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WELCOME

If you love your garden you must love June! Flaming

JOBS FOR THE MONTH

TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN JUNE BY JOYCE RUSSELL

DO IT NOW

■ Spring-sown broad beans can be plagued by blackfly.

IN THE GREENHOUSE

■ Make sure you ventilate on sunny days to help prevent

WHAT’S NEW?

ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

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KG PROBLEM SOLVER

GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

THE PLOT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

Geoffrey Hackett from Tyne and Wear was a runner-up in our Passionate Plotter competition last year and has been growing veg for several years

LEARNING ON THE PLOT

An award-winning Derby city allotment site is leading the way with an innovative project that sets out to teach people how to become successful, productive growers. Elaine Crick reports

FIVE GROW LIVE

This growing season we are following five gardeners from different parts of the country. Each of them is growing the same selection of seeds, some of which were given away last month with KG, so why not grow along with us and compare notes?

NEXT MONTH

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 MUDKETTERS

The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

A GARDEN FOR GOURMETS

Gaby Bartai visits a walled ‘secret garden’ in Perthshire which grows to Michelin-starred standards

TURNIPS

Learn to love turnips; they are easy to grow, versatile and packed with goodness, says KG editor Steve Ott

BEST OF THE BUNCH

When it comes to growing salad onions, Rob Smith certainly has a spring in his step. Find out why

BOOST YOUR BIODIVERSITY

Spare a thought for nature and get set for bigger, better harvests. It really is as simple as that. Benedict Vanheems offers some tips to boost garden biodiversity – and your yields

HEAVEN IN A JAR!

Try these fresh, nutritious salads, perfect for a readymade lunch or picnic snack, straight from the fridge. Anna Cairns Pettigrew serves up six of the best

CONTROLLING WEEDS

Keeping weeds in check is almost a constant battle for the kitchen gardener. Emma Rawlings looks at measures to remove them the pros and cons of having them

ELDERFLOWER POWER

This month Stephanie Hafferty lauds the lovely elderflower and demonstrates the varied uses it can be put to in the home

SMALL-SPACE COMPOSTING

If you garden, you should compost; that’s the unwritten rule says Holly Farrell. But what if you are limited on space?

THE CULTIVATED PLOT: TRIALS & TRIUMPHS

This month, Graham Strong contends with break-ins and Old Testament storms as he continues to chart the progress of his plot

Chillies

Rekha Mistry,keen plot holder, blogger and former contestant on TV’s the Big Allotment Challenge , takes us through her gardening year

MAKE A PALLET GARDEN

Used pallets are a really useful resource for any gardener. They are often free, or cheap to buy, and if you have a few skills then you can make a wide range of structures and aids for the garden. Joyce Russell shows you how

is your garden looking PEACHY?

Captivated by peaches from early on, David Patch has retained his love for this most delicious of fruits and explains why, despite something of a bad reputation, they are well worth growing

FENNEL

With its distinctive aniseed flavour and form, fennel is a herb that brings something special to both kitchen and garden

PRODUCT REVIEWS PEST TRAPES

Prevention is better than cure, they say, so this month the KG team has been looking at a range of pest traps to keep your crops hale and hearty

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JUNE, JAM & JE NE SAIS QUOI

Something delicious this way comes, with blackcurrants, sage and sweet pepper here to whet your appetite. More scintillating dishes from our resident chef, Anna Cairns Pettigrew