Kitchen Garden Magazine - May 2023

In this issue

KG PLOTTER OF THE MONTH COMPETITION
This month Rev Elaine Halls from Carmarthenshire shows us around her award-winning and visitor-friendly plot.

ASPARAGUS UNCOVERED
Gardening expert Martin Fish explains how to get the best from this long-term crop.

THE PERMACULTURE GARDEN
Professional grower Hannah Reid explains why she uses permaculture on her plot..

JOBS FOR THE MONTH

ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS

5 mins

NEW ALLOTMENTS IN WALES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

1 min

ASPARAGUS UNCOVERED

Martin Fish shares his expertise with growing one of those plants that just keep on giving, year on year, while wife Jill serves up a savoury dish just bursting with flavour

5 mins

OUR PLOTTERS OF THE MONTH

Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Meet the latest winners and find out more about their garden

7 mins

INCREDIBLE EDIBLE PERENNIALS

Stephanie Hafferty shows how you can save money by growing crops that just keep on coming year on year

5 mins

GET YOUR RUNNERS OFF TO A FLYING START!

As one of the summer and early autumn's tastiest and more prolific vegetables, runner beans are a must-grow crop, says KG staff writer Tony Flanagan. So get sowing now!

4 mins

GROW YOUR OWN BAKING INGREDIENTS

This month Rob Smith picks out some of his favourite baking fillers for those sweet-toothed growers among us

5 mins

THE PERMACULTURE GARDEN

This month Hannah Reid explains how she incorporates the principles of permaculture into growing her fruit and veg

5 mins

Should we be using biocontrols?

Garden Organic's research manager Anton Rosenfeld demystifies biocontrols and shares advice on their use

3 mins

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

We talk to Stephanie Slater, founder and chief executive of the charity School Food Matters, which campaigns for access to healthy, sustainable food at school and teaches children about food and food growing

8 mins

CROWNING GLORIES

Scone Palace was once home to the Scone Stone - the crowning seat of Scottish kings. It also boasts a wonderful walled kitchen garden. Gardening writer Janice Hopper paid a visit to meet head gardener Brian Cunningham

4 mins

YES, IN YOUR BACKYARD!

You may not have a lot of space but you can still enjoy growing a range of fruit and veg

4 mins

BACK TO BASICS WITH FRUIT

This month our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers

5 mins

HOT STUFF!

Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic explains how hot composting works and shares his top tips for getting the best out of the process

3 mins

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Kitchen Garden Magazine Description:

Kitchen Garden Magazine - UK's No.1 for growing your own fruit and vegetables. KG also offers great monthly give-aways, special gardening offers, recipes, growing tips and much more.The KG team put their heads together to bring you their top 101 tips to help you get your season off to the best possible start and as cheaply as possible. We hope you’ll agree that they are genuinely useful. If you have any of your own you’d like to share, please drop me a line and we’ll feature them in the magazine.