FEBRUARY 2018
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RECIPES This month cookery expert Anna Pettigrew turns the spotlight on carrots, leeks and cauliflower✪
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84 GET GROWING 16 ON THE PLOT WITH THE THREE MUDKETEERS The Muds open their latest delivery to find just what they need to make a delicious Thai green curry
45 56 GROWING GUIDE TO PARSNIPS ✪
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18 FLOWERS FOR YOUR PATCH
We explain how to extend and improve your harvest of these delicious roots
KG’s deputy editor Emma Rawlings turns on the sunshine with sunflowers
60 GET SET, SPROUT! ✪
22 INSTANT SAVERS
Gardening writer Gaby Bartai brings you the steps to produce your own four-day crops
This month make some great savings on plant protection products, weeders and food dryers
65 TOP 10 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR HARVESTS ✪
78 GARDEN STORE
26 SMALL PLOT? MAKE THE MOST OF IT! ✪
KG regular Sue Stickland explains what to grow to maximise yields in small spaces
36 TONIC FOR THE GARDENING TROOPS Food expert Tanita de Ruijt reveals her favourite home-made health tonics
40 TOP TOMATOES ✪
Like to improve your tomato crop this summer? Expert Rob Smith shows you how
45 GARDENING FOR BIODIVERSITY
KG’s deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers some easy ways to increase your yields in 2018
88 TRIED AND TESTED – MINI GREENHOUSES
Advice to help get your plot into tip-top condition in preparation for the season ahead
We try out some products for those with limited space
74 ENGAGE WITH GAGES
92 GREAT READER OFFERS ✪
Expert David Patch turns his attention to a fruit that should be more widely grown
80 GARDENING FOR RELAXATION Learn how gardening can improve your well-being and your sleep
50 GROW YOUR OWN CURRY ✪
84 MAKE AN ELEGANT OBELISK
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70 SPRING INTO ACTION ✪
Permaculture expert Julie Moore explains why biodiversity is so important
Ben Vanheems shows you how to grow your own curry ingredients
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Practical gardener and writer Joyce Russell has a simple plan for high-rise crops
Claim your free* raspberry canes worth £12.95 plus save on delicious soft fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and blackberries (* just pay p&p)
94 GREAT GIVEAWAYS WORTH OVER £1325 This month you could win gardening togs, welly socks, instant gardens and kids' growing kits FEBRUARY 2018 | 5