Kitchen Garden - August 2016
YOU & YOUR PLOT
6 ON THE VEG PATCH
Tend to leeks and carrots, prune raspberries
and blackcurrants, propagate strawberries,
feed tomatoes and make a ‘basil bar’
10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
Harvest grapes and sweetcorn, feed
summer crops, sow now for winter harvests,
control pests swiftly, try a late sowing of
mangetout peas
12 HOT TOPICS
The latest news from the world of
kitchen gardening
14 YOUR LETTERS & 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
48 LAUNCH OF OUR
PASSIONATE PLOTTER
COMPETITION 2016
Why not enter our best plot and
container competition and win
some great prizes?
97 NEXT MONTH
Some highlights to be found in
your September issue plus details
of great free gifts
106 LAST WORD
KG reader, Shona Small from Swansea,
marks the death of The Bard by selecting
veg that might have been familiar to the
nation’s favourite playwright, William
Shakespeare
GET GROWING
20 VEG AT A GLANCE…
SPROUTING BROCCOLI
A KG pocket guide to growing this nutritious
winter crop
26 NO ROUGH EDGES
IN THIS WALLED GARDEN
Sue Stickland travels to Worcester to see a
newly restored walled kitchen garden and take
a masterclass in tool sharpening and restoration
32 BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO CHARD
Keen organic gardener Rob Smith turns the
spotlight on the brightest of leafy veg
36 ON THE PLOT WITH
THE THREE MUDKETEERS
Tips and gardening gossip from the KG team
Plus our fun Spot The Difference competition
38 GROWING GUIDES
A review of the best websites and apps for
kitchen gardeners
40 WILD ROCKET ‘WASABI’
Steve Ott reviews this hot new salad leaf
42 KEEPING GARDENING
ON THE CAREER MAP
KG editor Steve Ott visits a thriving
horticultural college in Hampshire to see how
a new generation of gardeners is being trained
54 FRUIT AT A GLANCE… RASPBERRIES
Deputy editor Emma Rawlings reveals the
super choice of colourful and tasty raspberries
available to gardeners
58 BOOST YOUR ENERGY LEVELS
Feel on top of the world with nutritionist Susie
Kearley’s top tips for a healthier lifestyle
62 MAKE A FOOD DEHYDRATOR
Practical gardener Julie Moore brings you a
weekend project that could help to increase
your stock of store cupboard favourites
68 ROOTS WITH ATTITUDE!
Expert veg grower Ben Vanheems turns up the
heat with his advice on growing winter radishes
74 YOUR FREE SEEDS
Get the best from your crop of freebies this
month worth £7.88!
76 ORGANIC PEST SOLUTIONS
Green gardener Joyce Russell offers advice
on controlling summer pests without using
chemicals. Plus our roundup of current products
80 TRIAL RESULTS LEEKED!
Colin Randel brings you the latest news from
RHS trials to find the best leek varieties for your
garden and offers advice on beating leek rust
WHAT TO BUY
52 KG BOOKSHELF
A roundup of the latest and best book
releases to reach the KG offices
60 WIN A DIGITAL PASTEURISER WORTH £195
84 TRIED AND TESTED
This month the KG team give their verdict on a
range of popular spray guns
88 GARDEN STORE
News of the best new products and services
to reach the KG offices this month
90 READER SAVERS
Claim your free blueberry plant plus save
on cabbage and cauliflower collections,
strawberries and more
92 KG INSTANT SAVERS
Save on a range of great gardening products
with our exclusive deals
94 GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1605
This month you could win a VegTrug, a vertical
planting system and coffee pods
98 DIARY DATES
Great things to see and do this month, plus
giveaways entry form