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by KG magazine
Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:08 pm
Forum: Harvesting Q&A
Topic: Preserve your produce
Replies: 68
Views: 69931

Preserve your produce

We all want good harvests and sometimes we get more than we bargained for but don't let it go to waste have a go and preserving your excess fruit and veg so you can enjoy it in the lean months of winter. Check out the August issue of Kitchen Garden for more information and review of some great books...
by KG magazine
Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:19 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: As sure as eggs is eggs
Replies: 11
Views: 3890

Yup, try looking at a packet of peanuts... 'warning, contains nuts' - Glad that one was pointed out to me! :roll:
by KG magazine
Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:11 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Arley Garden Festival
Replies: 0
Views: 3748

Arley Garden Festival

Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 June 2007 Now in its 13th year, the Arley Garden Festival has become one of the highlights of the horticultural year in the North West. Framed by the backdrop of the historic Hall, the Floral Marquee with its magnificent award-winning displays of flowers and plants is th...
by KG magazine
Tue May 29, 2007 11:23 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Forget organics, now it’s biodynamics
Replies: 29
Views: 27448

Forget organics, now it’s biodynamics

A world-first is under construction at the headquarters of the UK’s organic gardening charity – Garden Organic. Thought to be the only one of its kind in the world, the Elysia Biodynamic Garden will be unveiled this month (July) at Garden Organic Ryton, near Coventry and is the first garden to be cr...
by KG magazine
Wed May 02, 2007 4:12 pm
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Making a mint...
Replies: 0
Views: 3634

Making a mint...

With a new series of The Apprentice on our screens, budding Alan Sugars are being encouraged to take up a gardening challenge posed by The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA). NESTA is looking to find the most enterprising group of young people from across the UK by gettin...
by KG magazine
Wed May 02, 2007 3:34 pm
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Are you Britain's brainiest gardener?
Replies: 0
Views: 3503

Are you Britain's brainiest gardener?

Kitchen Garden readers are among the most knowledgeable around. This year Anna Ford is hosting a brand new BBC Radio 4 Gardening Quiz, and a KG reader could be the one to take the crown! KG readers are invited to take part in this competition, which aims to find the best gardening brains in Britain....
by KG magazine
Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:20 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Help us find Britain’s best allotments
Replies: 1
Views: 6155

Help us find Britain’s best allotments

KG readers are among the best gardeners in Britain; many of you tending to your plots come rain or shine, you know the value of growing your own produce and do it to a high standard. We want to find the cream of the crop and invite you to enter our national competition, now in its second year. There...
by KG magazine
Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:01 pm
Forum: Technical Data
Topic: Tomato - 'Tigerella'
Replies: 7
Views: 7654

Tomato - 'Tigerella'

(aka 'Mr Stripey') Free this month with KG! Not just a pretty face, this uniquely striped tomato is also greenback free, a heavt cropper and will crop easily until the frosts. Perfect for indoor and outdoor growing. An attractive tomato for fresh salads and sandwiches. Sowing instructions Sow seeds ...
by KG magazine
Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:05 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: News headlines [1/2/07]
Replies: 0
Views: 1586

News headlines [1/2/07]

Click on the headlines to visit the news story! Heritage seeds free Last month we gave you an insight into the great work of the Heritage Seed Library (HSL) based at Garden Organic’s Ryton Organic Gardens near Coventry. Now HSL has seed samples from some of the vegetable varieties in its collection ...
by KG magazine
Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:37 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Heritage seeds free
Replies: 2
Views: 12361

Heritage seeds free

Last month we gave you an insight into the great work of the Heritage Seed Library (HSL) based at Garden Organic’s Ryton Organic Gardens near Coventry. Now HSL has seed samples from some of the vegetable varieties in its collection (six packets of seed) to send to 10 KG readers. The varieties are: C...
by KG magazine
Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:29 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Kids project a hit
Replies: 1
Views: 3469

Kids project a hit

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/news/kids_project.jpg More than 60 primary schoolchildren from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire are to benefit from the expansion of a major allotment project at Waterperry Gardens near Wheatley. Last year 20 youngsters from Year 3 at Ickford School were given ...
by KG magazine
Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:27 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Forgotten tomato comes home
Replies: 0
Views: 3289

Forgotten tomato comes home

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/news/forgotten_tomato.jpg A Lancaster University researcher is on a mission to return a forgotten tomato variety to its native homeland. The ‘Manx Marvel’ is thought to have originally been bred on the Isle of Man, but has now all but vanished. Dr Russell Shar...
by KG magazine
Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: Readers Recipes
Topic: Leek and stilton wholemeal tart
Replies: 1
Views: 4194

Leek and stilton wholemeal tart

Serves 4 (enough to fill 18cm/7in baking ring or tart case) For the pastry 250g (8oz) wholemeal flour 1 teaspoon of table salt 125g (4oz) cold butter 60ml 2floz old water For the filling 200g (7oz) leeks 30g (11¼2 oz) butter 100ml double cream 1 egg 50g Stilton (or similar blue cheese) salt & g...
by KG magazine
Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:35 am
Forum: News and Views
Topic: Compost on test
Replies: 0
Views: 3415

Compost on test

The right compost can make the difference between struggling seedlings and a glowing garden, says Gardening Which? today. In a trial testing 17 multi-purpose and 15 specific-use composts, Gardening Which? sowed 13,200 seeds, potted on 880 seedlings and planted up 276 pots with 828 plants. The result...
by KG magazine
Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:27 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: News headlines [21/1/07]
Replies: 0
Views: 1765

News headlines [21/1/07]

(Click on the headline to read the full story!) Thriving schools win national gardening contest Three thriving schools have won a national contest for the 3,000 members of an organic growing project, supported by HRH The Prince of Wales Spring into the Seven Wonders of the Weald Spring in the High W...