Kitchen Garden - July 2016

YOU YOUR PLOT

6 ON THE VEG PATCH
Harvest gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants
and strawberries, protect blueberries, thin
apples, net brassicas, water crops

10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
Control plant diseases, aubergine
growing tips, growing watercress, pots
versus growing bags

12 HOT TOPICS
The latest news from the world of
kitchen gardening

14 YOUR LETTERS AND TIPS
Learn what other KG readers have
been up to and pick up some great
first-hand advice.

16 QUESTION TIME
Regular Gardeners’ Question Time
panellists Bob Flowerdew and Anne
Swithinbank answer your fruit and veg
growing conundrums

20 LAUNCH OF OUR
PASSIONATE PLOTTER
COMPETITION 2016
Why not enter our best plot and
container competition and win some
great prizes

26 A CORNISH CORNUCOPIA
Ben Vanheems visits a stunning walled garden
at Tresillian in Cornwall

36 ON THE PLOT WITH THE
THREE MUDKETEERS
Chat, tips and gardening gossip from the KG
team. Plus enter our fun Spot The Difference
competition

38 GROWING GUIDES
A review of the best websites and apps,
including the new Grow with KG app

97 NEXT MONTH
Some highlights to be found in your August
issue plus details of great free gifts

106 LAST WORD
Meet the KG reader who went to buy
a greenhouse and got himself in a bit
of bother

GET GROWING

32 BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO KALE
Rob Smith, winner of the Big Allotment
Challenge, explains how to grow this tasty and
healthy brassica, which comes in many colours
and leaf forms

42 GO GOOSEBERRIES
Anne Swithinbank promotes this often
overlooked fruit

46 WINTER TREATS FROM
SOWINGS NOW
You can sow some crops now to give you
harvests during the winter months. Emma
Rawlings suggests some suitable candidates

52 VEG THAT GIVES VALUE
YEAR AFTER YEAR
Steve Ott suggests some veg that only need
sowing the once and they keep coming back
each year. Veg growing that could not
be simpler

56 FRUIT AT A GLANCE…
COMPACT CHERRIES
We take a look at dwarf cherry trees
which can be grown on the smallest
of plots

60 ON COURSE TO GET GROWING
Interested in running an allotment-based
course? Steve Neal has some tips

64 SAVING WATER IN THE GARDEN
Water is a resource that needs protecting even
in our climate. Julie Moore has some advice on
saving it

68 NATURALLY DOES IT!
Rather than reaching for the spray to control
pests, Ben Vanheems has some tips on
protecting your crops more organically

76 MAKE A HERB BED
Joyce Russell shows you how to create an
attractive raised herb bed

81 YOUR FREE SEEDS
Advice on how to sow and grow your free
seeds this month

WHAT TO BUY

84 TRIED AND TESTED
This month the KG team test a range of
potting benches

88 GARDEN STORE
News of the best new products
and services to reach the KG offices
this month

90 READER SAVERS

92 KG INSTANT SAVERS
Save on a range of great
gardening products with our
exclusive deals including
crop frames, gardening
shoes and fruit

94 GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £2719
This month you could
win runner bean
frames, microgreen
kits and a cultivator

98 DIARY DATES
Great things to see
and do this month,
plus giveaways
entry form