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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.

Welcome

TOP JOBS FOR AUGUST • ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY STEPHANIE HAFFERTY

UNDER COVER

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers

GROW WITH BELLE

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QUESTION TIME • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH • Meet another of the 12 creative and talented gardeners selected as our Plotter of the Month winners last year. Why not make a note to enter our new competition? Details on page 25

A NEW kitchen garden • Despite an attack of blight and cabbage whites, everything in the garden is rosy, says Martin Fish, with plenty to harvest. Meanwhile, Jill has been busy in the kitchen making a scrumptious plum dessert

For the LOVE OF LETTVCE • A versatile vegetable and easy to gr lettuce will bring both colour and variety to your plot and plate. Mo growing advice from Rob Smith th month, plus he shares some of his favourites, both old and new

BEAT THE HEAT • Sultry summer heat can be tiresome for us and stressful for our crops. But, as Benedict Vanheems shows us, there are a few cool tricks to deploy to help plants cope and even thrive

CELEBRATING ALLOTMENTS • National Allotment week is in August and it highlights the wonder of the British allotment. Here KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings takes a look at the history of allotments and some tips on taking one on

IN YOUR SHED

PRETTY SEEDY • Seeds for cooking and baking can be expensive to buy, yet many of the plants that produce them are attractive and easy to grow. KG editor Steve Ott takes a look at some ‘good doers’

GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT! • Edible flowers look fantastic but they can add flavour to your meals too, as Becky Searle explains

DON'T LET BAD APPLES SPOIL YOUR DAY • A home-grown apple is worth the hard work, says Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld, as he shares his tips for tackling common apple problems

MAKE SPACE FOR WILDLIFE • In this extract from RHS The Garden Almanac 2025 authors Zia Allaway and Guy Barter offer a great idea for a combined windowbox/bee hotel

BRINGING HERBS TO THE TABLE • Fresh herbs are a must-have for every gardener, especially if you love to barbecue or make cooling summer drinks. KG editor Steve Ott brings you some top tips to tickle the taste buds of your garden party guests

BOOK REVIEWS • We review some of the latest gardening books to have arrived in the KG offices

PEACE, VEG AND CONTEMPLATION • On a summer family vacation, Dan Heighes fortuitously stumbles on a fantastic Benedictine abbey, replete with a burgeoning orchard and a very productive kitchen garden

EXPANDING HORIZONS • This month we chat to keen allotment gardener and blogger Alison Calverley from Sheffield about her ever-growing veg patch

FLAVOURSOME FRUIT GOTTA PICK A PEAR OR TWO • Pears are one of the delights of early autumn and fruit expert David Patch would like us to grow more. But which of the many varieties to choose? Here's his selection of the best.

PRODUCT REVIEWS THINGS FOR YOUR SHED • So how can you enhance your shed, keep it safe or make it tidier? Here are a few suggestions

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