Kitchen Garden - October 2016
YOU & YOUR PLOT
6 ON THE VEG PATCH
Plant autumn lettuce, harvest apples and
beetroot, tend to pumpkins, check harvested
onions, weed and mulch, lift and store main
crop potatoes
10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
Care for tomatoes, sow winter salad leaves
and endives, propagate strawberries, sow
broad beans
12 WHAT’S NEW?
The latest news, comment and advice 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
18 QUESTION TIME
Regular Gardeners’ Question Time panellists
Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer
your fruit and veg growing conundrums
49 YOUR FREE SEEDS
Get the best from your free gifts of lamb’s
lettuce ‘Valentin’ and sweet pea ‘Tall Mixed’
50 ENTER 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
November issue plus details of great free gifts
106 LAST WORD
KG editor Steve Ott looks back on his year of
growing crops in pots
GET GROWING
20 ON THE PLOT WITH
THE THREE MUDKETEERS
Learn what the KG team have been up to this
month and pick up some great top tips
24 GARDEN OF TRANQUILLITY
Martin Fish tours a wonderful old walled
garden that has been given a new lease of
life as a community plot
30 BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO PEAS
All you need to know to grow this super
sweet crop from veg expert Rob Smith
34 MAKE IT! NEW
Our new series highlighting cost-saving DIY
projects to make your gardening easier. This
month, a year-round salad bar
36 VEG AT A GLANCE – BROAD BEANS
A KG guide to growing this hardy staple
40 RUNNER BEAN ‘MILLIONAIRE’ ON TEST
Steve Ott reviews a pretty and productive
new variety
42 RAISING YOUR GAME
Allotment gardener Stephanie Harrod
explains why raised beds are her choice when
growing fruit and veg
Beat the chill
54 MAKE IT A LEAFY WINTER
You can sow now for tasty and
nutritious winter pickings, as Charles
Dowding explains
76 IT’S A COVER UP
Deputy editor Emma Rawlings has
some great advice to help you
extend your harvest into the autumn
84 TRIED AND TESTED
This month the KG team put a range of
gardening footwear through its paces
46 SETTING THE JUICE LOOSE
Apple juicing tips from Oxfordshire experts
Waterperry Gardens
58 FRUIT AT A GLANCE…BLACKCURRANTS
KG’s Steve Ott has some top tips to help you
grow this nutrient-packed superfood
63 COMPOSTING THE BIODYNAMIC WAY
Organic gardener Julie Moore explains
this unique way of composting in harmony
with nature
68 CULTIVATING THE CUT
Meet some gardeners who grow their crops
on the move
74 THE BEST OF THE BRUSSELS
Discover the very best varieties of Brussels
sprouts for your plot according to RHS trials
WHAT TO BUY 88 GARDEN STORE
News of the best new products and services
to reach the KG offices this month
90 READER OFFERS
This month you can save on onion and garlic
collections, oriental veg, broad bean and pea
seed collections plus claim your free autumn
planting garlic worth £4.95 with every order
92 KG INSTANT SAVERS
Save on a range of great gardening products
with our exclusive deals including weather
vanes, plug plants and plant protection
94 GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1810
This month you could win quality pots,
gardening socks, a powered cultivator,
gutter brushes and water butts
102 DIARY DATES
Great things to see and do this month