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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.

Welcome

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

ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers

PROPAGATING AND PLANTING TIME

PUTTING RHUBARB IN THE DARK

DOING A GOOD TURN

GROW WITH BELLE • WOODEN PLANT LABELS

WHAT'S NEW? • ALL THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCTS & FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF KITCHEN GARDENING

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

BROAD BEANS UNCOVERED • What's the secret of growing a good crop of broad beans? Martin Fish reveals all while his wife Jill sefves up another super-tasty dish

MINTY BROAD BEAN SALAD WITH CRISPY BACON

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 the third of our creative and talented winners

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Top 10 Tips on sowing seeds in containers • Here are a few simple ideas to help you when starting seeds in pots and trays

THE FREE WAY TO PROPAGATE • Stephanie Hafferty offers some money-saving ideas. This month she looks at starting off your veg in recycled containers

FIVE CHANGES TO WIN A STUNNING STEPPED HERB PLANTER

GROW YOUR OWN PIZZA INGREDIENTS AND MORE… • This month Rob Smith explores some of the distinctive ingredients of Italian cuisine, all of which you can easily grow in your own garden

LEAFY LOVELIES • Cabbages are a versatile, healthy and tasty veg that deserve to be grown on every patch. KG editor Steve Ott explains how you can harvest and enjoy them all year round

THE WILD KITCHEN GARDEN • In this extract from his book RHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening, renowned wildlife champion Chris Baines explains how it is possible to have thriving veg and vibrant wildlife on the same small patch

COMANION PLANTING FACT OR FICTION? • Garden Organic's Dr Anton Rosenfeld sifts the companion planting myths from the truth

VEG ON THE EDGE • Sally Clifford visits a World Heritage Site in West Yorkshire and finds out about a community project with growing sustainably very much at its heart

MAKE A SWEET PEA TEPEE! • Shannon Keary (aka ©diaryofaladygardener on Instagram) has been making sweet pea tepees since her first allotment. Here she explains how she goes about it

SEVEN INTERESTING crops to grow • Botanist, ecologist, blogger and keen veg grower Becky Searle likes to try different crops and here she suggests a few unusual ones

CHERRIES SEASON BY SEASON • This month expert fruit grower David Patch turns his attention to cherries, focusing in particular on the key seasons of spring and summer

GARDENING? DID YOU MEAN YARDENING? • No garden? No problem, says Hannah Reid, who this month explores just how you can turn your yard into a veritable vegetable cornucopia!

PRODUCT REVIEWS GARDEN LINES AND RULERS • Garden lines and rulers come in handy when you're looking to make sure your rows are straight and that you are sowing to the recommended spacings. Here are some you might like to consider

READER OFFERS • EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS TO HELP MAKE YOUR MONEY GO FURTHER

GIVEAWAYS • TO ENTER OUR GIVEAWAYS SEE PAGE 89 OR VISIT THE KG WEBSITE

GARDEN STORE • Are you a subscriber to Kitchen Garden magazine? Then visit www.mudketeers.co.uk for details of how you can take advantage of the exclusive subscriber-only deals on these pages!

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