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ON THE VEG PATCH
HOW TO GROW KOHL RABI
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ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers • The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip
GROW WITH BELLE GRW CERSS CATERPILLARS • Hi! I’m Belle and I’m now here every month to share lots of fun activities for you to do at home, on your own or with your family. What is your favourite thing to grow? Mine is POTATOES! I love hunting for them in the soil, it’s like finding treasure.
KG PROBLEM SOLVER • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP
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Colding moth • This month Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS, focuses on a pest that is the bane of every apple grower
GROWING ONLINE • We dig into the world wide web to harvest great websites, blogs and tweets
BUCKET GARDENING
Snap to it! • This month Rob Smith explains why we should grow two much-underrated types of pea, mangetout and sugar snap
The low-carbon garden • Gardeners are green-minded folk, but even our seemingly innocuous pastime has its impacts. With more of us looking to be planet-friendly and lower our carbon footprints, Benedict Vanheems asks: how can kitchen gardening play its part?
POWER-DOWN
GARDEN LADDERS • You need to be sure when carrying out work above ground on ladders and steps that you can rely on your equipment to keep you safe – especially if you hate heights as much as KG editor Steve Ott!
TOP TIP
DOWN TO EARTH, FLYING HIGH! • Former air hostess and mother of two young girls Posie and Winnie, August Hudson just exudes enthusiasm as she explains why she and her family love gardening
MAKE ROOM FOR BLOOMS • Grow a few flowers on your veg plot and reap the benefits, says Emma Rawlings
Keeping it in the family • Rachel Dunn from Somerset has an allotment in the village where she lives. Her 13-year-old daughter was so inspired she took on a plot too
BOOK REVIEWS • OUR SELECTION OF THE BEST NEW GARDENING TITLES
HERB OF THE MONTH…BAY • One of the essentials of the herb garden, sweet bay is used in so many dishes and it’s a valuable all-round garden plant too
SUMMER TIME AND THE HARVESTS ARE EASY • The long summer days are a time to enjoy and Stephanie Hafferty is making the most of harvesting fruit and sowing late crops
BEETROOT FOR AUTUMN
GARLIC SCAPE COUNTRY CAPERS
IN JUNE I AM SOWING…
DOWN TO EARTH PROJECT STARTS UP • Elaine Crick, one of Radio Derby’s Potty Plotters, meets an enthusiastic newbie to the Ashbourne Road Allotments
THE CROP THAT KEEPS ON GIVING • Perpetual spinach or chard is such a worthwhile crop for any garden. It is easy to grow, looks great and the harvests just go on and on. KG’s Steve Ott investigates
STEVE’S TOP TIP
ROOTED IN HISTORY • On the lookout for something that is quick and easy to grow, yet versatile in the kitchen? Then look no further than the humble turnip. As he reveals, KG editor Steve Ott is already a fan
DID YOU KNOW?
A passion for fruit • This month David Patch introduces one of the more unusual edibles you can grow – passion fruit, which has its origins in South America...