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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.

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ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers

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

OUR TOP PLOTTERS ARE REVEALED • Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and all being featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we announce the winners, with our first prize winner being featured

Time to sharpen up • In the first of his new series taking us back to basics with essential gardening techniques, Martin Fish shows you how maintain your tools to keep them in tip-top condition

BEYOND THE PLOT… CARROTS • In the first of his new series, keen grower and cook Rob Smith looks beyond the plot to bring his top tips of harvesting, preparing and storing your favourite produce

NOBODY TOLD ME THIS! • Starting your first kitchen garden or allotment this growing season? Prepare yourself for the most rewarding hobby yet! But, as Benedict Vanheems reveals, there are a few things worth knowing before so much as lifting a spade

Cider with Martin • Martin Fish visits a couple in Nottinghamshire who are living the good life and at the same time producing barrels of delicious farmhouse cider

A SQUARE DEAL • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shows ways you can maximise your edible growing space and what to prioritise

Know your ABCs! • Excited? You should be! In this two-part series, Tony Flanagan takes an ABC tour of some of the new seed varieties you will find in the 2025 seed catalogues

JOIN THE REVOLUTION! • Shannon Keary, aka @diaryofaladygardener on Instagram, offers advice on how to set up community gardens and similar projects

BUILD A BUG BENCH • Something has been bugging Becky Searle for a while now and she finally got it out of her system, much to the benefit of the wildlife in her garden

FAMILY TREES • Winter is prime time for planting fruiting and ornamental trees. KG editor, Steve Ott, travelled to Ely in Cambridgeshire to meet anurseryman with a lifelong passion for producing trees of all kinds

ADD A SPLASH OF COLOUR • Emma Rawlings looks at some inspirational flower and veg growing combos providing not just colour but other benefits too

HERB OF THE MONTH CORIANDER

CAULIFLOWER GROWING GUIDE • Cauliflowers are delicious and nutritious. Here are our top tips to help you produce some great curds

BLUEBERRIES MADE SIMPLE • This month fruit expert David Patch brings you his back-to-basics guide for growing delicious and nutritious blueberries

PRODUCT REVIEWS STARTER TOOLS • New year, new tools? Or if you're just starting out, how about some of the essential ones that will stand you in good stead over many years?

BUYING GUIDE FOR STARTER TOOLS • There are plenty of options when it comes to buying a set of tools, so what factors do you need to take into account?

BOOK REVIEWS • We have a herby special for you this month – two new books extolling the virtues of herbs for eating, as medicine and just for their sheer beauty

YOUR FREE SEEDS • Your free gifts with this issue include three summer essentials: tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. Sow them now and feel that sunshine pour in!

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