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TOP JOBS for November

UNDER COVER in November

UNDER COVER Beat the big freeze • A little time spent protecting your taps, water butts and pots now can help to prevent costly damage when temperatures start to tumble

NEW in your garden

What’s the buzz? • Look out for burrows

Plump up the volume • For many of us, planting garlic is the last act of optimism before the cold days of winter close in. Benedict Vanheems says that once they’re tucked beneath the soil, each clove will be busy working towards next summer’s harvest. So follow this back-to-basics guide and you’ll be lifting fat, flavour-packed bulbs before you know it

ED’s Christmas Picks • After a year of putting garden kit through its paces, Rachel Graham picks five things she has used, loved, been pleasantly surprised by - or simply couldn’t resist!

Midlands magic • Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the winners getting great prizes and a feature in Kitchen Garden. Here we meet Michael Griffin, from Coleshill near Birmingham, one of our runners-up…

Make space for shiso • Colourful, aromatic and extraordinarily productive, perilla is as useful in the kitchen as it is striking on the plot

Use edges and value the margin • Stephanie Hafferty explores the overlooked spaces where habitats meet - and finds unexpected opportunities for wildlife, food and creativity

Pots of plenty • Short on growing space? Discover how productive pots can keep even the smallest plot supplied with fresh veg, salads and herbs

Save 15% on your autumn planting • Choose from more than 300 new varieties for autumn planting from Farmer Gracy, including bulbs, perennials and ornamental grasses, and save 15% with our exclusive reader offer

Start planning for next year • NVS judge and trustee Kelvin Mason reveals the jobs worth tackling now to give next year’s crops a winning start

What winter does for our garden • Becky Searle reveals why winter is far from downtime in the garden, as frost, snow and cold quietly reset the soil and plants for the growing season ahead

Autumn’s last gifts • Sarah makes the most of the season’s final harvests, from rosehips and nasturtiums to plans for growing through winter

‘It’s my dream job’ • At ANRÁN in South Devon, kitchen gardener Jenny Thompson grows 30 varieties of tomato, a dozen basils, and vegetables you’d struggle to find in most supermarkets. Andy Hill visits a garden built around good soil, generous harvests and the pleasure of just seeing what happens

Why won’t my fruit fruit? • When a healthy fruit tree repeatedly fails to crop, the cause is usually something you can diagnose — from age and feeding to pruning, frost and poor pollination

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Let’s get growing!

The invisible worm that flies in the night • Garden Organic’s research manager Dr Anton Rosenfeld reveals the secret life of nematodes and their benefits

Two fruits, one tree • Buy one duo fruit tree for £24.99 and get another FREE — mix and match across the range from YouGarden

Plumptious autumn fare

Your best tips • Send in your tips for your chance to win this month’s prize – a free 12-month KG subscription!