Kitchen Garden Magazine

Inside this month

• 108 PAGES PACKED WITH DOWN-TO-EARTH ADVICE

• 34 pages of Organic Gardening

• Over £870 in giveaways

• Turn up the heat - With red hot chillies

• Meet the professionals

• 17 Christmas gift ideas

• 25 jobs for December

• What’s in store? Delicious winter veg

• READ ONLINE: Our growing guides

[ CONTENTS ] [ EDITOR'S WELCOME ]

Kitchen Garden Offers

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Highlights this month:

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Latest news

Steve's blog - updated 3rd November

After a long spell of dry weather in past months which saw my poor old squashes flattened by powdery mildew (not before I'd taken a reasonable crop from them thankfully) the weather has changed completely and the rain has come down in torrents...
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Malvern highlights

The ‘RHS Malvern ‘Gardening and Food Show’ was held at the end of September and exceeded all expectations: it was gloriously sunny, extremely busy and with an amazing array of attractions to tempt the kitchen gardener...
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Protect the harvests of tomorrow

There are now more than a billion people going hungry. That’s more people than ever before in history. Incredibly 10,000 people die every day from hunger and related causes so the charity ActionAid UK is for launching a campaign urging world leaders to commit to ending global hunger and to promote sustainable agriculture as the best way to feed a billion hungry people...
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December Issue (147) preview on-line

View the contents for this months Kitchen Garden magazine and read sample features on-line...
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Helen's blog - updated 26th October

The allotment is producing a huge amount of food, shared between the people that work on it. I took a bag of rocket back to London with me, which brought me cheer for almost a week. In comparison to the roof, the productivity levels there are immense. I haven’t really spent any time on allotments before and so was slightly in awe of what this one was achieving. My roof top growing seemed fairly meagre in comparison, or at least miniature...
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Links Section - updated 8th October

New and improved links section to satisfy all your gardening needs...
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KG-TV - Ep 12: Cabbages & Butterflies

WEEKLY VIDEO SERIES
Kitchen Garden editor Steve Ott, and deputy editor, Emma Rawlings offer a series of short demonstrations and tips from their own raised bed & greenhouse plot in Grantham.

• Episode 12: Cabbages & Butterflies [View]

• Episode 11: Broad Bean tips [View]

• Episode 10: Butternut tips [View episode]

• Episode 9: Beetroot tips [View episode]

• Episode 8: Cucumber tips [View episode]

• Episode 7: Tomato tips [View episode]

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• Episode 1: Prep. seed beds [View episode]

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Jobs for December

Another year draws to a close on the plot, but as the festive season looms, there are still plenty of reasons to be outside and lots of essential jobs to do that will keep you warm while you work – not least the digging! Sue Hoy, head gardener at Normanby Hall, North Lincolnshire, has all the advice you need...
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Clearly the way to grow

New from Rob McAlister, makers of the Tidy Tent, comes a way to cultivate anything you would grow in the greenhouse – but at a fraction of the cost...

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TLC for working hands

Gardening is good for you – but a day’s pruning or planting can take its toll on your hands. New from The Charles Jordi Hair & Beauty Salon come two ‘hero’ products especially designed for overworked green fingers.

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Get the edge in the garden!

Jobs like preparing vegetables and mowing the grass could be quick and easy – if your blades were razor-sharp. The reality is usually that your favourite kitchen knife is blunt, and so are the blades on your lawnmower. The answer is the AnySharp Edge from Medea International...

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