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Kitchen
FEBRUARY 2014
kitchengarden.co.uk
Incorporating
DOWN-TO-EARTH ADVICE FOR GROWING FRUIT & VEG
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Meet new experts
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Anne Swithinbank
Solves your gardening
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Anne Swithinbank
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Charles Dowding
Creates a no-dig plot
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10 TIPS FOR EARLY SOWINGS
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CHICKEN KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
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10 TIPS FOR EARLY SOWINGS
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EDITOR’S LETTER
WELCOME
These are exciting times for
Kitchen Garden
magazine and its readers. Firstly, because the
days are slowly drawing out and it will soon be
time to get those early sowings underway and
secondly, because this is the first issue in which
we incorporate
Grow It!
magazine. This gives
me the opportunity to welcome lots of new
writers to the fold over the coming months.
These folks join our established panel of experts
to bring you the most knowledgeable team on
the topic of growing your own you will find
anywhere. To fit everything in we’ve expanded
your mag to 116 pages, you’ll find more
information about the changes in our news
pages this month. I hope you enjoy this issue
and as always your feedback is very welcome.
Back to the plot and we have lots on making
final soil preparations for spring, as well as top
tips on potatoes, tomatoes, microgreens,
beetroot and forcing for early crops.
I am writing this in mid-December having
just lifted my yacon plants; I can’t believe how
productive they are. Just hope the family like
the taste! Happy plotting,
Steve Ott, editor
Contact me at: sott@mortons.co.uk | 01507 529396
Find us at www.kitchengarden.co.uk
Contact subscriptions: 01507 529529
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Hello from the new
team members...
BEN VANHEEMS
Gardening writer
Benedict specialises in
promoting home-grown
fruit and veg. He tends
an allotment near his
home in the Cotswolds.
In this issue he explains
how to prepare your plot
for an early start (p24).
ANNE SWITHINBANK
Anne trained at Kew and
worked in horticulture
for 12 years before
becoming a gardening
presenter, writer and
broadcaster. She has
been a panellist on
Gardeners Question
Time for 20 years.
CHARLES DOWDING
Charles has been
growing organic veg
over 30 years, using a
no-dig approach. His
fertile beds produce
year-round salad leaves
and a wide range of
vegetables, sold in local
shops and restaurants.
JOHN WALKER
Gardening writer and
author, John is creating a
'climate-friendly' food
garden at his home in
Snowdonia. His
unheated greenhouse is
powered year-round by
free and renewable
‘modern’ sunshine (p72).
JULIE MOORE
Julie Moore is a keen
biodynamic gardener
and chicken addict. She
enjoys practical projects
using green ideas and
upcycling. This month
she makes a functional
potting bench from
recycled pallets (p84).
LYNNE MCDONAGH
Lynne has been an
organic grower for more
than 20 years. She is a
qualified gardener,
freelance writer and
photographer. On her
large allotment in Devon
she grows unusual veg in
a wildlife friendly way.
SAVE ££s: FOR MONEY-SAVING OFFERS & GIVEAWAYS –SEE PAGES 75, 96 & 98
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CONTENTS
EXPERT ADVICE TO HELP YOU GROW GREAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
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32
20
YOU
&
YOUR PLOT
GET GROWING
✪
ON THE COVER
JOBS THIS MONTH:
6
ON THE VEG PATCH
Sow onions, chit potatoes, plant Jerusalem
artichokes, sow salads, harvest winter veg.
20
FROM PASTURE TO PLOT
WITHOUT DIGGING
✪
Charles Dowding creates veg beds straight
from weedy ground.
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com/KitchenGardenMag
10
IN THE GREENHOUSE
Sow tomatoes, peppers, early salad crops
and plant potatoes.
24
UNDER STARTER’S ORDERS
✪
Benedict Vanheems shares 10 top tips to
give your growing season a head start.
FOR OUR CONTACT
DETAILS TURN TO Pg 16
12
HOT TOPICS
The latest news and comment from the
world of kitchen gardening.
