OF GARLIC
Garlic is gorgeous, says Rob Smith, who just wouldn’t be without it either in kitchen or garden
MAKE ROOM FOR MUSHROOMS
Mushrooms have complex needs and they are often not completely understood, says Wendy Pillar, but growing them is cheap and easy to try
BLUE FINGER FOOD!
More of the weird and wonderful this month as Sally Cunningham discusses two shrubs that have their origins in Asia
MEET THE GOLDEN BAGGERS
Steve Neal visits a group of gardeners who didn’t let the fact that they live in the heart of a soil-less city stop them from growing their own delicious fruit and veg
MAKE YOUR GARDEN WASTE BIN REDUNDANT
With more councils charging for garden waste collection there has never been a more important time to look at DIY garden rubbish disposal. Emma Rawlings offers some tips which may save you money
ENTER OUR PASSIONATE PLOTTER COMPETITION 2018
We arecontinuing our annual search to find our most passionate plotter.Ifyou love your plot, just fill in the form, send us a few pictures and you could win some great prizes.
WACKY Produce competition
It’s time to have a chuckle at your fruit and veg growing
CHICKEN-ASSISTED COMPOSTING
Chickens are great but they can also help you to mak great compost, says Andrew Davenport
DRIED & TASTED
Drying is one of the oldest methods of preserving fresh produce, and for the gardener it offers convenience, reliability and speed. Benedict Vanheems tells us what’s involved
MAKE THE MOST OF SUMMER PLENTY
KG’s culinary wizard Anna Pettigrew off some tasty ways to deal with seasonal excesses of beans, plums and kale
MULBERRY MAGIC
With delicious berries, a new dwarf variety and modern growing methods, mulberries are well worth considering, says KG edit Steve Ott
MAKE A SALAD TABLE
An elevated garden bed is easy to use, says Joyce Russell. You can grow salad without bending and it’s so much better if the bed is moveable too
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PRODUCT REVIEWS: COMPOSTING ACCESSORIES
Creating your own compost may not be the most glamorous gardening task but it sure serves an important purpose. Take a look at the following composting products the KG team tried out this month
PUMPKINS & PEARS & A WHOLE LOT MORE!
Time to taste the fruits of autumn with more sumptuous servings from our resident chef Anna Pettigrew
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