Kitchen Garden - June 2019
YOU & YOUR PLOT
6 ON THE VEG PATCH ✪
Time to sow dwarf beans, tend to strawberries, dig early potatoes and net brassicas
10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
In his greenhouse Martin Fish is lifting baby carrots, training cucumbers and tomatoes, watching for pests
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 DISCOVER YOUR NEW KG SUBSCRIBERS’ CLUB
Discover the great features, money-saving offers and competitions we have lined up for KG subscribers in June
20 KG PROBLEM SOLVER ✪
Our panel of experts including Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS, help solve our readers’ gardening problems
32 THE PLOT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
This month we turn the spotlight on Geoffrey Hackett from Tyne & Wear, whose small plot just bursts with first-class produce
56 LEARNING ON THE PLOT ✪
This month we travel to Derby and a thriving allotment site that is inspiring city dwellers to grow their own
74 FIVE GROW LIVE
Our brand new series following five gardeners around the country growing the same crops, we drop in on them to see how they are progressing
100 NEXT MONTH
Some of the highlights to be found in your July 2019 issue, plus news of great free gifts
114 LAST WORD
Novice leek grower Tim Britton digs the trench for his show leeks and discovers there is more to it than he first thought
GET GROWING
16 ON THE PLOT WITH THREE MUDKETEERS
More gardening fun with the KG team as they get busy on the KG plot
26 A GARDEN FOR GOURMETS ✪
Garden writer Gaby Bartai visits a kitchen garden in Scotland which uses some surprising techniques to supply crops for a famous restaurant
36 VEG OF THE MONTH ✪
KG editor Steve Ott brings you his top tips for growing turnips
40 BEST OF THE BUNCH ✪
Allotment gardener Rob Smith explains that there is more to the humble spring onion than first meets the eye.
45 BOOST YOUR BIODIVERSITY ✪
KG regular Ben Vanheems explains why we should make space for wildlife on their plot
51 HEAVEN IN A JAR ✪
Top cookery writer Anna Cairns Pettigrew brings you some mouth-watering alternatives to the lunchtime sandwich
60 BACK TO BASICS ✪ NEW SERIES
In this issue deputy editor Emma Rawlings brings you some easy solutions to the perennial problem of controlling your weeds
66 ELDERFLOWER POWER
Organic gardening expert and cook Stephane Hafferty offers some great ways to make use of freshly forages elderflowers
70 SMALL SPACE COMPOSTING
Big on composting but short on space? Gardening writer Holly Farrell shows you how to make compost in the smallest of gardens
78 TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS
Our intrepid plotter Graham Strong updates us on progress with his new allotment
82 REKHA’S GARDEN AND KITCHEN DIARY
Former contestant on BBC’s the big Allotment Challenge, Rekha Mistry, reveals her favourite chillies, both mild and fiery
84 MAKE A VERTICAL HERB GARDEN ✪
DIY enthusiast Joyce Russell brings you a simple and inspiring way to boost your growing space
88 IS YOUR GARDEN LOOKING PEACHY? ✪
Our fruit expert, David Patch, share his love of peaches
92 HERB OF THE MONTH ✪
This month, fennel- the ornamental herb that’s packed with aniseed flavour
WHAT TO BUY
94 TRIED AND TESTED– PEST TRAPS ✪
How to control your pests without chemicals
98 READER OFFERS – SAVE £23.95
Claim your free* strawberry plants worth £13.95, plus savings on a great collection of soft fruit plants (*just pay p&P)
102 GREAT GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1755
This month you could win a mini greenhouse, power tools, pressure washer and more
104 GARDEN STORE PLUS SUBSCRIBER SAVERS
News of some great new products and services and a chance for KG subscribers to bag a bargain on gardening essentials