Kitchen Garden - May 2019
YOU & YOUR PLOT
6 ON THE VEG PATCH
This month Joyce is sowing beans and brassicas, thinning beetroot and earthing up potatoes
10 IN THE GREENHOUSE
KG regular Martin Fish is harvesting early strawberries, potting up peppers, pruning vines and sowing coriander
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 May
20 KG PROBLEM SOLVER
Our panel of experts help solve some of our readers’ gardening conundrums and tackle various issues with aubergines
32 PASSIONATE PLOTTER
Meet the runner-up in our 2018 competition, Mireille Klinkenberg from the Netherlands, and find out what she grows on her plot
45 GROWING ON THE WEB
We meet the Oldham family, who have a Dig for Victory garden in the North West
64 NEXT MONTH
Some of the highlights to be found in your June 22019 issue plus news of great free gifts
74 FIVE GROW LIVE ✪
Launch of a brand new series following five gardeners around the country who are all growing the same crops
114 LAST WORD
Deputy Editor Emma Rawlings comments on plastic in the garden and how we can manage it
GET GROWING
16 ON THE PLOT WITH THE THREE MUDKETEERS
More gardening fun with the KG team as they get busy on the KG plot
22 GROWING ONLINE
Our pick of gardening social media and websites
26 UP ON THE ROOF ✪
Steve Neal visits the Skyline Garden in London
30 GROWING YOUR FREE SEEDS – KOHL RABI ✪
Your growing guide to great harvests
36 SWEETNESS FROM THE SOIL ✪
Becky Dickinson looks into growing sweet potatoes in the UK
40 SWEET & SAVOURY ✪
Veg expert Rob Smith has some top tips for growing sweetcorn
51 FEEDING TIME ✪
Ben Vanheems has some great tips on feeding your container-grown crops
56 DARE TO BE CREATIVE AND COLOURFUL ✪
Emma Rawlings makes some suggestions to help unleash your creative spirit on the veg plot
60 VEG OF THE MONTH
Emma Rawlings offers her tips on growing winter squashes ✪
66 GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT
Stephanie Hafferty looks at what you can conjure up with edible flowers
70 WINDOWSILL WONDERS ✪
Make use of indoor space by growing crops on your windowsills. KG editor Steve Ott suggests good edibles to try
78 THE CULTIVATED PLOT
Gardening writer and photographer Graham Strong takes us through construction of the raised beds on his new allotment
82 REKHA’S GARDEN AND KITCHEN DIARY (NEW SERIES)
Former contestant on BBC’s The Big Allotment Challenge, Rekha Mistry, takes us through her gardening month
84 MAKE A TOMATO GROW STATION ✪
Practical gardener Joyce Russell shows you a great way to give outdoor tomatoes a bit of extra warmth
88 A TASTE OF THE ORIENT ✪
Our fruit expert, David Patch, suggests we all try something a bit different – nashi pears
92 HERB OF THE MONTH
This month a KG pocket guide to growing rosemary, a classic herb with many uses
WHAT TO BUY
94 TRIED AND TESTED – GARDEN TWINE
Don’t tie yourself in knots contemplating which string to buy. Read our guide to find out
98 GREAT READER OFFERS – SAVE OVER £47 ✪
Claim three free* framberry plants worth £15.90, plus great savings on rhubarb, blueberries and kiwiberry (*Just pay p&p)
102 GREAT GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1720
This month you could win a lawnmower, tickets to RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, lawncare hampers, secateurs, BugFree products
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