The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast

In episode 24 of the Kitchen Garden podcast, Steve, Emma and Tony have a browse through the September issue (in the shops now). Topics include new kales, heritage lettuce, green manure and how to grow mushrooms.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Question Time - Got a fruit or veg problem? Ask KG for help. This month's expert panel: Guy Barter - RHS chief horticulturalist, Emma Rawlins - Deputy editor, Kitchen Garden magazine, David Patch - Professional nurseryman, R V Roger Ltd, Anne Swithinbank - Contributor to Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time, Steve Ott - Editor, Kitchen Garden magazine.Topics include:, Old wives’ tale old bean, Cut and runners, My rhubarb is flowering!, Lesser known brassica pest, Garlic rust - how serious? Send in your question - Email tflanagan@mortons.co.uk please include your full address (we do not publish full addresses).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 22 of the podcast, it might seem like a losing battle at times but it’s not all doom and gloom on the veg patch. This month Julie Moore presents a chemical-free approach to ridding your plot of weeds.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The team are back together today to have a browse through the July issue of Kitchen Garden magazine which is in the shops now. We have some great offers availabe exlusively to our podcast listeners: http://classicmagazines.co.uk/kg229  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 20! Rachel Atkins talks you though tasks for your vegetable patch in June, including protect pea shoots, cut asparagus, pinch out broad beans, planting leek seedlings plus much more!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 19 of the Kitchen Garden Podcast. Despite some initial reservations, allotment champion Steve Neal recounts the success of opening up an allotment site in Somerset to the National Garden Scheme. As an allotment association you get used to receiving a regular dose of unsolicited advice on how things could be done better or differently. It goes with the territory, as they say, but this comment from one of our own members made us momentarily pause in our tracks.Had we really grown a little bit above ourselves, opening our allotments alongside some formal gardens, belonging to fairly grand houses or old rectories, as part of the National Garden Scheme (NGS)? Iford manor, Bath Priory Hotel, Corsham Court, Algars Manor, Dyrham Park, Muriel Jones Allotment Fields – Frome. It doesn’t take much to spot the odd one out on the list. And any one man or woman with a dog can, and often does, wander down the allotments any old day and has a nose around, without having to fork out £4.50...  See a

​A traditional potager is an ornamental vegetable garden where vegetables are grown with flowers and herbs, often in clumps rather than rows. It is in contrast to the tidy allotment where rows of veg neatly stride across the plot and flowers are often restricted to the edges or are purely for cutting.This is so much simpler to sow, hoe and harvest, when crops are in straight rows. So why bother to mix things up?The idea of a plot that is productive and beautiful is very appealing, although serried ranks of perfect veg have their own beauty too.Rachel Atkins reads Geoff Stebbings' feature on the challenges and rewards of mixing flowers and veg in a modern potager.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's National Gardening Week - In this episode, the team look through the May issue and talk about companion planting, making a carrot fly-free frame, growing in buckets, planting, heritage beetroot and look ahead to the Harrogate Spring Flower show.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 16, Rachel Atkins reads Steve Neil's account of his visit to Ston Easton House in Somerset. Standing in the Saloon of Ston Easton House, looking through the old glass of the window at the cascaded waters created by Humphrey Repton, you wouldn’t think for one moment that you were in a hotel. You would think you were a guest of the family, invited to a country house weekend in Somerset. And of course Ston Easton house at one time, the family home of the Rees-Mogg family.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Top tips for potatoes, composting brassica and soil warming, Apologies for the not so good audio quality this episode, it will be fixed next time. Promise.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The tomato has become one of our most popular fruits to grow but it is easy to stick to the tried and tested. This episode, Rachel Atkins reads Rob Smith's feature, which challenges us to try out some of his favourite heritage varieties.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy new year and welcome to episode 13 of the podcast. This week Rachel Atkins reads Rob Smith's feature on heritage potatoes, that most versatile of edibles, exploring its rich history and sharing with us some favourite varieties.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the last podcast of 2016, we'll be back early in the new year when the effects of the mince pies have worn off. In this episode we have a look through the January issue which is in the shops now and listen out for our vegetable related Christmas song!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Workhouse Museum Garden in Ripon has a fascinating history and at the same time it maintains a thriving kitchen garden, as Martin Fish discovered.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, the team take a look at the December issue which is in the shops now. Topics include beating whitefly, Growing cut flowers, Passionate plotters winners, Growing parsnips, Rhubarb, Annual herbs, Bamboo, Hotbed growing, Citrus fruits, a children's tool rack project, Montello tomatoes, Apple tasting test and Christmas gifts and recipes  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 9. Today Rachel Atkins tells you everything you ever needed to know about Pumpkins. Growing advice, tricks and treats, varieties, harvesting, storing and carving. Did you know? Jack O' Lanterns were originally carved out of turnips, a Celtic tradition of warding off evil spirits. Pumpkins became the preferred choice only when Irish emigrants arrived in the US and saw that pumpkins had so much more potential for carving.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Autumn is in full swing and Steve, Emma and Tony take a look at the November issue. This episode: Giant pumpkins, leaf grabbers, bees and Okahijiki (it tastes great but how do you pronounce it?).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve, Emma and Tony look through the October 2016 issue and give their thoughts on jobs for the month, broad beans, raised beds and Autumn recipes. Sorry everyone, there was some mobile phone 'noise' recored in this episode. We'll get it fixed for next time!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The editorial team - Steve Ott, Tony Flanagan and Emma Rawlings take a break from the plot to discuss the September issue, in the shops now. Topics include blueberries, radishes, diseases, flowers on the veg patch and loppers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Armed with a few blunt tools in her rucksack, Sue Stickland made her way to an enchanting walled garden in the centre of Worcester to take some valuable lessons from the resident tool sharpening expert William Scott.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.