Kitchen Garden Magazine - September 2023

In this issue

KG PLOTTER OF THE MONTH COMPETITION
Take a tour of the lovely small plot of KG reader Michael Buxton from Sheffield.

ON THE PLOT WITH THE THREE MUDKETEERS
We join the team on their plots as they cope with gluts, sow late veggies and propagate strawberries.

LET’S GO ORGANIC
We celebrate Organic September with top advice from leading charity Garden Organic..

TOMATOES UNCOVERED

Once again, Martin Fish lets us in on some of the secrets of successful tomato growing. Martin's wife Jill explains how to make a delicious roasted tomato sauce

3 mins

OUR PLOTTER 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 another of our creative and talented winners

3 mins

SAVING SEED, SOWING AND STORAGE

Stephanie Hafferty runs a no-dig homestead in Wales and this month she has lots to do, including saving seed, more sowings and storing harvests

3 mins

GROW YOUR OWN RATATOUILLE AND MEDITERRANEAN ROASTED VEG

This month, Rob Smith brings a taste of the Mediterranean to the table with a range of succulent veg, perfect for roasting

5 mins

OUR JOURNEY SO FAR!

Join keen allotment blogger and vlogger Jane Kelly as she recalls her allotment journey with husband Mike, dog Rocky and a little flock of rescue hens

3 mins

SEEDS WORTH SAVING

Becky Searle shows you how you can save money, have healthier plants and protect food diversity just by saving seeds

5 mins

The froghopper: a creature of extremes

In the first of a new series taking a close look at garden wildlife, nature watcher Jack Edmonds highlights a fascinating insect with a unique way of keeping predators at bay

2 mins

A VOYAGE OF food discovery

We talk to Charlotte Repton of the Country Trust, a charity dedicated to teaching children about food and how it is grown

5 mins

THE ONLY WAY IS UP

What do you do when you can't expand your plot outwards? You go vertical. KG reader Geoff Hackett explains his unique growing system

4 mins

CREATING A show garden STAT

An idea conjured up on a train led Hannah Reid to exhibit a garden at this year's Hampton Court Flower Show. She explains how her 'train of thought' led to this magnificent creation

5 mins

BLUEBERRIES SEASON BY SEASON

Take a walk through the blueberry year with lots of tips and advice from our regular fruit expert David Patch

6 mins

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR!

Tony Flanagan attempts to navigate his way through the puzzling world of garden law and discovers some interesting facts

2 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.