Kitchen Garden - November 2016
YOU & YOUR PLOT
6 ON THE VEG PATCH
Plant garlic, pick courgettes and
Swiss chard, feed brassicas, take cuttings
from fruit bushes
10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
Sow peas and salads, harvest the last
tomatoes, protect tender plants
12 WHAT’S NEW
The latest news 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
Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer
your fruit and veg growing conundrums
38 GROWING ONLINE
Our roundup of some of the best gardening
info from the web and social media
46 YOUR FREE SEEDS
How to get the best from your free gifts
50 MEET THE PLOTTERS
Visit some KG reader plots and pick up top
tips for your own patch
97 NEXT MONTH
Some highlights to be found in your December
issue plus details of great free gifts
106 LAST WORD
With deputy editor Emma Rawlings
GET GROWING
22 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 ALLOTMENTS FOR ALL
Gardening writer Steve Neal visits some
thriving plots in Bristol and discovers why
they are so valuable to the local community
30 BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO ONIONS
Keen veg gardener Rob Smith brings you his
top tips for success with this essential crop
35 VEG AT A GLANCE – PUMPKINS
Staff writer Tony Flanagan has some
great growing advice and top tips for this
iconic squash
40 OKAHIJIKI ON TEST
KG’s Emma Rawlings gives her verdict on this
trendy ingredient
42 GLORIOUS GARLIC!
Gardening expert Ben Vanheems explains
how to get the best from your newly planted
cloves this autumn
48 AUTUMN INSPIRATION
KG editor Steve Ott helps you to prepare
your plot for the colder months and suggests
some crops to sow now
54 SWEET PEA HEAVEN
Head gardener Stephen Marsland encourages
us all to try this quintessentially English cut
flower
58 FRUIT AT A GLANCE – GRAPES
Every garden should have its vine. KG editor
Steve Ott takes you through the basics of
producing a good crop
63 BEES IN CRISIS
Organic gardener Julie Moore explains how
you can help your garden bees to the benefit
of future harvests
68 SPACE SAVING IN THE POTTING SHED
Writer and broadcaster Martin Fish has a great
idea for upcycling some old timber to make a
collapsible potting bench
74 CRACKING KALES
RHS trials forum member Colin Randel brings
us the results of the latest trials to find the
very best kale varieties for your plot
76 A GROWING WORK OF ART
Gardening writer Alice Whitehead visits some
very select plots in Edinburgh which are as
pretty as a picture
80 MAKE YOUR OWN LEAF BIN & SALAD BAR
Gardening expert Andrew Davenport makes a
handy leaf bin with a difference
WHAT TO BUY
84 TRIED AND TESTED
It’s autumn! Time for the KG team to put a
range of leaf grabbers and pickers to the test.
Discover our best buy
88 GARDEN STORE
News of the best new products and services
to reach the KG offices this month
90 READER OFFERS
Claim your three free raspberry canes worth
£9.95 plus save on strawberry runners,
gooseberry bushes, heavy yielding raspberry
‘Polka’ and colourful currants
92 KG INSTANT SAVERS
Save up to 15% on a range of great gardening
products with our exclusive deals including
fruit trees and bushes, garden lighting, winter
salad collections and top quality cold frames
94 GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1300
This month you could win top of the
range wellies, a log splitter, rock dust soil
remineralisation, wood treatment and seed
vouchers
102 DIARY DATES
Discover a gardening event or enrol on a
course at a venue near you. (Many more online
at www.kitchengarden.co.uk)