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WELCOME

JOBS FOR THE MONTH • TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN AUGUST BY JOYCE RUSSELL

STEP BY STEP

ON THE VEG PATCH

DO IT NOW

STAKE WINTER BRASSICAS

CLEAN AND FLY-FREE CARROTS

MORE ONIONS AND GARLIC

EARLY APPLES

IN THE GREENHOUSE

WHAT TO DO IN AUGUST

AUGUST TIPS

WHAT’S NEW? • ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

DID YOU KNOW?

HAVE YOUR SAY • CONTACT US WITH YOUR LETTERS AND TIPS: TFLANAGAN@MORTONS.CO.UK

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FROM THE FORUM

Kitchen Garden

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 MUDKETEERS • The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

GNOME GROWN With Daucus Kids spot the difference

KG PREM SOLVER • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

WRITE IN AND WIN - EVERY QUESTION WINS A PRIZE!

APRICOTS, PEACHES AND NECTARINES • Your guide to common pests, diseases and other problems affecting your crops

MANGETOUT ‘SWEET SAHARA’ • KG editor Steve Ott brings you his verdict on a mangetout pea for those with a sweet tooth

THE BEANS OF YOUR DREAMS • Sue Stickland visits Beans and Herbs and speaks with Pippa Rosen, an organic seed producer who specialises in unusual and heirloom beans

MEET THE KG TEAM

COOKING WITH BEANS

GROWING FRENCH BEANS FOR SEED

A FLAVOUR OF THE EAST • Relatively new to the UK gardening scene, oriental veg offer a fast way to fill your plot with late season pickings, says KG editor, Steve Ott

MIBUNA

WATCH OUT FOR

COOKING WITH ORIENTAL VEG

SUPPLIERS

GROWING ONLINE • We dig into the world wide web to harvest great websites, blogs and tweets

FROW LETTUCE TOWER

BACK TO BASICS... OVERWINTERING ONIONS • With harvests in full swing, bare patches can start to appear on the plot this month. Why not fill some space with a truly useful veg – autumn sown onions, says KG editor Steve Ott

STEVE'S FAVOURITE VARIETIES

SEASONAL SALAD LEAVES • There’s more to lettuce than summer salads, says Rob Smith, as he takes a look at options for harvesting this crop from late summer into early spring

TOP TIP

ROB’S TOP FIVE FOR WINTER GROWING

GROWING ON THE WEB • Aerospace engineer of 41 years before retiring in 2013, Nigel Jewkes now spends much of his time on his allotment and updating his YouTube channel, MuddyBootz, which has nearly 7000 subscribers. KG wanted to find out more

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN GROWING VEG?

DO YOU SHOW ANY OF YOUR PRODUCE AT LOCAL OR NATIONAL SHOWS?

TALES FROM THE ALLOTMENT • National Allotment week is August 12-18... so we thought we would celebrate by bringing you some anecdotes from contributors and readers. Do write in and share your stories

SALADS THE SECOND COMING • Warm up this coming winter with a hearty… salad? You betcha! There’s a plethora of super-hard, super-satisfying winter salads to tuck into over the colder months, says Benedict Vanheems, and now’s the time to sow them

HOW TO START SALADS IN MODULE TRAYS

HOW TO HARVEST WINTER LEAVES

ABOUT THYME • This is one of the most popular herbs you can grow and it has so many uses. Emma Rawlings says make room for some thyme in your garden

DID YOU KNOW?

TIME TO ENTER... KG PLOTTER COMPETITION 2019 • We are officially launching our annual competition in this month’s issue. We have made a few changes this year to the competition and included four categories for you to enter....