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Kitchen Garden Magazine - UK's No.1 for growing your own fruit and vegetables. KG also offers great monthly give-aways, special gardening offers, recipes, growing tips and much more.

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TOP JOBS FOR SEPTEMBER • ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY BEN VANHEEMS

UNDER COVER

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers

GROW WITH BELLE

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QUESTION TIME • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

TOMATOES UNCOVERED • Once again, Martin Fish lets us in on some of the secrets of successful tomato growing. Martin’s wife Jill explains how to make a delicious roasted tomato sauce

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH • Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Meet another of our creative and talented winners

Prizes and sponsors • Each of our 12 winners will receive this bundle of prizes kindly given by our sponsors Two Wests, Nemasys, Town & Country and Agriframes

SAVING SEED, SOWING AND STORAGE • Stephanie Hafferty runs a no-dig homestead in Wales and this month she has lots to do, including saving seed, more sowings and storing harvests

DRYING BEAN SEEDS STEP BY STEP

WHAT TO SOW IN SEPTEMBER

KG’S TOP 5 SALADS FOR SEPTEMBER SOWING • Salads are not just for summer and far from being wimps when it comes to the cold, many are as hardy as they come. KG editor Steve Ott selects his favourites for sowing now

GROW YOUR OWN RATATOUILLE AND MEDITERRANEAN ROASTED VEG • This month, Rob Smith brings a taste of the Mediterranean to the table with a range of succulent veg, perfect for roasting

ROASTED RATATOUILLE VEGETABLES

OUR JOURNEY SO FAR! • Join keen allotment blogger and vlogger Jane Kelly as she recalls her allotment journey with husband Mike, dog Rocky and a little flock of rescue hens

LET’S GO ORGANIC! Four ways organic gardening can save money and save the planet • Alice Whitehead from Garden Organic shares easy organic gardening techniques that can help lower your food bill and nurture nature in your garden

COMPOSTING QUESTION TIME! • This month, Anton Rosenfeld answers your tricky composting queries and problems

SEEDS WORTH SAVING • Becky Searle shows you how you can save money, have healthier plants and protect food diversity just by saving seeds

THE CREATURE FEATURE The froghopper: a creature of extremes • In the first of a new series taking a close look at garden wildlife, nature watcher Jack Edmonds highlights a fascinating insect with a unique way of keeping predators at bay

A VOYAGE OF food discovery • We talk to Charlotte Repton of the Country Trust, a charity dedicated to teaching children about food and how it is grown

THE ONLY WAY IS UP • What do you do when you can’t expand your plot outwards? You go vertical. KG reader Geoff Hackett explains his unique growing system

The great autumn clear-up • Thinking it’s time for a good tidy-up on the plot? Here are a few ideas to get you started

CREATING A show garden • An idea conjured up on a train led Hannah Reid to exhibit a garden at this year’s Hampton Court Flower Show. She explains how her ’train of thought’ led to this magnificent creation

SHARING A LIFETIME OF gardening knowledge • We visit a plot in the beautiful Rhondda Valley to chat to Terry Walton, veteran veg grower, author and broadcaster

BLUEBERRIES SEASON BY SEASON • Take a walk through the blueberry year with lots of tips and advice from our regular fruit expert...