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A NEW Kitchen garden! • This month Martin Fish begins a new series documenting the development of a kitchen garden at Ivy Cottage in Lincolnshire, his and Jill's new home. Plus another tasty recipe from Jill

PURPLE SPROUTING BROCCOLI ON TOAST

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH • Our annual competition to find 12 readers and their plots to appear in Kitchen Garden magazine had a great response. Meet another of this year's creative and talented winners

LET'S TALK TOMATOES • From garden classics to modern marvels, Rob Smith surveys the wonderful world of one of summer's most popular crops

CASH CROPS

HOW TO MULTISOW AND GROW BEETROOT STEP BY STEP

HOW TO MAKE COMFREY FEED STEP BY STEP

GO EARLY WITH PEAS • Home-grown peas are a taste sensation and they are so easy to grow. Early varieties can be sown from the middle of the month. Here are some of our favourites

IN DEFENCE OF PEAT • This month Becky Searle explains why peat and its preservation are so important and offers advice on peat-free composts

GARDENING WITH MINIMAL DISTURBANCE • Gardening is about balance, says Huw Richards. This month he explains the underlying principles that inform his approach to gardening

OCA A tuber full of potential! • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shares his advice for growing this unusual root vegetable, which can be eaten like a potato

SIX CLIMATE SAVVY SWAPS • Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld looks at some crops able to withstand the extremes of climate change

LOVING THE MAGIC • Not one to do things by halves, Instagrammer Helen Hutchings Cox has fully embraced the adventure of growing her own crops

THE CREATURE FEATURE One in a million • For many species, including wasps, lacewings and small birds, aphids are the bread and butter of survival; nutritious, defenceless and plentiful. Jack Edmonds takes a closer look at their amazing lifecycle

LET THE MOON BE YOUR GUIDE • Susy Bortolot likes to grow her crops according to the phases of the moon, using a specific biodynamic calendar. Here she explains how it works for her

FOR THE LOVE OF DAHLIAS • From being totally unenamoured with dahlias for many years, Jane Kelly had a road to Damascus moment and now she just adores them…or is it that she's just getting older?

FLAVOURSOME FRUIT RHUBARB • Looking for a low-maintenance crop, producing delicious 'fruit' year on year and with many delectable varieties available? How about rhubarb, asks fruit expert David Patch

PRODUCT REVIEWS SOWING AND PROPOGATION • Get off to a good start this spring with this selection of sowing and propagation equipment to suit your specific requirements

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