28
QUESTION TIME
✪
Regular Gardeners’ Question Time panellists
Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank
answer your fruit and veg growing problems.
SUBSCRIBERS’
CORNER
15
YOUR LETTERS AND TIPS
Learn what other
KG
readers have been up
to and pick up some great first-hand advice.
SEE PAGE 30 FOR DETAILS
32
TRIED AND TASTED
Joe Maiden trials some beetroot varieties.
18
ON MY PATCH
We visit a keen
KG
plotter. Plus send us your
pictures and win prizes.
36
THE LOWDOWN ON APRICOTS
Lucy Halliday has some top tips on growing
this delicious crop.
100
DIARY DATES
Plus details of seed and young plant suppliers.
38
BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO…
TOMATOES
✪
Andrew Tokely has all the information you
need to get a great crop.
103
A BEGINNER’S
GUIDE TO HAPPY HENS
✪
Karen Pimlott offers some good advice to
those who are thinking of keeping chickens.
42
MINI VEG TO HARVEST IN DAYS
Sharon Louise Allen looks at how the
professionals grow microgreens.
✪
HAVING TROUBLE FINDING
A COPY OF THIS MAGAZINE?
Just Ask your local newsagent to
reserve you a copy each month
114
LAST WORD
✪
Gardening celeb Charlie Dimmock gives her
views on fame, her garden and new TV series.
49
VEG AT A GLANCE
A concise
KG
guide to growing aubergines.
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RECIPES
Our team of Gaby Bartai
and Anna Pettigrew bring
you some delicious
recipes for kale, celeriac
and cabbage
106
Pg 106
80
103
38
WHAT TO BUY
£
51
HOW TO MAKE AN OBELISK
Joyce Russell makes a stylish plant support
structure for your plot.
75
WIN GARDEN SHOW TICKETS
Be one of 15 lucky readers to win a pair of
tickets to the Edible Gardening Show
worth £32.
55
TOBY’S TIPS FOR GREAT
EARLY SPUDS
Toby Buckland reveals his favourite potato
varieties and growing tips.
88
GARDEN STORE
News of the best new products and services
to have reached the
KG
offices this month.
59
SURE-FIRE WINNERS
Steve Ott visits the vegetable trial grounds
at RHS Wisley garden in Surrey.
91
GROWING GUIDES
Helen Gazeley and the
KG
team review the
very best gardening websites.
64
KEEPING IT REAL
Gaby Bartai visits the Real Seed Company
to find out how it produces many of its
unusual varieties.
92
PRODUCT ROUNDUP…
GARDEN KNIVES
Joyce Russell looks at a range of garden
knives and recommends her best buys.
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70
TRY FORCING YOUR CROPS
Lucy Halliday looks at blanching certain
crops to produce more tender tasty veg.
96
GIVEAWAYS
WORTH OVER £1820
✪
This month we have tomato growing kits, a
shed, gardening shoes, seed vouchers,
breakfast and pet goodies.
80
NEW KID ON THE PLOT
Lynne McDonagh visits newbie veg
gardener Laura Whitehead on her
Devon plot.
72
BRING ME SUNSHINE
How you can use the power of the
sun without harming the planet.
John Walker explains.
84
MAKE YOUR
OWN POTTING BENCH
✪
Julie Moore creates a rustic potting bench
from salvaged pallets.
98
READER SAVERS
A free apple ‘Lord Lambourne’ worth £19.95,
plus save up to £16 on fruit trees, early
potatoes, rhubarb crowns and tomato seeds.
76
GRAFTING MADE SIMPLE
Your favourite apple tree will have been
produced by grafting. Hilary Dodson
explains this technique and how you can
have a go yourself.
90
LET’S TALK VEG
Snippets and tips from the
KG
online
community.
110
NEXT MONTH
What’s in store for your March issue plus
details of your next gift of free seeds.
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